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Process Synchronization MCQs

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  • 11. A situation where several processes access and manipulate the same data concurrently and the outcome of the execution depends on the particular order in which access takes place is called ____________
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    Answer is : B
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  • 12. The segment of code in which the process may change common variables, update tables, write into files is known as ____________
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    Answer is : B
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  • 13. Which of the following conditions must be satisfied to solve the critical section problem?
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    Answer is : D
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  • 14. Mutual exclusion implies that ____________
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    Answer is : A
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  • 15. Bounded waiting implies that there exists a bound on the number of times a process is allowed to enter its critical section ____________
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    Answer is : A
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  • 16. A minimum of _____ variable(s) is/are required to be shared between processes to solve the critical section problem.
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    Answer is : B
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  • 17. In the bakery algorithm to solve the critical section problem ____________
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    Answer is : B
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  • 18. An un-interruptible unit is known as ____________
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    Answer is : B
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  • 19. TestAndSet instruction is executed ____________
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    Answer is : C
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  • 20. Semaphore is a/an _______ to solve the critical section problem.
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    Answer is : C

    A semaphore S is an integer variable that, apart from initialization, is accessed only through two standard atomic operations: wait() and signal().

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