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The purpose of this survey is to help the instructors calibrate the difficulty of this course; it is not graded and will not be used in calculating final grades. Answer only the questions you know, and do not be afraid to leave questions blank.

1. On a scale of 1-10, 10 being "completely fluent", how comfortable are you with programming in Java?

    

2. Define "function object" (sometimes called a "functor"), and provide an example of when you would want to use one.

    

    

3. Have you worked with a distributed system before? Please describe:

    

    

4. What do you expect to get out of this seminar?

    

    

5. Define the following terms, as commonly used in Lisp (or similar functional programming language):
   • map (aka "each", "foreach")

      

   • fold (aka "reduce")

      

6. What is the difference between "latency" and "bandwidth"?

    

    

7. Which of the following papers published by Google have you read:
   • The Google File System

      

   • MapReduce: Simplified Data Processing on Large Clusters

      

8. Define "parallel programming" and "distributed systems". What is the difference between the two?

    

    

    

9. What are the top challenges in designing a distributed system?

    

    

10. What charecterizes a problem which can be solved with a parallelized solution?