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(a) What are the three steps involved
in the resource utilization sequence? [3]
(b) Describe the following deadlock conditions: [2]
(i) Hold and wait
(ii) Circular wait
(c) If deadlock occurs, one way of recovering from it is via rollback.
Describe this method. [2]
(d) How does Banker's algorithm work for a single resource? In your
description,
give one example of a safe state and one example of an unsafe state.
[4]
(e) Describe how the following conditions for deadlock may be prevented:
[4]
(i) Hold and wait
(ii) Circular wait
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