FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

1. What is a deadlock?

2.  List three examples of deadlocks that are not related to a computer system environment.

  • 3. What are the necessary conditions for deadlock to occur?
    • 4.  Is it possible to have a deadlock involving only one single process? Explain your answer.
      5. What are deadlock prevention techniques?
    • 6. What is a Safe State and what is its use in deadlock avoidance?
      7. When is a system in safe state?
      8. Explain about deadlocks in operating systems?
      9. What is the difference among deadlock avoidance, detection and prevention?

deadlock by v. vanthana, dept of ca