Practice - Deadlock Handling
Practice Questions
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What is a deadlock?
💡 Hint: Think of a scenario of two cars waiting on a one-lane road.
Give an example of a situation that can cause a deadlock.
💡 Hint: Consider two transactions needing each other's resources.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is a deadlock?
💡 Hint: Remember the scenario we discussed with locking resources.
True or False: Deadlock detection is a proactive strategy.
💡 Hint: Think about the difference between stopping an issue before it happens versus finding it after.
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Challenge Problems
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A database system utilizes a wait-for graph. Given transactions T1, T2, T3 where T1 waits on T2 and T2 waits on T3 while T3 waits on T1, identify how the system should resolve this deadlock.
💡 Hint: Look into the work done so far by each transaction to inform your decision.
Explain how the Deadlock Detection strategy might impact system performance compared to Deadlock Prevention strategies.
💡 Hint: Consider the trade-offs between efficiency and ensuring smooth operations.
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