general/drills: Add "Nightly Builds System" written task as exam

Add Markdown file storing the question scenario and the questions
Modify config.yaml to render the new task

Signed-off-by: Petru-Vlad Ionescu <[email protected]>

chapters/general/drills/tasks/nightly-builds-system.md

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+# Nightly Builds System
+
+## Scenario
+
+We are designing and implementing a nightly builds system, where different components and versions are compiled.
+The system receives build requests in the form of build files (e.g., Makefiles); the reception is done by a dispatcher component, which then forwards the requests to worker components to be executed.
+The worker components can (and it's recommended) run on other systems; in this case, the sources for building are located on a shared storage space (network file system).
+Dispatcher components collect the build results and, in case of system errors, transmit them to another component; in case of runs without system errors, they transmit them back to the build requester.
+
+Answer the following questions with "True" or "False" and justify your answer.
+The justification should be simple, 2-3 sentences for each answer.
+
+## Questions
+
+1. The dispatcher component is a CPU-intensive process.
+Answer: False
+
+1. The connection between the dispatcher component and the worker components can be established through network sockets.
+Answer: True
+
+1. To utilize all available resources, worker components should use all system cores.
+For this, we prefer a multi-threaded implementation over a multiprocess one.
+Answer: False
+
+1. The dispatcher component can run on a Windows system.
+Answer: True
+
+1. The dispatcher component can be implemented in an interpreted language (such as Python, Lua, Ruby).
+Answer: True
+
+1. Build systems (where workers run) need to have processors specific to the targets they obtain (if we want to compile ARM targets, we need ARM processors).
+Answer: False
+
+1. If we measure the time spent by the worker components, we will see that most of the time is spent in user space (user time) compared to kernel space (system time).
+Answer: True
+
+1. The storage space requirement is higher for a worker component than for the dispatcher component.
+Answer: True
+
+1. The system can function with just one worker component.
+Answer: True
+
+1. The dispatcher component does not cause page faults.
+Answer: False
+
+1. The dispatcher system can function as both a statically compiled and a dynamically compiled application.
+Answer: True

config.yaml

@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ docusaurus:
           subsections:
             - Digital Forensics/: digital-forensics.md
             - Distributed System/: distributed-system.md
+            - Nightly Builds System/: nightly-builds-system.md
       - Hackathons:
           path: content/assignments
           subsections: