Question

The monitor construct ensures that ____________

(a) only one process can be active at a time within the monitor

(b) n number of processes can be active at a time within the monitor (n being greater than 1)

(c) the queue has only one process in it at a time

(d) all of the mentioned

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This interesting question is from Monitors in section Process Synchronization of Operating System

Answer 1

The correct choice is (a) only one process can be active at a time within the monitor

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