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Which problem illustrates deadlock in a somewhat unsanitary way?
Which problem illustrates deadlock in a somewhat unsanitary way?
- The chopstick management problem
- The resource acquisition problem
- The hungry philosophers problem
- The dining philosophers problem (correct)
What happens in the dining philosophers problem if one of the chopsticks is not available?
What happens in the dining philosophers problem if one of the chopsticks is not available?
- The philosopher waits for a minute before trying again
- The philosopher puts down the available chopstick and waits for the other one (correct)
- The philosopher grabs both adjacent chopsticks
- The philosopher grabs the available chopstick and eats
Which situation illustrates deadlock in the dining philosophers problem?
Which situation illustrates deadlock in the dining philosophers problem?
- Each philosopher immediately grabs the chopstick to his left
- Each philosopher waits for both chopsticks to be available before grabbing
- Each philosopher immediately grabs the chopstick to his right
- Each philosopher grabs one chopstick and waits indefinitely (correct)
What is the purpose of chopstick-management algorithms in the dining philosophers problem?
What is the purpose of chopstick-management algorithms in the dining philosophers problem?
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What is deadlock in the context of the dining philosophers problem?
What is deadlock in the context of the dining philosophers problem?
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