DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.Sc. (Software Engineering) Years Integrated) DEGREE
EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2017.
DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
SECTION A — x 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE questions.
1. Describe the architectural model employed in distributed
system.
2. Discuss the issues related to datagram communication.
3. What are the main characteristics of distributed eventbased
system? Explain.
4. Write about firewalls.
5. Write the procedure for creation of a new process.
6. Describe the requirements and pitfalls in the design of
distributed services.
7. Write a note on Domain Name System.
8. Illustrate the problems associated with aborting
transactions.
SECTION B — x 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR questions.
9. Describe the challenges to be faced at the time of
designing distributed system.
10. Explain the role of each component in RMI.
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11. Describe the design of scret-key and public-key
algorithm.
12. Explain the Cristian's method for synchronizing clocks.
13. Explain the architecture of X.500 directory service.
14. Write about concurrency control in distributed
transactions.
15. Discuss about group communication in detail.