Practice - Synchronization Tools
Practice Questions
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Define a mutex in your own words.
💡 Hint: Think of it as a lock that grants access.
What does a semaphore do?
💡 Hint: Remember its role in managing multiple resources.
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Interactive Quizzes
Quick quizzes to reinforce your learning
What does a mutex do?
💡 Hint: Consider the meaning of mutual exclusion.
True or False: A semaphore can only take on the values 0 or 1.
💡 Hint: Remember the definitions of counting and binary semaphores.
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Challenge Problems
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Design a semaphore-based solution for a scenario where three producers and two consumers share a limited-sized buffer. Specify how you would implement the semaphores.
💡 Hint: Consider the resource counts for producers and consumers.
Discuss how implementing monitors could simplify the solutions to the producer-consumer problem and readers-writers problem.
💡 Hint: Focus on the benefits of encapsulation and automated locking.
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