Practice - Quorum-based Mutual Exclusion
Practice Questions
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What is a quorum?
💡 Hint: Think of a voting scenario where a decision requires a certain number of votes.
What is a deadlock?
💡 Hint: Consider a circular waiting situation among multiple processes.
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What is the purpose of quorum-based mutual exclusion?
💡 Hint: Think about how limiting communications impacts access.
True or False: A deadlock occurs when at least one process is waiting for a resource held by another process.
💡 Hint: Consider the definition of a deadlock carefully.
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Design a distributed system that uses quorum-based mutual exclusion. Describe how you would set up the quorum for different processes.
💡 Hint: Draw a diagram showing how processes will interact and form quorum sets.
Imagine a scenario where processes A, B, and C are waiting for resources held by each other. Illustrate how this could lead to a deadlock and propose a strategy to resolve it.
💡 Hint: Think about how implementing time constraints could help resolve waiting states.
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