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Practice Questions
Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.
Question 1
Easy
What is clock drift?
๐ก Hint: Think about environmental factors affecting time keeping.
Question 2
Easy
What does NTP stand for?
๐ก Hint: It involves time synchronization.
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Interactive Quizzes
Engage in quick quizzes to reinforce what you've learned and check your comprehension.
Question 1
Why is clock synchronization critical in distributed systems?
- To ensure event ordering
- To save bandwidth
- To simplify code
๐ก Hint: Think about the consequences of out-of-order transactions.
Question 2
True or False: Berkeley's algorithm is used for external synchronization.
- True
- False
๐ก Hint: Consider the context in which this algorithm is typically applied.
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Challenge Problems
Push your limits with challenges.
Question 1
Propose a solution to mitigate the effects of variable latency when using NTP in a large-scale distributed system.
๐ก Hint: Consider how redundancy can improve time accuracy.
Question 2
Analyze how a failure in a synchronization algorithm can lead to data corruption in a cloud platform.
๐ก Hint: Reflect on scenarios where time discrepancies could cause transactions to overlap incorrectly.
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