In an Asymmetric Solution for the Dining Philosophers Problem, Deadlock

question 10

Multiple Choice

In an asymmetric solution for the dining philosophers problem, deadlock is avoided, because

• A) there is no contention for acquiring chopsticks.
• B) neighboring philosophers will never get hungry at the same time.
• C) any neighboring philosophers would have already acquired one of their chopsticks before attempting to acquire the shared chopstick.
• D) a philosopher will release a chopstick in case she is unable to acquire the other chopstick.

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