Practice Common Thread Safety Pitfalls (20.5) - Java Memory Model and Thread Safety

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Question 1.
Define a race condition.
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Think about simultaneous access to data.
Question 2.
What is deadlock in threading?
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Consider what happens when two threads wait on each other's locks.
3Question 3.
What term describes a condition in which two threads are waiting for each other indefinitely?
- Starvation
- Deadlock
- Race Condition
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Think about the worst-case scenario in concurrency.
4Question 4.
True or False: In a livelock situation, threads are completely inactive.
- True
- False
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Remember the activity of threads when discussing livelocks.
Question 5.
Design a Java program that demonstrates a deadlock between two threads. Explain how the deadlock occurs.
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Sketch out the locking sequence before coding.
Question 6.
Create a scenario showcasing starvation in a resource-shared environment. How will you resolve it?
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Think about prioritizing equitable resource access in thread scheduling.

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