Download GTU BE/B.Tech 2019 Winter 8th Sem Old 180701 Distributed Systems Question Paper

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Seat No.: ________ Enrolment No.___________

GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

BE - SEMESTER ?VIII (Old) EXAMINATION ? WINTER 2019
Subject Code: 180701 Date: 25/11/2019

Subject Name: Distributed Systems
Time: 02:30 PM TO 05:00 PM Total Marks: 70

Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.

Q.1 (a) What is a distributed system? Enlist and explain design feature of a distributed
system.
07
(b) Enlist the IPC synchronization technique in distributed systems. Explain any one
of them in detail.
07

Q.2 (a) Explain any two protocols of distributed systems. 07
(b) Explain RPC. 07
OR
(b) Explain RMI architecture using figure. 07

Q.3 (a) Provide Difference between Message Passing and Distributed Shared
Memory(DSM). Explain any technique of software implementation of DSM.
07
(b) How the process is specified using formal model? Define the process execution
and admissibility using formal model.
07
OR
Q.3 (a) Explain any two methods of common clock implementation using hardware. 07
(b) Explain any one method of logical clock implementation using example. 07

Q.4 (a) Differentiate between load distribution and balancing. Explain any technique of
load distribution or balancing.
07
(b) What is write invalidate protocol? Explain how it works using figure. 07
OR
Q.4 (a) Discuss thread synchronization any two techniques. 07
(b) Compare and contrast any 3 consistency models. 07

Q.5 (a) Explain what is coherence protocol. Explain any one coherence protocol. 07
(b) Compare and contrast the any three ways file naming system in distributed
systems.
07
OR

Q.5 (a) Why mutual exclusion is more complex in distributed systems?
Compare and contrast mutual exclusion algorithms.
07
(b) Explain the design issues of distributed file system. 07

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