Practice Summary Of Key Concepts (7.13) - Process Synchronization in Real-Time Systems
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Summary of Key Concepts

Practice - Summary of Key Concepts

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Question 1 Easy

What is a mutex?

💡 Hint: Think about mutual exclusion and what that means.

Question 2 Easy

What does a semaphore do?

💡 Hint: Relate it to simple signals in everyday life.

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Question 1

What is the primary purpose of synchronization in real-time systems?

To enhance performance
To prevent resource conflicts
To increase complexity

💡 Hint: Consider what happens if tasks compete for access.

Question 2

True or False: Mutexes can be owned by multiple tasks.

True
False

💡 Hint: Remember what mutual exclusion means.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Consider a real-time system with multiple tasks needing access to a printer. Describe how you would implement synchronization using mutexes.

💡 Hint: Think about how you'd ensure no two tasks print at the same time, maybe with a key.

Challenge 2 Hard

A task with high priority needs to read data from a resource held by a low-priority task. Discuss how priority inversion can be resolved.

💡 Hint: Consider how urgency can change task behavior.

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