Question 1

A thread that is waiting for user input is most likely in what state?

Accepted Answer

A)   A time-out state.
B)   A sleeping state.
C)   A blocking state.
D)   A wait state.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 2

In order to utilize the socket module's recv method, what must you pass as an argument?

Accepted Answer

A)   The source IP address the information will be coming from.
B)   The destination port you will receive information on.
C)   The maximum size in bytes of the data to be read from the socket.
D)   The address family used by the network socket.E) A) and D)
F) A) and B) C

Question 3

A program starting another program or a new process is known by what term?

Accepted Answer

A)   spawning
B)   forking
C)   cloning
D)   generatingE) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 4

Ports are usually specified by IP addresses.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Producer/consumer threads can suffer from synchronization problems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What two items must be given to the socket function in order to create a socket object?

Accepted Answer

A)   The IP address to be used.
B)   The socket family that will be used.
C)   The socket type that will be used.
D)   The socket port that will be used.E) None of the above
F) A) and B) B,C

Question 7

What does the socket module function gethostname()  do?

Accepted Answer

A)   It returns the IP number of the computer whose IP name is passed to the function.
B)   It returns the IP address of the host computer running the Python interpreter.
C)   It returns the name of the host computer running the Python interpreter.
D)   It returns the name of the IP address passed to it.E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 8

After the creation of a thread, what makes a thread "ready"?

Accepted Answer

A)   The calling of the start method.
B)   The calling of the ready method.
C)   The instantiation of the thread, followed by the use of the "begin" function.
D)   The creation of the thread itself places it in a "ready" state.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 9

What two thread condition methods can be used to release a lock? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

A)   notify() 
B)   release() 
C)   notifyAll() 
D)   wait() E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 10

The release() method of the Condition class relinquishes the lock, leaving it to be acquired by others.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

To properly handle functions that may raise exceptions, you can embed these function calls in a try-catch statement.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The most common way to create a thread is to define a class that extends the class threading.Runnable.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

What is the socket bind method used for?

Accepted Answer

A)   It binds the socket to a IP address.
B)   It binds the socket to a port.
C)   It binds the socket to a listening pipe.
D)   It binds the socket to the localhost.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 14

Which of the following is an example of time slicing?

Accepted Answer

A)   A running process is automatically moved to the rear of the ready queue after a few milliseconds of run time.
B)   A process is put to sleep as a result of the sleep method, and moves to the rear of the ready queue.
C)   A process is waiting for input from a user and is moved to the rear of the ready queue.
D)   A process is waiting for a condition to become true, and is moved to the rear of the ready queue.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 15

The procedure by which a process's state is saved before being swapped out of the CPU, then us restored to the state when the process is about to execute, is known as?

Accepted Answer

A)   processing handling
B)   context switching
C)   state cycling
D)   priority slicingE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 16

You cannot create and open several sockets on the same port of a host computer.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Because an IDLE itself runs in a thread, it is not generally a good idea to test a multithreaded application in that environment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

A server can send data to a client using a socket's put method.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The notify() method of the Condition class lets all threads waiting on the lock know that it's available.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

A thread's block method is invoked automatically by start.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Exam 10: Multithreading Networks and Client Server Programming

A thread that is waiting for user input is most likely in what state?

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In order to utilize the socket module's recv method, what must you pass as an argument?

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A program starting another program or a new process is known by what term?

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Ports are usually specified by IP addresses.

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Producer/consumer threads can suffer from synchronization problems.

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What two items must be given to the socket function in order to create a socket object?

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What does the socket module function gethostname() do?

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After the creation of a thread, what makes a thread "ready"?

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What two thread condition methods can be used to release a lock? (Choose two.)

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The release() method of the Condition class relinquishes the lock, leaving it to be acquired by others.

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To properly handle functions that may raise exceptions, you can embed these function calls in a try-catch statement.

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The most common way to create a thread is to define a class that extends the class threading.Runnable.

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What is the socket bind method used for?

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Which of the following is an example of time slicing?

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The procedure by which a process's state is saved before being swapped out of the CPU, then us restored to the state when the process is about to execute, is known as?

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You cannot create and open several sockets on the same port of a host computer.

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Because an IDLE itself runs in a thread, it is not generally a good idea to test a multithreaded application in that environment.

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A server can send data to a client using a socket's put method.

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The notify() method of the Condition class lets all threads waiting on the lock know that it's available.

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A thread's block method is invoked automatically by start.

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