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Practice Questions
Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.
Question 1
Easy
Define a semaphore in one sentence.
💡 Hint: Think about how processes need to communicate.
Question 2
Easy
What are the two operations associated with semaphores?
💡 Hint: Recall the operations we discussed in class.
Practice 4 more questions and get performance evaluation
Interactive Quizzes
Engage in quick quizzes to reinforce what you've learned and check your comprehension.
Question 1
What does the wait() operation do in semaphore management?
- Increments the semaphore value
- Decrements the semaphore value
- Does nothing
💡 Hint: Think of wait as needing to access a resource.
Question 2
True or False: A binary semaphore can take on any integer value.
- True
- False
💡 Hint: Recall the definitions we discussed.
Solve 1 more question and get performance evaluation
Challenge Problems
Push your limits with challenges.
Question 1
Design a simple system to manage three printers using a counting semaphore. Describe the semaphore initialization and how the producer and consumer would interact with it.
💡 Hint: Think about how threads will interact with the printers.
Question 2
Explain what can go wrong if we use shared variables instead of semaphores for synchronization in a banking application.
💡 Hint: Consider the implications of concurrent transactions.
Challenge and get performance evaluation