Question

What are the characteristics of atomicity?

(a) All operations associated are executed to completion or none are performed

(b) One processor as coordinator which handles all requests

(c) When responses are received from all processes, then the process can enter its Critical Section

(d) Use communication links

The question was asked during an internship interview.

I'm obligated to ask this question of Distributed Coordination topic in portion Distributed File Systems of Operating System

Answer 1

Correct answer is (a) All operations associated are executed to completion or none are performed

For explanation: None.