Question

To ensure that the _______ condition never occurs in the system, we must guarantee that, whenever a process requests a resource, it does not have any other resource.

• A. Mutual exclusion
• B. No-preemption
• C. Circular wait
• D. Hold and wait

Hint:

The hold and wait condition can be avoided using protocols like no-hold or no-wait, where a process requesting resources must either hold all or none.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

The hold and wait condition in deadlock theory occurs when a process is holding one resource and waiting for another resource that is held by a different process. To avoid deadlock, we must prevent this condition by ensuring that a process requesting a resource does not already hold others.