Interview Questions

1. Which of the following is true about threads?

Options:

a. Threads are similar to processes, but differ in the way that they share resources.

b. Threads consumes less processor time.

c. Threads are different from processes.

d. Thread execution is scheduled more frequently.

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2. How to set thread to highest priority?

Options:

a. ThreadPriority.AboveNormal.

b. ThreadPriority.High.

c. ThreadPriority.Normal.

d. ThreadPriority.Highest.

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3. What is the output of the following program? class ThreadNaming { static void Main() { Thread.CurrentThread.Name = "main"; Thread worker = new Thread (Go); worker.Name = "worker"; worker.Start(); Go(); } static void Go() { Console.WriteLine ("Hello from " + Thread.CurrentThread.Name); } }

Options:

a. Hello from Main Method

b. Hello from Main Hello from Worker.

c. Hello from Worker

d. Hello from Worker Hello from Main

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4. Types of scheduling ____________

Options:

a. Preemptive

b. Non-Premptive

c. Preemptive and Non-Premptive

d. None

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5. In _____________ scheduling, OS can unschedule a thread even if it did not complete its task.

Options:

a. Preemptive

b. Non-preemptive

c. Primitive

d. Non-primitive.

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6. If multiple threads exist with same priority then a __________ is assigned to each thread.

Options:

a. slice

b. time pulse

c. pulse

d. time slice

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7. A thread is waiting for processor to be allocated to it in __________ state.

Options:

a. Running

b. Suspended

c. Blocked

d. Ready

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8. After the execution of all the instructions in the thread it goes to __________state.

Options:

a. Running

b. Suspended

c. Blocked

d. Dead

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9. A thread is said to be in ___________ state when the resources are not available to it and it is waiting for them.

Options:

a. Sleeping

b. Suspended

c. Blocked

d. Dead

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10. In .Net every thread has two objects associated with it. Custom object and object of type _____________ .

Options:

a. System.Threads

b. System.Threading

c. System.Threading.Thread

d. Threading.Threads

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11. _______________________ is responsible for managing the lifetime and the states of the thread.

Options:

a. A Custom object

b. Object of type System.Threading.Thread

c. Can't say

d. Depends on the context

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12. The process terminates when the __________ terminates

Options:

a. Main thread

b. Process

c. Application

d. Non-background thread

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13. If a thread executes ____________ the current thread state is changed to waiting and it remains in that state until the thread referred by "t" is terminated.

Options:

a. t.Join()

b. Join(3000)

c. t.IsAlive()

d. t.Abort

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14. ___________ to check whether the thread is dead or alive.

Options:

a. t.Join()

b. Join(3000)

c. t.IsAlive

d. t.Abort

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15. _____________________ is a block of code which can be executed by only one thread at any given instance of time.

Options:

a. Critical section

b. Main section

c. Function

d. Structure

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16. ___________________ is a class whose objects state is not desynchronized when it is being used by more than one thread at the same time.

Options:

a. Thread class

b. safe class

c. Thread safe class

d. Thread unsafe class

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17. Locking _________ throughput.

Options:

a. improves

b. degrades

c. depends on the context

d. can't say

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18. Shared/Static members of a class can synchronize the code in them by acquiring the lock on ___________ instance of that class.

Options:

a. Type

b. class

c. method

d. None

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19. ___________________ is a synchronized resource managed by the OS.

Options:

a. None

b. Semaphore

c. Mutex and semaphore

d. Mutex

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20. _______________ is used for synchronizing threads

Options:

a. Mutex

b. Semaphore

c. Mutex and semaphore

d. None

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21. The path of execution of instructions within a process is called a ___________

Options:

a. Sub Process

b. Thread

c. Application

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22. Thread is used for:

Options:

a. To perform background tasks

b. Handle simultaneous streams of input

c. Maximum usage of multiprocessor environment

d. All the above

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23. What is Thread Pool?

Options:

a. It is a collection of threads to perform several tasks.

b. used For testing threads connection .

c. It is a collection of thread connection string

d. It is the array of Thread objects created by user.

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24. How many types of wait handles are there?

Options:

a. 2

b. 3

c. 4

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25. What is a WaitHandle?

Options:

a. It is a base class for synchronization of objects

b. It encapsulates the objects for shared objects

c. It suspends current running thread.

d. It stops current thread.

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26. Which of the following methods can be used to avoid deadlock in threading?

Options:

a. Monitor

b. Wait Handles

c. Using ThreadState

d. All the above

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27. Difference between thread and process?

Options:

a. Both are same

b. Thread is a path of execution and process is a collection of threads

c. Process is a path of execution and thread is a collection of threads

d. Process is a part of thread.

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28. What is a Foreground Thread?

Options:

a. It keeps the application alive

b. Closes the application as soon as this is closed

c. It is a thread that sleeps for every 1000milliseconds

d. None of the above

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29. What is a Background Thread?

Options:

a. It keeps the application alive

b. Does not keep the application alive and terminate when all foreground threads are closed

c. It is a thread that sleeps for every 1000milliseconds

d. None of the above

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30. What is multitasking?

Options:

a. It is running multiple programs at the same time.

b. Performing intense calculations

c. Running programs on different computers

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31. Is it possible to run multiple threads in a single app domain?

Options:

a. Yes

b. No

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32. Which of the following methods is the right way to change the thread’s priority?

Options:

a. Threadname.Priority(ThreadPriority.Highest)

b. Threadname.Priority = ThreadPriority.Highest

c. Threadname.PriorityState = ThreadPriority.Highest

d. Threadname.PriorityState(ThreadPriority.Highest)

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33. How to make a thread to sleep for infinite period and to interrupt such a thread?

Options:

a. Using System.Threading.Timeout.Infinite and use Thread.Start

b. Using System.Threading.Timeout.Infinite and use Thread.Interrupt

c. Using System.Threading.Sleep(MaxTime) and use Thread.Start

d. Using System.Threading.Sleep(MaxTime) and use Thread.Interrupt

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34. What is Thread.Join()?

Options:

a. Used to run two threads simultaneously

b. To stop an earlier thread

c. This is used to make sure an earlier task on a different thread has completed the execution.

d. None of the above

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35. Can events be used in Threads?

Options:

a. Yes

b. No

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36. What is a Monitor object?

Options:

a. It helps in faster execution

b. Allows multiple entry points for all threads

c. Used to ensure a block of code to run uninterrupted.

d. None of the above

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37. How to debug a thread?

Options:

a. Output Window

b. Debug thread window

c. Immediate window

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