(A) Large
(B) Small
(C) Both of above
(D) None of the above
Tag: Operating System
Software solution to critical section problem can run only in environment __.
(A) Multiprocessor
(B) Multithreading
(C) Uniprocessor
(D) Separate Address Spacing
__ is an integer variable accessible through wait and signal which are atomic operations.
(A) Mutex
(B) Semaphore
(C) Signal
(D) Busy waiting
Critical section problem can be solved by using how many ways?
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
In producer-Consumer problem synchronization is required. On which shared area this synchronization actually affect?
(A) Buffer
(B) Counter
(C) Exit section
(D) Entry section
A process is said to be in critical section if it executes code that manipulates shared data.
(A) True
(B) False
The section of code after the critical section is called?
(A) Entry section
(B) Crystal section
(C) Remainder section
(D) Exit section
Typically monitor a high level synchronization tool is characterized by __ and __ .
(A) Local data, programmer defined operators
(B) Global variable, local variable
(C) Signal, wait
(D) Local variables, semaphores