Practice Threads - Lightweight Concurrency (2.4) - Process Management - Operating Systems
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Threads - Lightweight Concurrency

Practice - Threads - Lightweight Concurrency

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is the primary benefit of using threads?

💡 Hint: Think about how threads can improve the user experience.

Question 2 Easy

Define user threads.

💡 Hint: What role does the operating system play in user threads?

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

What are threads often referred to as?

Heavyweight processes
Lightweight processes
Kernel processes

💡 Hint: Think about what makes a thread different from a full process.

Question 2

True or false: Kernel threads are managed by the operating system.

True
False

💡 Hint: Recall the difference in management between user and kernel threads.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Design a simple application that uses multithreading to perform image processing. Discuss your model and how it utilizes resources effectively.

💡 Hint: Think about how tasks can overlap without blocking each other.

Challenge 2 Hard

Evaluate the trade-offs between using user threads and kernel threads in a web server application.

💡 Hint: Consider the nature of the tasks and how they influence responsiveness.

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