Quiz 3 - Process Synchronization

True

False

Cannot be used to control access to a thread's critical sections

Is essentially an integer variable

Can be modified simultaneously by multiple threads

Is accessed through only one standard operation

True

False

None of the above

Will result only if the outcome of execution does not depend on the order in which instructions are executed

Results when several threads try to access and modify the same data concurrently

Results when several threads try to access the same data concurrently

Signal() followed by wait()

Acquire() followed by release()

Release() followed by acquire()

Wait() followed by signal()

Is exactly like a counting semaphore

Is essentially a boolean variable

Can be used to eliminate busy waiting

Is not guaranteed to be atomic

True

False

Atomicity

Bounded waiting

Progress

Mutual exclusion