Download PTU. I.K. Gujral Punjab Technical University (IKGPTU) M.Tech. CSE 2nd Semester 35405 DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS Question Paper.
Roll No. Total No. of Pages : 02
Total No. of Questions : 08
M.Tech.(CSE Engg.) / (E-Security) (Sem.?2)
DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS
Subject Code : CS-504
M.Code : 35405
Time : 3 Hrs. Max. Marks : 100
INSTRUCTION TO CANDIDATES :
1. Attempt any FIVE questions out of EIGHT questions.
2. Each question carries TWENTY marks.
Q1) a) What is Distributed Computing? Describe the architectural model along with
description of its major components.
b) Describe client-server communication and group communication. Also, mention their
advantages and disadvantages.
Q2) a) Define Remote Invocation. Briefly discuss about communication between distributed
objects using RPC.
b) Take an example Java RM1 code and explain the concept of events and notification.
Q3) a) Discuss in detail the operating system architecture and measurements of protection in
different layers.
b) Describe the distributed file service architecture and explain the tradeoff between Sun
network file system and Andrew file system.
Q4) a) Outline the concept of global name service. Also, discuss the related directory and
discovery services.
b) Mention the step-by-step working of time-stamped concurrency control method for
distributed transactions.
Q5) a) Compare and contrast the methods of concurrency control in distributed transactions.
b) Briefly discuss the characteristics and features of Tiger video file server.
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Roll No. Total No. of Pages : 02
Total No. of Questions : 08
M.Tech.(CSE Engg.) / (E-Security) (Sem.?2)
DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS
Subject Code : CS-504
M.Code : 35405
Time : 3 Hrs. Max. Marks : 100
INSTRUCTION TO CANDIDATES :
1. Attempt any FIVE questions out of EIGHT questions.
2. Each question carries TWENTY marks.
Q1) a) What is Distributed Computing? Describe the architectural model along with
description of its major components.
b) Describe client-server communication and group communication. Also, mention their
advantages and disadvantages.
Q2) a) Define Remote Invocation. Briefly discuss about communication between distributed
objects using RPC.
b) Take an example Java RM1 code and explain the concept of events and notification.
Q3) a) Discuss in detail the operating system architecture and measurements of protection in
different layers.
b) Describe the distributed file service architecture and explain the tradeoff between Sun
network file system and Andrew file system.
Q4) a) Outline the concept of global name service. Also, discuss the related directory and
discovery services.
b) Mention the step-by-step working of time-stamped concurrency control method for
distributed transactions.
Q5) a) Compare and contrast the methods of concurrency control in distributed transactions.
b) Briefly discuss the characteristics and features of Tiger video file server.
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Q6) Elaborate the following in the context of Distributed Multimedia systems :
a) Resource management
b) Stream adaptation
Q7) a) Explain in detail the design and implementation issues of distributed shared memory.
Also, discuss about Munin.
b) Define the interface to the election service in CORBA IDL. Also, discuss about
sequential consistency.
Q8) Write short notes on following :
a) Optimistic concurrency control.
b) Distributed deadlocks.
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page of Answer Sheet will lead to UMC against the Student.
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