Download JNTUH (Jawaharlal nehru technological university) MCA (Master of Computer Applications) 4th Sem (Fourth Semester) Regulation-R15 2017 August 824AF Distributed Systems Previous Question Paper
R15
Code No: 824AF
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD
MCA IV Semester Examinations, August - 2017
DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS
Time: 3hrs
Max.Marks:75
Note: This question paper contains two parts A and B.
Part A is compulsory which carries 25 marks. Answer all questions in Part A. Part B
consists of 5 Units. Answer any one full question from each unit. Each question carries
10 marks and may have a, b, c as sub questions.
PART - A
5 ? 5 Marks = 25
1.a) Differentiate between tightly coupled and loosely coupled systems.
[5]
b) What are the design goals of SUN network file system? Discuss.
[5]
c) How mutual exclusion is done in distributed systems? Give example.
[5]
d) What are the necessary conditions for a deadlock to occur in distributed systems?
[5]
e) What is the difference between sequential and release consistency? Explain.
[5]
PART - B
5 ? 10 Marks = 50
2.
Characterize distributed systems and explain different architectural models of distributed
systems.
[10]
OR
3.
Explain how Inter Process Communication is achieved in distributed systems.
[10]
4.
Draw and explain the architecture for multi threaded servers. Discuss the issues related to
thread programming, thread lifetime, thread synchronization, scheduling and
implementation.
[10]
OR
5.
Explain the case studies of Global Name Service and X.500 directory service.
[10]
6.
Describe the internal and external synchronization of physical clocks. Give an example
execution of a ring based algorithm to show that the processes are not necessarily granted
entry to critical section.
[10]
OR
7.
Explain the case studies of Squirrel and Ocean Store in detail.
[10]
8.
How concurrency control is attained in distributed systems? Make a comparison of
methods of concurrency control in distributed systems.
[10]
OR
9.
What is meant by fault tolerant services? Explain how primary backup model of
replication is fault tolerant.
[10]
10.
Write a detailed note on the case study of CORBA. Also discuss about CORBA RMI and
CORBA Services.
[10]
OR
11.
What is distributed shared memory? Explain about page based shared memory system in
detail.
[10]
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