Practice - Summary of Key Concepts
Practice Questions
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What is a mutex?
💡 Hint: Think about mutual exclusion and what that means.
What does a semaphore do?
💡 Hint: Relate it to simple signals in everyday life.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the primary purpose of synchronization in real-time systems?
💡 Hint: Consider what happens if tasks compete for access.
True or False: Mutexes can be owned by multiple tasks.
💡 Hint: Remember what mutual exclusion means.
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Challenge Problems
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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.
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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