1. In a modified ring-based heart-beating protocol, every processpipickskother process at random in the beginning and asks them to send their heartbeats to it (pi) directly.

a. Does this protocol provide completeness? If Yes, provide an informal proof. If No, provide a counter example.

b. Does this protocol provide Accuracy? If Yes, provide an informal proof. If No, provide a counter example and state what level of Accuracy does this protocol provide.