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Distributed Systems (PEC-IT601B) 6590 I040

This document is an examination paper for a Distributed Systems course at Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal. It includes various types of questions: very short answer questions, short answer questions, and long answer questions, covering topics such as data replication, distributed databases, query optimization, and transaction management. The paper is structured to assess students' understanding of key concepts in distributed systems within a 3-hour time frame.

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Distributed Systems (PEC-IT601B) 6590 I040

This document is an examination paper for a Distributed Systems course at Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal. It includes various types of questions: very short answer questions, short answer questions, and long answer questions, covering topics such as data replication, distributed databases, query optimization, and transaction management. The paper is structured to assess students' understanding of key concepts in distributed systems within a 3-hour time frame.

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CS/B.

TECH(N)/EVEN/SEM-6/6590/2022-2023/I040
MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, WEST BENGAL
Paper Code : PEC-IT601B Distributed Systems
UPID : 006590

Time Allotted : 3 Hours Full Marks :70


The Figures in the margin indicate full marks.
Candidate are required to give their answers in their own words as far as practicable

Group-A (Very Short Answer Type Question)


1. Answer any ten of the following : [ 1 x 10 = 10 ]
(I) What is data replication?
(II) What is minterm predicate?
(III) Define homogeneous distributed database.
(IV) What is the maximum no of functional dependencies (trivial and non-trivial) of a relation R of degree n?
(V) Write the full form of OLAP.
(VI) What is data dictionary?
(VII) Provide a technique for recovery management.
(VIII) Edit of a data item in a transaction is done in which mode?
(IX) What are the attribute usage values?
(X) What do you mean by granularity?
(XI) What is the disadvantage of replication?
(XII) Who is responsible for ensuring correct execution of a transaction in the presence of failures?

Group-B (Short Answer Type Question)


Answer any three of the following : [ 5 x 3 = 15 ]
2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of replication? What is auxiliary program? [5]
3. Write down the Dynamic query optimization methods with example. [5]
4. Which components are necessary for building a distributed database? [5]
5. Explain distributed cost model with example. [5]
6. What is DDBMS ? What are the features of DDBMS ? [5]

Group-C (Long Answer Type Question)


Answer any three of the following : [ 15 x 3 = 45 ]
7. Explain the following in detail: [ 8+4+3 ]
i. Query optimization issues in DDBs.
ii. World Wide Web Architecture and Protocols.
iii. Data warehousing architectures.
8. What is flat transaction and nested transaction? [ 4+6+5 ]
Discuss about dirty-read, fuzzy read and phantom.
What is ACID in DDBMS?
9. Briefly describe the various implementations of the process pairs concept. Comment on how process pairs [ 15 ]
may be useful in implementing a fault tolerant distributed DBMS.
10. Write down “Basic Timestamp Ordering Scheduler (BTO-SC) Algorithm”. [ 8+7 ]
Write down “Data Processor (DP) Algorithm” .
11. Discuss different types of search strategies. [ 6+4+5 ]
What is search space in distributed query optimization?
Simplify the following query, expressed in SQL, using idempotency rules:
SELECT ENO
FROM ASG
WHERE RESP = "Analyst"
AND NOT(PNO="P2" OR DUR=12)
AND PNO != "P2"
AND DUR=12
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