The shrinking phase is a phase in which?
(a) A transaction may obtain locks, but does not release any
(b) A transaction may obtain locks, and releases a few or all of them
(c) A transaction may release locks, but does not obtain any new locks
(d) A transaction may release locks, and does obtain new locks
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The origin of the question is Atomic Transactions in chapter Process Synchronization of Operating System