Practice Critical Section - 9.4.2 | 9. Multithreading | Computer Architecture
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9.4.2 - Critical Section

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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

What is a critical section?

💡 Hint: Think about what happens if multiple threads try to access the same resource.

Question 2

Easy

Define a race condition.

💡 Hint: Consider scenarios where two threads interfere with each other.

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

What defines a critical section?

  • Code that can run concurrently
  • Code restricting access to one thread
  • Code that requires multithreading

💡 Hint: Think about the scenario of shared resource access.

Question 2

True or False: A race condition happens when the outcome of operations does not depend on the order of execution.

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Reflect on how conflicting actions can alter results.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

Design a multithreaded application using mutexes to control access to a shared bank account variable. Include scenarios depicting possible race conditions and how your design avoids them.

💡 Hint: Identify critical areas where race conditions might occur, such as balance updates during withdrawal and deposit functions.

Question 2

Discuss how you would implement a deadlock detection mechanism in a multithreading environment. What data structures would you use?

💡 Hint: Consider a situation where resources are assigned and check for circular wait patterns.

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