SEMAPHORES CRITICAL SECTION MUTUAL EXCLUSION PETERSONS SOLUTION DINING PHOLOSOPHERS PROBLEM

What does the acronym "SEM" stand for in SEMAPHORES?

Synchronized Event Management

Systematic Error Monitoring

Semaphore Event Manager

Synchronization Event Mechanism

Which concept ensures that only one process can access a shared resource at a time?

Critical Section

Mutual Exclusion

Peterson's Solution

Dining Philosophers Problem

Which algorithm provides a solution to the critical section problem using software-based synchronization?

Peterson's Solution

Mutual Exclusion

Semaphore Algorithm

Dining Philosophers Algorithm

What is the purpose of semaphores in concurrent programming?

To ensure mutual exclusion

To provide inter-process communication

To manage critical sections

All of the above

Which of the following is NOT a type of semaphore?

Binary Semaphore

Counting Semaphore

Mutex

Named Semaphore

Which algorithm provides a solution to the critical section problem using hardware-based synchronization?

Peterson's Solution

Mutual Exclusion

Semaphore Algorithm

Test-and-Set

What is the main challenge in solving the Dining Philosophers Problem?

Deadlock

Starvation

Resource Contention

Circular Wait

Which concept ensures that only one process can execute a specific code segment at a time?

Critical Section

Mutual Exclusion

Peterson's Solution

Deadlock

Which synchronization mechanism is commonly used to implement mutual exclusion?

Locks

Barriers

Condition Variables

Semaphores

What is the purpose of Peterson's Solution?

To solve the Dining Philosophers Problem

To provide inter-process communication

To ensure mutual exclusion

To prevent deadlock

Which problem involves a group of philosophers sitting around a table, where each philosopher alternates between thinking and eating?

Critical Section Problem

Mutual Exclusion Problem

Peterson's Problem

Dining Philosophers Problem

Which algorithm provides a solution to the critical section problem using turn-taking?

Peterson's Solution

Mutual Exclusion

Semaphore Algorithm

Test-and-Set

What is the primary goal of the Dining Philosophers Problem?

To achieve maximum throughput

To minimize resource contention

To avoid deadlock

To demonstrate synchronization challenges

Which concept ensures that only one process can enter a specific region of code at a time?

Critical Section

Mutual Exclusion

Peterson's Solution

Deadlock

Which synchronization mechanism is commonly used to implement critical sections?

Locks

Barriers

Condition Variables

Semaphores

What is the purpose of the Dining Philosophers Problem?

To solve the critical section problem

To demonstrate resource contention

To simulate a dining scenario

To illustrate synchronization challenges

Which algorithm provides a solution to the critical section problem using atomic operations?

Peterson's Solution

Mutual Exclusion

Semaphore Algorithm

Test-and-Set

What is the main cause of deadlock in the Dining Philosophers Problem?

Insufficient resources

Circular wait

Resource contention

Starvation

SEMAPHORES CRITICAL SECTION MUTUAL EXCLUSION PETERSONS SOLUTION DINING PHOLOSOPHERS PROBLEM

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