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📝 Monitors in Process synchronization

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🔄 Last updated: 2026-07-09

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Q1. Semaphores, while convenient for process synchronization, can lead to timing errors that are:

🔹 A. Always reproducible
🔹 B. Easy to detect and fix
🔹 C. Difficult to detect and rarely occur
🔹 D. Impossible to occur in modern systems

💡 Difficulty: easy | ✅ Correct: C

Q2. What is the result if a process omits the `wait(mutex)` operation but correctly executes `signal(mutex)` after the critical section?

🔹 A. Mutual exclusion is violated
🔹 B. A deadlock occurs
🔹 C. The process blocks
🔹 D. The system runs correctly

💡 Difficulty: medium | ✅ Correct: A

Q3. If a process correctly executes `wait(mutex)` and `signal(mutex)` but another process incorrectly uses `signal(mutex)` without `wait(mutex)`, what is the effect?

🔹 A. The system crashes
🔹 B. Mutual exclusion may be violated
🔹 C. The correct process deadlocks
🔹 D. No effect occurs

💡 Difficulty: hard | ✅ Correct: B

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