Multiple choice

The condition required for deadlock to occur states that each process is waiting to obtain a resource which is held by another process is ______________.

  1. mutual exclusion

  2. hold and wait

  3. no preemption

  4. circular wait

  5. livelock

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D Correct answer
Explanation

This condition for deadlock to occur states that each process is waiting to obtain a resource which is held by another process.