Question: At least one resource must be held in a nonsharable mode; that is, only one process at a time can use the resource. If another process requests that resource, the requesting process must be delayed until the resource has been released.This condition for deadlock is refered to as :
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MCQ: At least one resource must be held in a nonsharable mode; that is, only one process at a time can use the resource. If another process requests that resource, the requesting process must be delayed until the resource has been released.This condition for deadlock is refered to as :
Correct Answer:
A. Mutual exclusion
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- 1. A process must be holding at least one resource and waiting to acquire additional resources that are currently being held by other processes.This condition for deadlock is refered to as :
- 2. Resources cannot be preempted; that is, a resource can be released only voluntarily by the process holding it, after that process has completed its task.This condition for deadlock is refered to as :
- 3. A set {P0, P1, ..., Pn} of waiting processes must exist such that P0 is waiting for a resource held by P1, P1 is waiting for a resource held by P2, ..., Pn−1 is waiting for a resource held by Pn, and Pn is waiting for a resource held by P0.This condition for deadlock is refered to as :
- 4. Deadlocks can be described more precisely in terms of a directed graph called a
- 5. Which of the following statements is TRUE for dealing with the deadlock problem: <ol> <li>We can use a protocol to prevent or avoid deadlocks, ensuring that the system will never enter a deadlocked state.</li> <li>We can allow the system to enter a deadlocked state, detect it, and recover.</li> <li>We can ignore the problem altogether and pretend that deadlocks never occur in the system.</li> </ol>
- 6. To ensure that deadlocks never occur, the system can use <ol> <li>deadlock prevention scheme</li> <li>deadlock-avoidance scheme</li> <li>deadlock-detection scheme</li> <li>deadlock-recovery scheme</li> </ol>
- 7. Deadlock Prevention Scheme can applied if:
- 8. For Deadlock Prevention which of the following condition Stands TRUE: <ol> <li>The mutual exclusion condition must hold</li> <li>hold-and-wait condition never occurs in the system</li> <li>No Preemption condition does not hold</li> <li>Circular Wait condition never holds</li> </ol>
- 9. In Deadlock Prevention Scheme ,The mutual exclusion condition must hold if:
- 10. In Deadlock Prevention Scheme ,To ensure that the hold-and-wait condition never occurs in the system if:
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