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Operating Systems · Quiz 2 · 16 Mar 2025 · January 2025 term

Question 2: Assume that two processes P1 and P2 are using a shared re…

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Assume that two processes P1 and P2 are using a shared resource. If P1 and P2 are both waiting indefinitely to enter their critical sections because each keeps waiting for the other to release the resource, then which of the following conditions is not satisfied?

  1. A

    Mutual exclusion

  2. B

    Progress

  3. C

    Bounded waiting

  4. D

    None of these

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  • B

    Progress

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Question 2 of 17 in the IIT Madras BS Operating Systems (Operating Systems) Quiz 2 paper sat on 16 Mar 2025, in the January 2025 term (IIT M IMPROVEMENT AN EXAM QIM2 16 Mar 2025). It carries 2 marks.

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