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M.C.^& DEGREE D(AIVTTNATION, APRIL 2OL6

Fifth Semester
Elective II-DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING
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(2013 Admissions Rqsular/2011 and 2012 Admissions -
Supplementary and Lateral Entry-
\ 2014 Admissions -
Regular/2013 Admissions Supplementary) -
Time : Three Hours Maximum: 75 Marks
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t'en questinns.
Each question carcies 3 marks.

1. What is the role of middleware in distributed system ?

2. Dbscribe preciselylwhat is meant by a scalable system.

3. What are Superpeers ?

4. Cdmment on diffeFent types of communication.

5. Wht" a note on the three types of replicas.
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7. What is GPS ?

8. What is a fault and what are its types ?

9. Etplain secret-key distribution.

10. Comment on the side effects of Coda's BPC2 system.
11. How mounting is Sone in NFS ?

t2. Draw the general organization of a JavaSpace in Jini.

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Each questian carrics g marhs.
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13. (d Errylain about the different types of distributed system.
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Discuss the role of threads in distributed system.

14. (a) Discuss the i$sues concerned viith parameter passing in RPC system.
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(b) Discuss any tiwo approaches used for locating an entity when its identifier only given.

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15. (a) Briefly discuss about Data-Centric consistency models.
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(b) What are the iBsues involved in reliably delivering message to a process groups ?
16. (a) Explain how delegation of access right technique used to implementing protection in
distribution syistem.
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(b) What are the v4ays in which a message could be protected against unauthorized modification ?

L7. (a) Explain how security is achieved in NFS.

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(b) Explain TlB/Rendezvous.
' (5x9=45marks)