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📝 Threading Issues in Signal Handling

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🔄 Last updated: 2026-07-08

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Q1. What is a signal in UNIX systems?

🔹 A. A method to create new processes

🔹 B. A notification mechanism for events

🔹 C. A synchronization primitive

🔹 D. A memory allocation technique

💡 Difficulty: easy | ✅ Correct: B

Q2. Why is signal delivery more complicated in multithreaded programs?

🔹 A. Signals cannot be used in multithreaded programs

🔹 B. There are multiple threads to receive the signal

🔹 C. The kernel cannot generate signals for threads

🔹 D. Threads cannot handle signals

💡 Difficulty: medium | ✅ Correct: B

Q3. What determines which threads receive an asynchronous signal in some UNIX versions?

🔹 A. Thread priority

🔹 B. Thread creation time

🔹 C. Which threads are blocking the signal

🔹 D. Process ID

💡 Difficulty: hard | ✅ Correct: C

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