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What kind of a deadlock is it when four cars at a four-way stop, each waiting for the car on their right to move.

What is one common reason deadlocks happen between processes?

Prior Knowledge on Deadlock

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What is one common reason deadlocks happen between processes?
B) Two processes are waiting for each other’s resources
D) A program has no tasks to perform
A) Processes finish too quickly
D) There are not enough programs running
2
What kind of a deadlock is it when four cars at a four-way stop, each waiting for the car on their right to move.
D) Circular wait
C) Hold and wait
B) No preemption
A) Mutual exclusion
3
Process A and B are each holding one printer and waiting for the other. This is called deadlock.
True
False
4
What is considered a "resource" in the context of deadlock?
B) Any item a process may need to complete its task
C) Only physical hardware like a printer
A) Only the CPU
Only software applications
5
Which of the following best describes a deadlock?
C) A virus infecting multiple processes
D) A system crash due to overheating
A) A process finishing its execution early
B)Two or more processes are each waiting for resources held by the other