problem 1:

Illustrate out the following phrases:

• Critical section

• Mutual Exclusion

• Deadlock

• Starvation.

problem 2:

Name all 3 techniques which are basically employed in synchronizing processes.

problem 3:

What are semaphores employed for?

problem 4:

What is the concept of the atomic operation?

problem 5:

Illustrate out the concept involved in the producer – consumer problem.

problem 6:

Semaphores support two kinds of atomic operations? What are they? And what does each type of operation represent?

problem 7:

There are two (2) types of semaphore implementation. State they and what are the operations involved in each of them.