B.TECH - Semester 8 distributed systems Question Paper 2017 (dec)

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806 B : DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS (F) Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 100 PART - A Answer all questions. Each question carries 4 marks.
Define distributed systems. Give examples.
Classify the following events on types of failure:
Differentiate between TCP and UDP.
How MobileIP routing mechanism works ?
What is Marshalling ?
Write short note on replication.
What are the characteristics of inter-process communication ?
Define deadlock.
What is starvation ?
What are the main four tasks of group membership service ? PART - B Answer any one question from each Module. Each question carries 20 marks. Module - I
OR
Explain in detail the various fundamental system models of a distributed system. ..... 20 Module - II
OR
Module - III
Explain in detail Locks and Deadlocks. ..... 20 OR
Discuss in detail Network File System (NFS). ..... 20