10 Questions
What is a key advantage of dividing a process into multiple threads?
Increased throughput of the system
Which mechanism for Inter-process Communication (IPC) enables proper sequencing when dependencies are present?
Semaphores
What can lead to a race condition in a system?
Multiple processes reading or writing shared data simultaneously
What is a critical region in a program?
Part of the code where shared variables are accessed
Which condition is required to avoid race conditions in a system?
Mutual Exclusion (mutex)
Which IPC mechanism is most suitable for passing information from one process to another?
Message Passing
What is the purpose of using semaphores in IPC?
Ensuring proper sequencing when dependencies are present
"No two processes may be simultaneously inside their critical regions." This statement relates to which condition to avoid race conditions?
Mutual Exclusion (mutex)
What happens if you have two or more processes simultaneously reading or writing shared data?
A race condition may occur
What role does message passing play in Inter-process Communication (IPC)?
Sending information between processes
Test your knowledge on multithreaded web servers and the classical thread model. Explore concepts such as thread usage, dispatcher, advantages of multithreading, and shared vs. private items in threads.
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