Client/Server Computing:

Q6. In multiprocessor systems, critical regions are protected using semaphores, monitors, and similar constructs. a. true b. false Q7. In general, election algorithms attempt to locate the process with the highest process number and designate it as the coordinator. a. true b. false Q8. Universal Coordinated Time, abbreviated UTC, is the basis of all modern civil timekeeping. a. true b. false Q9. Ordering issues, like many other application-specific communication issues, can adequately solved by looking at the application for which communication is taking place. This is also known as the end-to-end argument in systems design. a. true b. false Q10. A distributed transaction is a transaction that is logically decomposed into a hierarchy of subtransactions. a. true b. false