Practice Recap: Agreement, Faults, and Tolerance - 2.1 | Module 5: Consensus, Paxos and Recovery in Clouds | Distributed and Cloud Systems Micro Specialization
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2.1 - Recap: Agreement, Faults, and Tolerance

Learning

Practice Questions

Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.

Question 1

Easy

What is the definition of agreement in distributed systems?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how groups reach a common conclusion.

Question 2

Easy

List two types of faults found in distributed systems.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Recall the major categories discussed.

Practice 4 more questions and get performance evaluation

Interactive Quizzes

Engage in quick quizzes to reinforce what you've learned and check your comprehension.

Question 1

What are Byzantine failures known for?

  • Predictable behavior
  • Arbitrary and malicious behavior
  • Stopping communication

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about the unpredictability of malicious actions.

Question 2

True or False: Crash failures are when a process continues to operate unpredictably.

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider the definition of crash failures.

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Challenge Problems

Push your limits with challenges.

Question 1

Design a fault-tolerant distributed system architecture that explains how it can handle at least two kinds of failures.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how systems can verify and ensure consistency.

Question 2

Analyze a case study of a distributed system failure and propose improvements for preventing similar failures in the future.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider historical incidents in distributed systems as examples.

Challenge and get performance evaluation