Practice Monitors (3.3) - Inter-process Communication (IPC) and Synchronization
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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is a monitor in programming?

💡 Hint: Think about how it protects shared resources.

Question 2 Easy

What are the two main components of a monitor?

💡 Hint: Consider what a monitor keeps inside it.

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Question 1

What is the primary purpose of a monitor?

To ensure mutual exclusion
To handle user input
To store data permanently

💡 Hint: Consider what a monitor prevents in a multi-threaded environment.

Question 2

True or False: A condition variable can remember the last signal sent to it.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about the nature of queue operations.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Design a monitor for a parking lot system where cars can enter and exit. Consider conditions like full capacity and signal processes waiting to enter or exit.

💡 Hint: Think about queuing systems and how you signal other processes.

Challenge 2 Hard

Create a scenario utilizing condition variables within a monitor where threads must wait for a certain resource to become available.

💡 Hint: Consider the condition of resource availability.

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