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The video provides an introduction to distributed systems, explaining their basic concepts and significance in modern computing environments.

What is a primary reason for using distributed systems?

• To reduce the number of servers

• To improve scalability and reliability

• To centralize data processing

• To increase the complexity of systems

Which of the following is a key component of distributed systems?

• Centralized database

• Single-threaded processing

• Network communication

• Local storage only

What is a common challenge faced by distributed systems?

• Single point of failure

• Network latency

• Lack of data

• Excessive centralization

How do distributed systems typically handle failures?

• By ignoring them

• Through redundancy and replication

• By shutting down the system

• By centralizing control

Which solution is often used to address consistency in distributed systems?

• Immediate data deletion

• Random data distribution

• Eventual consistency models

• Centralized logging