Practice Preventing Hold And Wait (4.2.1.2) - Deadlocks - Operating Systems
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Preventing Hold and Wait

Practice - Preventing Hold and Wait

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

Define the Hold and Wait condition in a computing system.

💡 Hint: Think about what it means for a process to hold resources and what it means to be waiting.

Question 2 Easy

What are the two strategies for preventing Hold and Wait?

💡 Hint: Recall the two main strategies we discussed.

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Question 1

What does the Hold and Wait condition refer to?

A process waiting without holding resources
A process holding resources while waiting for others
A process that can execute immediately

💡 Hint: Think about what it means to hold and wait.

Question 2

True or False: The all-or-nothing approach can lead to better resource allocation and less under-utilization.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider how holding resources impacts processes that need access.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Consider a system where processes have varying priority levels. Analyze how applying both Hold and Wait prevention strategies might affect processes with critical timelines versus regular tasks.

💡 Hint: Think about how priorities affect resource requests and process scheduling.

Challenge 2 Hard

Suppose a process adopts the release-all-before-requesting-new strategy but fails to save its state before releasing resources. What impact could this have on process continuity and system performance?

💡 Hint: Consider the implications of data continuity and the complexity of execution.

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