Practice Distributed Mutual Exclusion: Coordinated Access To Shared Resources (3)
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Distributed Mutual Exclusion: Coordinated Access to Shared Resources

Practice - Distributed Mutual Exclusion: Coordinated Access to Shared Resources

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is distributed mutual exclusion?

💡 Hint: Think about why we need to prevent concurrent access.

Question 2 Easy

Name a key advantage of centralized algorithms.

💡 Hint: Focus on how coordination is managed.

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Question 1

What does mutual exclusion aim to prevent in distributed systems?

A. Increased performance
B. Concurrent access to critical sections
C. Deadlocks
D. Resource allocation

💡 Hint: Think about what issues arise when multiple processes access shared resources.

Question 2

True or False: In a centralized mutual exclusion algorithm, any process can become the coordinator.

True
False

💡 Hint: Recall how the coordinator is established.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Design a simple decentralized algorithm for mutual exclusion and identify how it handles multiple requests effectively.

💡 Hint: Consider how timestamps ensure order and fairness.

Challenge 2 Hard

Propose solutions to avoid deadlock in a system implementing Ricart-Agrawala’s algorithm.

💡 Hint: Think of the conditions that lead to deadlock.

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