Multiple choice

The situation in which a waiting process remains in waiting state because the resources that are required are held by another waiting process is called __________.

  1. starvation

  2. aging

  3. deadlock

  4. dormant

  5. spooling

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

This option is correct as a process is said to be in deadlock state, when the system resources are tied up and are preventing other jobs from starting.