Dist - Model Paper
Dist - Model Paper
Dist - Model Paper
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Campus: Vellore
PART – A (8 X 5 = 40 Marks)
Answer ALL the Questions
4. (a) Exemplify the purpose of using web crawlers along with the search engines? [2]
(b) With suitable sketch define the functionality of middleware layer. [3]
8. (a) With neat sketch define clock synchronization using time server. [2]
(b) What is meant by totally ordered logical clock? [3]
Model-QP-JAN-2011/ITE308
PART – B (6 X 10 = 60 Marks)
Answer any SIX Questions
9. (a) State the significance of RIP in finding the route information. [3]
(b) Illustrate the variants of client server models with suitable examples. [7]
10. (a) List the essential design requirements of distributed architecture. [3]
(b) Explain two variants of the interaction model. [7]
12. (a) Depict the necessity of UFIDs in flat file service with suitable example. [3]
(b) List out the pitfalls of christian’s algorithm and explain how Berkley’s algorithm [7]
tries to resolve the issue.
13. (a) Is two-phase locking restricted only to centralized methods of transaction? Justify. [3]
(b) Explicate the possibilities of transaction conflicts happening during a read and [7]
write operation.
14. (a) State the key issue in the design of peer-to-peer applications. [3]
(b) How does CORBA’s concurrency control help in avoiding deadlock? [7]