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This document contains 8 questions related to distributed systems for an examination. Question 1 asks about the characteristics of true distributed systems and the differences between tightly and loosely coupled systems. Question 2 asks about asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) and its reference model. Question 3 asks about why synchronization is more complicated in distributed systems compared to centralized systems and discusses two synchronization algorithms.

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Distributed Systems4

This document contains 8 questions related to distributed systems for an examination. Question 1 asks about the characteristics of true distributed systems and the differences between tightly and loosely coupled systems. Question 2 asks about asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) and its reference model. Question 3 asks about why synchronization is more complicated in distributed systems compared to centralized systems and discusses two synchronization algorithms.

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B. E. VIIIth Semester Information Technology Examination


DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM Paper-IT-402-C
Time allowed: 3 hours
Maximum Marks : JOO
Note: Attempt any five questions.

1. (a) What are the characteristics of a true distributed


system ? Discuss. lO

(b) What do you mean by tightly coupled and loosely


coupled systems? Discuss switched multiprocessor.
1
0
2 What is asynchronous transfer mode ? Discuss ATM
reference model in detail. ?0

3. Why synchronization in distributed systems is most


complicated than centralized ones? Discuss the following
synchronization algorithms: 20 (i) Cristian's algorithm
(ii) Berkeley algorithm.

4. (a) What is meant by a thread? Discuss how threads are


1m p1emem.::J in the j~crncL 14
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(b) Give a brief description of a real time system. 6

678-P-2-{Q-8) (04)-600 P.T.O.


(2)

s Discuss distributed file service interface. 10


(a)
.
Measurements have shown that many files have an
(b
extremely short lifetime. What implication does this
)
observation have for client caching policy? 10

H/w broadcasting. Why does the ratio of read


operations to write operations affect the
perfonnance? 10
(b) Why is the concept of "home memory" needed in
Mannet but not in Dash? 10

7. Discuss the object based distributed shared memory in


detail.
20
8. Write short notes on :

(i) Memory management in DeE. (ii)


10+10
Process management in Mach.

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