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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Q. What type of communication does computer-mediated communication (CMC) support?

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Q. What kind of systems are designed to help users generate new ideas and reach decisions?

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Q. In meeting rooms, what is often used to support synchronous co-located collaboration?

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Q. What term refers to the technique of using group pointers to indicate specific points of focus during collaboration?

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Q. What are systems like gIBIS used for?

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Q. What type of applications can better support the use of shared objects?

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Q. What is the importance of communication through artifacts in groupware systems?

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Q. What is a characteristic of groupware systems that are more complex than single-user systems?

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