Question

A state is safe, if ____________

(a) the system does not crash due to deadlock occurrence

(b) the system can allocate resources to each process in some order and still avoid a deadlock

(c) the state keeps the system protected and safe

(d) all of the mentioned

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This intriguing question comes from Deadlock Avoidance topic in portion Deadlocks of Operating System

Answer 1

The correct option is (b) the system can allocate resources to each process in some order and still avoid a deadlock

To explain: None.