Module-1
1. . What is a Stub? Explain the use of stub in RPC mechanism (5)
[21]
2. Call back RPC? 5) [21,22,]
3. What is RPC?Its Execution Mechanism (5) [22]
4. Explain Remote Method Invocation. (5) [21]
5. What is group communication? Explain in detail Message
ordering techniques (Absolute, consistent and casual ordering)
(10) [22,23(only 2 part for -5)]
6. RMI (5) [23]
Module-2
1. What are election algorithms? Explain any one( 5)[21,22]
2. What is clock synchronization? Explain algorithms used for clock
synchronization(10) [21,22-[5],23]
3. Total ordering of the Event (5) [21]
4. What is Happened Before Relation? How does it help in event
ordering? (5) [21]
5. Mutual Exclusion (5) [22,23]
Module-3
1. Explain the various hardware architectures used to implement
DSM System. (10) [23]
2. Discuss the issues in designing and implementing DSM systems.
(10) [21]
3. 3.Thrashing (5)[21]
Module-4
1. Why is process migration important in Distributed System? What are
different address space transfer mechanisms used in process transfer?
(10) [21]
2. What is Distributed File System? (5)[21]
3. What are threads? Compare implementation of threads package at user
level and kernel level. (10) [21,]
4. What is process management? Explain features of good process
migration (5) [22,]
5. What are the Load Balancing transfer policies used for distributed
systems? (10) [22]
6. What are threads? How are they different from process? Explain the
various thread models. (10) [22]
7. Pipeline Thread Model (5) [22,]
8. Thread Model (5) [23,]
9. Describe load sharing approach in Distributed Systems. (10) [23]
10.Explain the mechanism for process migration and desirable features of
11.process migration mechanism. (10) [23]
Module-5
1. Discuss Saas, Paas and Iaas along with their relative benefits.(10)
[21,22(5)],
2. What is Cloud computing? What are the key characteristics of cloud
computing? (10) [21]
3. . Explain cloud computing and various types of the same.(10) [22,23]
