ISRO2020-29

Question

An aid to determine the deadlock occurrence is

• A. resource allocation graph
• B. starvation graph
• C. inversion graph
• D. none of the above

Answer 1

Option A) is correct

A resource allocation graph is used to keep track of which resource is held by which process and which process is waiting for a resource of a particular type. 

Answer 2

$\underline{\textbf{Answer:}\Rightarrow}\;\;\mathbf{a}$

$\underline{\textbf{Explanation:}\Rightarrow}$

Resource allocation graph helps in tracking which resource is taken up by which process and which process is waiting for a resource of a particular type.

It is a simple tool to illustrate how interacting processes can deadlock.