Code No: RR421203 Set No.

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IV B.Tech II Semester Supplimentary Examinations, May 2008
CLIENT SERVER COMPUTING
(Information Technology)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) Briefly explain about different server Architectures.

(b) Briefly explain 2-tier versus 3-tier architectures. [8+8]

2. (a) Briefly explain the Client OS Trends.

(b) Explain about NT Client. [8+8]

3. Explain about Distributed Computing Environment and its components. [16]

4. Write a short note on the following:

(a) JDBC URL naming

(b) JDBC 2-tier
(c) JAVAs Embedded SQL
(d) Federated Nirvana. [4+4+4+4]

5. (a) Discuss about the replication via Synchronous and Asynchronous updates.
(b) Briefly discuss about online analytical processing. [8+8]

6. (a) What is meant by a Two-phase commit protocol? Explain clearly the me-
chanics of the OSI TP Two -phage commit.
(b) Discuss the flat transaction by suing MOM for inter company transactions.
[10+6]

7. Compare the TP-Lite and TP-Heavy in the following aspects.

(a) Client/Server invocation

(b) Managing heterogerneous resources
(c) Performance [5+5+6]

8. (a) What is the need of client/server tools? How much client/server coverage does
the tool provide?
(b) What is meant by prototyping? Discuss about rapid prototyping.
[8+8]

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Code No: RR421203 Set No. 2
IV B.Tech II Semester Supplimentary Examinations, May 2008
CLIENT SERVER COMPUTING
(Information Technology)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) Briefly discuss about the three Building blocks of client/server .

(b) Briefly discuss about middleware in N-tier environment. [8+8]

2. Write short notes on following:

(a) LINUX
(b) OS/2 Warp server
(c) UNIX
(d) Netware. [4+4+4+4]

3. (a) Briefly explain the Message-oriented middle ware Consortium.

(b) Briefly explain the Event brokers mediation between publishers and sub-
scribers. [8+8]

4. (a) Discuss about the SQL Database Server Architecture.

(b) Discuss the Roles of SQL. [8+8]

5. (a) Discuss about the replication via Synchronous and Asynchronous updates.
(b) Briefly discuss about online analytical processing. [8+8]

6. (a) Discuss the TP mointor standards.

(b) Explain the TP mointor benefits. [8+8]

7. Compare the TP-Lite and TP-Heavy in the following aspects.

(a) Client/Server invocation

(b) Managing heterogerneous resources
(c) Performance [5+5+6]

8. (a) Discuss about SMTP, IMAP and POP

(b) Discuss about group calendaring and scheduling. [8+8]

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Code No: RR421203 Set No. 3
IV B.Tech II Semester Supplimentary Examinations, May 2008
CLIENT SERVER COMPUTING
(Information Technology)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆

1. (a) Explain about server to server middleware infrastructure with a neat diagram.
(b) Explain the Client/Server software infrastructure. [8+8]

2. (a) Briefly explain the Client OS Trends.

(b) Explain about NT Client. [8+8]

3. (a) Compare and Contrast Datagrams Versus sessions.

(b) Briefly explain about Peer to Peer communications. [8+8]

4. (a) Briefly discuss the Basic parts of SQL3.

(b) Discuss the Evolution of SQL Specification. [8+8]

5. (a) Discuss about the top-down approach to Data warehousing.

(b) Discuss about replication versus direct access. [8+8]

6. (a) With a neat diagram explain the chained transactions, discuss its advantan-
tages and disadvantages.
(b) Explain the following transctions. [8+8]
i. Bank- to - bank flat transactions
ii. A multisite distributed flat transaction

7. Compare the TP-Lite and TP-Heavy in the following aspects.

(a) Client/Server invocation

(b) Managing heterogerneous resources
(c) Performance [5+5+6]

8. (a) What is meant by client/server groupware? Why it is important.

(b) Discuss how is groupware different from SQL databases? [8+8]

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Code No: RR421203 Set No. 4
IV B.Tech II Semester Supplimentary Examinations, May 2008
CLIENT SERVER COMPUTING
(Information Technology)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆

1. (a) Briefly explain about client/server computing.

(b) Discuss about web Client /server versus traditional Client/Server. [8+8]

2. (a) Briefly discuss different Client Operating Systems.

(b) Explain about Linux Operating System. [8+8]

3. (a) Briefly explain about Remote Procedure Call.

(b) Explain about Messaging and Queuing. [8+8]

4. Write a short note on the following:

(a) JDBC URL naming

(b) JDBC 2-tier
(c) JAVAs Embedded SQL
(d) Federated Nirvana. [4+4+4+4]

5. (a) Briefly discuss the role of the information directory in a Data warehousing
system.
(b) Write short notes on Personal information agents. [8+8]

6. (a) With a neat diagram explain the nested transactions.

(b) Discuss a multisite distributed flat transactions [8+8]

7. (a) Discuss clearly about TP-heavy and state its advantages and disadvantages.
(b) Compare the TP-Lite and TP -Heavy in their performance. [8+8]

8. (a) Discuss the latest and greatest model of client/server tools.

(b) What is meant by prototyping? Discuss about rapid prototyping. [8+8]

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