Q. 52 Consider the following policies for preventing deadlock in a system with mutually
exclusive resources.
I. Processes should acquire all their resources at the
beginning of execution. If any resource is not
available, all resources acquired so far are released.
II. The resources are numbered uniquely, and processes are
allowed to request for resources only in increasing
resource numbers.
III. The resources are numbered uniquely, and processes are
allowed to request for resources only in decreasing
resource numbers.
IV. The resources are numbered uniquely. A process is allowed
to request only for a resource with resource number larger
than its currently held resources.
When of the above policies can be used for preventing deadlock?
(A) Any one of I and III but not II or IV
(B) Any one of I, III and IV but not II
(C) Any one of II and III but not I or IV
(D) Any one of I, II, III and IV
Answer: (D)
Explanation:
