Concurrency and Deadlocks

Question 1

It is the management of multiple processes within a uniprocessor system

Answer 1

Multiprogramming

Question 2

It is the management of multiple processes within a multiprocessor

Answer 2

Multiprocessing

Question 3

It is the management of multiple processes executing on multiple distributed computer systems

Answer 3

Distributed processing

Question 4

The basic requirement to support concurrent processes is the ability of a program to enforce …

Answer 4

mutual exclusion

Question 5

which pertains to the ability to execute all other other processes from a course of action while one (1) process is granted that ability.

Answer 5

mutual exclusion

Question 6

is an application performance technique that encompasses the ability to load and execute multiple runnable programs

Answer 6

Concurrency

Question 7

Concurrency can be viewed based on the following context:

Answer 7

1. Multiple applications
2. Structured applications
3. Operating system structure

Question 8

It is a function or an action implemented as a sequence of one (1) or more instructions that appear to be individisible, wherein no other process can see an intermediate state or interrupt the operation.

Answer 8

Atomic operation

Question 9

It is a section of code within a process that requires access to shared resources, and must not be executed while other process is in a corresponding section of code.

Answer 9

Critical section

Question 10

It is a situation in which multiple threads or processes read and write a shared data item, and the final results depends on the relative timing of their execution

Answer 10

Race condition

Question 11

It is a situation in which a runnable process is overlooked indefinitely by the scheduler. Although the process is able to proceed, it is never chosen.

Answer 11

Starvation