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Question 1
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Which component would likely be duplicated in a fault-tolerant computer system?

Question 2
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Which strategy is most appropriate when trying to prevent faults from escalating into catastrophic failures in complex software systems?

Question 3
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In terms of increasing a network's fault tolerance, what is primarily achieved through implementing redundant pathways between nodes?

Question 4
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How can fault tolerance help reduce vulnerabilities in digital systems?

Question 5
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Which scenario best exemplifies application level resilience as part of a comprehensive strategy towards achieving total system resilience?

Question 6
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In a peer-to-peer file-sharing network designed with fault tolerance in mind, which feature would most likely increase the risk to users' privacy?

Question 7
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Which technique would best help identify a single point of failure in a distributed system that is intended to be fault-tolerant?

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Question 8
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In cloud computing environments, what approach is commonly used to achieve fault tolerance across different geographic locations?

Question 9
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What type of redundancy is typically used in databases to protect against data loss due to hardware failure?

Question 10
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Given a distributed system designed to handle large-scale computations, which strategy would best enhance its fault tolerance while considering resource limitations?