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What is a mutex?

A

is a binary mutex

B

must be accessed from only one process

C

can be accessed from multiple processes

D

none of the mentioned

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A situation where several processes access and manipulate the same data concurrently and the outcome of the execution depends on the particular order in which access takes place is called ____________

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data consistency

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race condition

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aging

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The segment of code in which the process may change common variables, update tables, write into files is known as ____________

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program

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critical section

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A terminated transaction that has completed its execution successfully is ____________ otherwise it is __________

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Mutual exclusion can be provided by the __________

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mutex locks

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binary semaphores

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both a and b

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The content of the matrix Need is ____________

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Allocation- Available

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Max- Available

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Max- Allocation

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Allocation- Max

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