T.J.S.

ENGINEERING COLLEGE
EXAMINATION: CAT II
SUBJECT NAME : DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SUBJECT CODE : CS3551
YEAR : III- A& B SEC SEMESTER : V
DEPT : CSE DATE : 8-11-2023
MAX MARKS : 100 Marks TIME : 10 AM TO 1 PM
FACULTY NAME: Ms. Pavithra V
PART - A — (10 × 2 = 20 Marks)
Q.No QUESTION MARK

1 What do you mean by message passing? 2

2 Define distributed program. 2
3 What do you mean by synchronous and asynchronous execution? 2
4 List out the features of distributed systems. 2
5 What is distributed system? 2
6 Write down the principals of distributed systems. 2
7 State the objectives of resource sharing model. 2
8 Define transparency. What are its type? 2
9 Differentiate between buffering and caching. 2
10 What is service cloud? 2
PART - B — ( 13× 5= 65 Marks)
11 a. Discuss the design and challenges in distributed system from a system perspective.. 13
(OR)
11 b. What are the primitives of distributed system. Explain in detail 13
12 a. Illustrate the difference between message passing and shared memory process
communication.
(OR)
12 b. (i)Difference between Synchronous and Asynchronous execution 7
(ii)Discuss the Global State of Distributed System in detail 6

13 a. Show that in the Ricart-Agrawala Algorithm the crtical section is accessed in 13

increasing order of timestamp.
(OR)
13 b. Define deadlock detection in DS and mention its necessary condition. 13
14 a. Define Distributed system. What are the disadvantages of DS. 13
(OR)
14 b. Discuss about A model of Distributed computations: A distributed Program in detail. 13
15 a. Explain any two cloud service models in detail 13
(OR)
15 b. List out the applications of Distributed computing in detail (ii)Models of 7
Communication Networks 6
PART – C — ( 15 × 1 =15 Marks)
16 a. Explain in detail about Lamport Algorithm. 15

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