This question evaluates a candidate's ability to compute distances within tree structures and to design efficient hierarchical data structures supporting dynamic queries and updates, testing skills in tree algorithms and data structure design within the Coding & Algorithms domain.

Given a binary tree, find the maximum distance between two 'alive' nodes, where 'alive' nodes are initially the leaves; follow-up: allow the set of 'alive' nodes to be specified arbitrarily. LeetCode 1166. Design File System
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