Practice Logical (or Lamport) Ordering and Timestamps: Causality without Absolute Time - 1.6 | Week 4: Classical Distributed Algorithms and the Industry Systems | Distributed and Cloud Systems Micro Specialization
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1.6 - Logical (or Lamport) Ordering and Timestamps: Causality without Absolute Time

Learning

Practice Questions

Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.

Question 1

Easy

What does the happens-before relation signify?

๐Ÿ’ก Hint: Consider time and influence.

Question 2

Easy

What are Lamport timestamps used for?

๐Ÿ’ก Hint: Think about logical events.

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 is the purpose of a Lamport timestamp?

  • To provide absolute time
  • To establish causal ordering
  • To synchronize clocks

๐Ÿ’ก Hint: Remember the relation to causality.

Question 2

In vector timestamps, what do the components represent?

๐Ÿ’ก Hint: Think about tracking events.

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Challenge Problems

Push your limits with challenges.

Question 1

Consider 3 processes A, B, and C with the following events and timestamps: A1: 1, A2: 2, B1: 1, C1: 1. If A sends a message to B after A1 and before A2, what can you deduce about their timestamps?

๐Ÿ’ก Hint: Think about how the sending event influences B's clock.

Question 2

You have a system with 4 processes. Process A's vector timestamp is [2,0,1,3] and Process B's is [1,2,0,2]. Determine their causal relationship.

๐Ÿ’ก Hint: Compare the vectors for magnitude.

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