CBD3314 Week 1

This course is not about which of the following...

• Enterprise Middleware

• Distributed Systems

• The Internet

• Windows Certifications

Which one is the least appropriate example of distributed systems?

• The internet

• MMOGs

• Financial trading

• Television remote control

Pervasive computing means...

• A connection to the network is nearly always available

• Devices embedded in appliances

• IoT

• Backbone and satellite link

Cloud computing has transformed computing into...

• A utility

• a replacement of physical with virtual computers only

• More expensive

• AI

A remote invocation is...

• A complete interaction between a client and server

• Pure magic

• Initiated by the server

• Likely to fail

A service...

• Manages a collection of related resources

• Is read-only

• Is similar to a process

• Is like a web browser

Heterogeneity means...

• Different types of hardware, networks, systems

• Similar types of hardware, networks, systems

• Front-end, middleware, and back-end

• None of these

Which factor is least likely to impact scalability?

• Cost of physical resources

• Performance loss

• Software resource availability

• Natural disasters

Quality of Service (QoS) quantifies all but which one?

• Reliability

• Security

• Performance

• Ubiquity