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Mock question on Threads

 
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Hello All,

My current question, was already asked some where in Decemeber 2006 and it was abrubtly stopped. I thought of creating fresh thread, instead of appending to the old one.

Now coming to the questions,

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Note from Bert: This post contained 2 questions that were real Sun exam questions. Possessing, let alone posting these questions is illegal - these questions are copyrighted material and are the property of Sun microsystems.
End of note.

Why does the run method defined in the subclass of thread supressed the run defined in MyClass. Is that always the run of Thread class takes over the control when compared to that defined in Runnable?
[ September 12, 2007: Message edited by: Bert Bates ]
 
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I would think the answer to the first question would be D and E. The order would be unpredictable but you would expect an equal number of each letter printed out.
 
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Thanks Burkhard
 
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Hi Dan,

Unfortunately the answer given in the mock is E and G. Did you get a chance to look why G is also an answer?
 
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Technically The code may run with no output, exiting normally is the correct option. ruin does not override the run method in thread class .

On a more serious note, i think all the letters have to appear and have to appear 3 times and since the printall method is also synced, only option
is ABCABCABC.

I do not see any other possiblity standing a chance
 
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For me answer is ABCABCABC (3times)
but i insert some sleep() in between 3 insertions,anser is like F,G...other options.
while i dont understand.i tried with sleep() cause ,thread can sleep() internally ,without explicitly adding,when CPu not available.
So why output changed.
Since methods are synchronized ,and threads also started in for loop,so no two threads will be in parallel.

My code :
sl.add("A");
sl.add("B");
try{Thread.sleep(1000);}catch(InterruptedException e){}
sl.add("C");
sl.printAll();
 
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Kota,

can you confirm where you got the question from please?

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Hi Chandra -

It's always important to state the source of your mock questions, in this case it's very important, so please do so.

Thanks,

Bert
 
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Hello All,

This question was taken from one of the exam simulators my company have for training their associates. Not sure where did they collect these kind of questions.
 
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That answer is wrong, F will never happen.
You have to realize that, while the add and print methods are synchronized, no threads hold the lock to the NameList instance for throught the entire thread execution. While the JVM/SO may switch the executing thread whenever they please, they could switch them while they add ("A"), so we could have something like AABC (first print) AABCBC (second print), TOTAL would be AABCAABCBC, but no way three A's could be printed in sequence. the G answer could happen, if, before the first thread prints all, the jvm quickly switched to ther 2nd thread and back, and give it enough time to add another A, so first print all would be ABCA, and the second ABC ABC, total would be ABCAABCABC.

Only options E and G are correct. F is incorrect based on above, and the others are incorrect for obvious reasons.
[ September 11, 2007: Message edited by: Carlos Fernandes ]
 
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Thanks for the explanation Carlos

I have very lately realized that I posted my question wrongly. My question was how E and G were the answers, which are explained already in this thread. I guess, I have mislead some of you by talking about the option F. I'm sorry for that.
 
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Thanks for confirming Chandra. Had me really puzzled there


Happy Studying
 
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this thread was closed because real exam questions were being discussed
 
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