Module 4 - Process Synchronization

Question 1

Concurrent access to shared data may result in :

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data inconsistency

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data consistency

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data insecurity

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None of the Above

Question 2

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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race condition

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data consistency

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aging

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starvation

Question 3

The segment of code in which the process may change common variables, update tables, write into files is known as :

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critical section

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program

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non – critical section

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synchronizing

Question 4

The following three conditions must be satisfied to solve the critical section problem :

Accepted Answer

All of the Above

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Mutual Exclusion

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Progress

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Bounded Waiting

Question 5

Mutual exclusion implies that :

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if a process is executing in its critical section, then no other process must be executing in their critical sections

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if a process is executing in its critical section, then other processes must be executing in their critical sections

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if a process is executing in its critical section, then all the resources of the system must be blocked until it finishes execution

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None of the Above

Question 6

Bounded waiting implies that there exists a bound on the number of times a process is allowed to enter its critical section :

Accepted Answer

after a process has made a request to enter its critical section and before the request is granted

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when another process is in its critical section

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before a process has made a request to enter its critical section

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None of the Above

Question 7

A minimum of _____ variable(s) is/are required to be shared between processes to solve the critical section problem.

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two

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one

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three

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four

Question 8

In the bakery algorithm to solve the critical section problem :

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each process receives a number (may or may not be unique) and the one with the lowest number is served next

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each process is put into a queue and picked up in an ordered manner

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each process gets a unique number and the one with the highest number is served next

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each process gets a unique number and the one with the lowest number is served next

Question 9

An un-interruptible unit is known as :

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atomic

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single

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static

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None of the Above

Question 10

The TestAndSet instruction is executed :

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atomically

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after a particular process

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periodically

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None of the Above

Question 11

Semaphore is a/an _______ to solve the critical section problem.

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integer variable

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hardware for a system

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special program for a system

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None of the Above

Question 12

The two atomic operations permissible on semaphores are :

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wait

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stop

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hold

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None of the Above

Question 13

Spinlocks are :

Accepted Answer

All of the Above

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CPU cycles wasting locks over critical sections of programs

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Locks that avoid time wastage in context switches

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Locks that work better on multiprocessor systems

Question 14

The main disadvantage of spinlocks is that :

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they require busy waiting

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they are not sufficient for many process

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they are unreliable sometimes

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they are too complex for programmers

Question 15

The wait operation of the semaphore basically works on the basic _______ system call.

Accepted Answer

block()

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stop()

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hold()

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wait()

Module 4 - Process Synchronization

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