Name of the College : 9210-Nadar Saraswathi College of Engineering and Technology
Date : 06.12.24 Year & Semester : III & IV
Maximum Marks : 100 Duration: 3 Hours
Subject Name & Code : CS3551 and Distributed Computing
Degree & Branch : B.E & Computer Science and Engineering
PART A
1 Classify the security challenges faced by the distributed systems. CO1 2
2 CO1 2
What is the significance of distributed system?
3 What are the forms of message ordering paradigms? CO2 2
4 Differentiate between synchronous and asynchronous CO2 2
communication.
5 Develop the facts of global state detection-based deadlock CO3 2
detection?
6 Define the features of Mitchell and Merritt’s algorithm. CO3 2
7 Discuss the two types of log storage? CO4 2
8 What are the two kinds of checkpoints for checkpoint algorithm? CO4 2
9 Define the Benefits of cloud model CO5 2
10 Explain the Challenges of cloud CO5 2
PART B
11 A i).Explain relation to parallel computers.(6) CO1 13
ii)Idendify the challenges in distributed system.(7)
OR
11 B i) Processor synchrony(6) CO1 13
ii) Models of communication network(7)
12 A Detail description about casual order.(13) CO2 13
OR
12 B Explain chandy and lamport algorithm (13) CO2 13
13 A Explain about the lamport distributed mutual exclusionalgorithm.(13) CO3 13
OR
13 B Illustrate with a case study explain Ricart–agrawala algorithm.(13) CO3 13
14A Elaborate the various checkpoint-based rollback-recovery CO4 13
techniques.(13)
OR
14 B Give byzantine agreement tree algorithm and illustrate with anexample. CO4 13
(13)
OR
15 A Discuss the various challenges of cloud platform with an CO5 13
example(13)
OR
15 B Describe the driving factors of cloud in details(13) CO5 13
PART C
16A Express with neat sketch and explain chandy–misra–haas CO3 15
algorithm for the AND model and OR model.
OR
16B Explain about the synchronous versus asynchronous executions in CO1 15
a message-passing system with examples.