When the Exclusive Lock Is Applied to a File Then

question 20

Multiple Choice

When the exclusive lock is applied to a file then _____________

• A) only one process can use this file
• B) only one process can write to this file, but many processes can read it concurrently
• C) many processes can read and write to this file concurrently
• D) processes can write to this file only

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