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Grueling Advanced Computer Science Theory and Systems Challenge

Test your grasp of advanced computer science topics with this challenging set of questions designed to probe depth of understanding in algorithms, theory, and systems.

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Which data structure, introduced by William Pugh in 1990, provides expected O(log n) time complexity for search, insertion, and deletion through probabilistic balancing, without requiring strict tree rotations?
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2
In computational complexity theory, the Sipser–Lautemann theorem provides a significant containment result for which complexity class, showing it is within the second level of the polynomial hierarchy?
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According to Brewer's CAP theorem, which three properties cannot all be guaranteed simultaneously in a distributed computer system?
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Consider a distributed key-value store with a single register. Process 1 writes value 1 at time t=10, and the write completes at t=12. Process 2 reads the register at time t=13 and receives value 0. Assuming no other operations, which consistency model is directly violated by this execution?
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The Raft consensus algorithm, designed as a more understandable alternative to Paxos, ensures fault tolerance in distributed systems primarily through which core mechanism?
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Rice's theorem in computability theory implies the undecidability of which of the following problems about Turing machines?
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In IEEE 754 floating-point arithmetic, for a double-precision variable x, the expression (x != x) evaluates to true under which condition?
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Why is the Church-Turing thesis considered a thesis rather than a theorem in theoretical computer science?
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Grueling Advanced Computer Science Theory and Systems Challenge

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Which data structure, introduced by William Pugh in 1990, provides expected O(log n) time complexity for search, insertion, and deletion through probabilistic balancing, without requiring strict tree rotations?

In computational complexity theory, the Sipser–Lautemann theorem provides a significant containment result for which complexity class, showing it is within the second level of the polynomial hierarchy?

According to Brewer's CAP theorem, which three properties cannot all be guaranteed simultaneously in a distributed computer system?

Consider a distributed key-value store with a single register. Process 1 writes value 1 at time t=10, and the write completes at t=12. Process 2 reads the register at time t=13 and receives value 0. Assuming no other operations, which consistency model is directly violated by this execution?

The Raft consensus algorithm, designed as a more understandable alternative to Paxos, ensures fault tolerance in distributed systems primarily through which core mechanism?

Rice's theorem in computability theory implies the undecidability of which of the following problems about Turing machines?

In IEEE 754 floating-point arithmetic, for a double-precision variable x, the expression (x != x) evaluates to true under which condition?

Why is the Church-Turing thesis considered a thesis rather than a theorem in theoretical computer science?

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