📝 Priority Inversion in Semaphore

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🔄 Last updated: 2026-07-09

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Q1. What is priority inversion?

🔹 A. A situation where a higher-priority process is delayed by a lower-priority process.

🔹 B. A situation where a lower-priority process is delayed by a higher-priority process.

🔹 C. A situation where all processes have equal priority.

🔹 D. A situation where a process is terminated due to low priority.

💡 Difficulty: easy | ✅ Correct: A

Q2. What makes priority inversion more complicated?

🔹 A. When the lower-priority process is preempted by a medium-priority process.

🔹 B. When the higher-priority process is terminated.

🔹 C. When the resource is released immediately.

🔹 D. When there are only two processes.

💡 Difficulty: medium | ✅ Correct: A

Q3. What happens when process M becomes runnable in the priority inversion example?

🔹 A. Process M preempts process L, further delaying process H.

🔹 B. Process M preempts process H, allowing L to continue.

🔹 C. Process M terminates.

🔹 D. Process M waits for process L.

💡 Difficulty: hard | ✅ Correct: A

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