Practice Debugging and Testing - 9.7.3 | 9. Multithreading | Computer Architecture
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Debugging and Testing

9.7.3 - Debugging and Testing

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is a race condition?

💡 Hint: Think about what happens when multiple threads access shared data.

Question 2 Easy

Define deadlock in relation to multithreading.

💡 Hint: Consider the locking of resources.

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Question 1

What describes a race condition?

Occurs when one thread finishes before another.
Occurs with shared resource access timing conflicts.
Only happens in single-threaded programs.

💡 Hint: Think about timing issues with threads!

Question 2

True or False: Deadlocks can result in threads becoming blocked indefinitely.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about what happens when threads can’t proceed.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Design a multithreaded program that manages a shared bank account. Describe how you would handle potential race conditions and deadlocks.

💡 Hint: Consider the operations of deposit and withdrawal as critical sections.

Challenge 2 Hard

Create a scenario involving three threads that could lead to a deadlock. Identify how you would prevent this situation in your design.

💡 Hint: Think about how to enforce a resource hierarchy to solve this.

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