Beginner Operating Systems
Q8 / 100

What is deadlock?

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The correct answer is B) A situation where two or more processes are blocked, each waiting for a resource held by another

B

Correct Answer

A situation where two or more processes are blocked, each waiting for a resource held by another

Explanation

Deadlock requires all four Coffman conditions simultaneously: mutual exclusion, hold-and-wait, no preemption, and circular wait.

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