📝 Deadlock Avoidance

📖 From Operating System • 7. Deadlocks • 38 questions available

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🔄 Last updated: 2026-07-11

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Q1. What is the primary requirement for implementing deadlock avoidance in a system?

🔹 A. System must know the complete sequence of requests and releases for each process

🔹 B. System must prevent circular wait condition

🔹 C. System must allocate all resources at process start

🔹 D. System must limit resource requests to one type at a time

💡 Difficulty: easy | ✅ Correct: A

Q2. How does deadlock avoidance differ fundamentally from deadlock prevention?

🔹 A. Avoidance requires less information about resource usage

🔹 B. Avoidance restricts request methods while prevention doesn't

🔹 C. Avoidance requires additional information about future requests while prevention limits how requests can be made

🔹 D. Avoidance allows deadlock while prevention eliminates it

💡 Difficulty: medium | ✅ Correct: C

Q3. Which approach to deadlock handling typically results in higher system throughput?

🔹 A. Deadlock avoidance

🔹 B. Deadlock prevention

🔹 C. Deadlock detection and recovery

🔹 D. Deadlock ignorance

💡 Difficulty: hard | ✅ Correct: A

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