📝 Naming and transparency in Distributed Systems

📖 From Operating System • 17. Distributed Systems • 46 questions available

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🔄 Last updated: 2026-07-27

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Q1. A network administrator pins the ARP entry for a heavily used server. Which outcome is most likely?

🔹 A. The server's MAC address will never change in the cache

🔹 B. The ARP entry will be refreshed every 30 seconds

🔹 C. The server will be unreachable

🔹 D. The ARP cache will grow indefinitely

💡 Difficulty: easy | ✅ Correct: A

Q2. Why does the Ethernet data‑link‑layer header often change as a packet traverses routers?

🔹 A. Routers encrypt the header for security

🔹 B. Routers replace the source and destination MAC addresses for each hop

🔹 C. The header is unchanged; only the payload is modified

🔹 D. Routers add a new IP header without touching the Ethernet header

💡 Difficulty: medium | ✅ Correct: B

Q3. A workstation cannot ping a remote server. The ARP cache shows an entry for the server’s IP pointing to MAC address 00:11:22:33:44:55, but a network scan reveals the server now uses 66:77:88:99:AA:BB. Which troubleshooting step should be taken first?

🔹 A. Restart the workstation’s network interface

🔹 B. Flush the DNS cache on the workstation

🔹 C. Update the routing table on the server

🔹 D. Clear the stale ARP entry for the server’s IP address

💡 Difficulty: hard | ✅ Correct: D

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