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This section includes 4 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Operating System Questions & Answers Deadlock knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
A problem encountered in multitasking when a process is perpetually denied necessary resources is called ____________ |
| A. | deadlock |
| B. | starvation |
| C. | inversion |
| D. | aging |
| Answer» C. inversion | |
| 2. |
What is the drawback of banker s algorithm? |
| A. | in advance processes rarely know how much resource they will need |
| B. | the number of processes changes as time progresses |
| C. | resource once available can disappear |
| D. | all of the mentioned |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. |
The circular wait condition can be prevented by ____________ |
| A. | defining a linear ordering of resource types |
| B. | using thread |
| C. | using pipes |
| D. | all of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. using thread | |
| 4. |
A system is in the safe state if ____________ |
| A. | the system can allocate resources to each process in some order and still avoid a deadlock |
| B. | there exist a safe sequence |
| C. | all of the mentioned |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. there exist a safe sequence | |