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Practice Questions
Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.
Question 1
Easy
What is the purpose of file locking?
💡 Hint: Think about data integrity.
Question 2
Easy
Which module is used for file locking in Python on Unix-like systems?
💡 Hint: It starts with an 'f' and is used in Unix.
Practice 4 more questions and get performance evaluation
Interactive Quizzes
Engage in quick quizzes to reinforce what you've learned and check your comprehension.
Question 1
What is file locking primarily used for?
- To speed up file access
- To prevent race conditions
- To encrypt files
💡 Hint: Think about what happens if two programs access the file at the same time.
Question 2
True or False: Exclusive locks allow more than one process to write to a file at the same time.
- True
- False
💡 Hint: Consider what happens when two processes try to write to a file.
Solve and get performance evaluation
Challenge Problems
Push your limits with challenges.
Question 1
Design a multi-threaded application that writes to a shared log file without causing race conditions. Implement file locking accordingly.
💡 Hint: Think about how locks help in data integrity.
Question 2
Create a situation where file locking fails. Describe how your application could handle this gracefully.
💡 Hint: Consider using exponential backoff for retries.
Challenge and get performance evaluation