Practice - Critical Section Problem
Practice Questions
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What is a critical section?
💡 Hint: Think about where resource access occurs in concurrent programming.
Why is it important to prevent race conditions?
💡 Hint: Consider what happens when multiple tasks access the same data.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the purpose of a critical section?
💡 Hint: Think about what happens when multiple tasks need to share data.
True or False: Atomic operations can be interrupted by other tasks.
💡 Hint: Consider the definition of atomic.
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Challenge Problems
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Design a small system where multiple threads need to update a bank account balance simultaneously. Describe how you would implement synchronization to avoid race conditions.
💡 Hint: Think about how locks work in real life, like keys for rooms.
Consider a scenario where a server handles requests from several clients accessing a shared resource. How would you prevent potential race conditions?
💡 Hint: How does a queue work? Only some can go at a time.
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