Q. What is the primary concern when dealing with unforeseen sequences of events in a distributed system?

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Q. What is a common scenario that can lead to a deadlock in a distributed system?

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Q. What programming practice can help avoid deadlock in a distributed system?

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Q. What is a key consideration when making assumptions about the ordering of incoming events in a groupware system?

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Q. Which factor can affect the form in which messages sent from one computer arrive at another in a groupware system?

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Q. What can be done to ensure consistent message interpretation in a groupware system where message length may vary?

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Q. What programming approach can help avoid algorithmic errors when scaling up a groupware system to larger numbers of users?

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Q. Why is it important to take into account the future scaling of a system during its initial design?

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Q. What practice should be followed when early versions of a system have fixed-size assumptions that may not hold in the future?

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Q. How can a system handle the situation when the number of open files/network connections reaches its limit?

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Q. What is a potential consequence if the number of clients exceeds the allowable open files/network connections limit?

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Q. What system-dependent modification can be made to overcome the limitation of open files/network connections on the server?

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Q. What is a potential solution to address the issue of the server's open files/network connections limit?

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Q. Why is testing the functionality of an application with multiple windows on the same workstation insufficient to catch certain types of problems?

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Q. What is the purpose of deliberately rebooting a workstation or disconnecting a network connector during testing?

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Q. How can race conditions and odd sequences be simulated during testing?

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Q. What approach can be taken to test the system's resilience to high user activity and random input?

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Q. How can a rogue client/replicate be used to test the system's robustness?

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Q. What is the purpose of offering a group of computer science undergraduates a reward if they can break the system?

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Q. Apart from discovering faults, what is the additional challenge that comes after identifying problems during testing?

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