Garbage collection

[B pandoo]

Determine which of following statements are true(multiple options)

1)Garbage collection is performed by a low priority daemon thread.
2)garbage collection always uses mark and sweep algorithm
3)The finalize() method is invoked for the objects in the order in which they were created.
4)The finalize method is typically used to free up the resouces other than memory.
5)objects that are created and accessed locally within the method ,are eligible for garbage collection when the method returns.

please tell me which statements are true.

[fred rosenberger]

which do you think are true? what has your research found, and what doesn't make sense?

[B pandoo]

I believe the true statements are 3,4,5.
I want to clarify whether my answers are correct.
and then i know that statement 2 is wrong.May i know whether statement 1 is correct or wrong?

[Joe San]

I guess the first one.

[Joe San]

How can 3,4,5 be the correct options??

[B pandoo]

i believe so.I am not sure.so only i am asking guidance from the group

[Joe San]

Hi,

There are many other algorithms apart from mark and sweep.
The finalize method does not run on objects created in any order.

The fourth one can be true.

Tha last one is definitely not true.

[B pandoo]

thanks.what about option 1

[Bert Bates]

It's great to discuss mock questions on this forum, but the authors of the questions really appreciate it when you credit them! For instance you can say:

"This question is from Dan Chisolm..."

Thanks!

[Abdul Rehman]

Option 1 is true. Garbage collection is indeed performed by a daemon thread.

[Rick Reumann]

So what is the actual answer? ( 1 and 4 ?)

[Krzysztof Koziol]

Hi,

In my opinion is 1,4 and 5.

Regards

[Dan Polak]

5 is not true Krzystof because we can create and start thread in that method

[krishnareddy mudiyala]

Hi all,
This is my first post in the forum.
i think 1 and 4 are TRUE (99.99%).

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[venkatesh pendharkar]

Yes only 1 & 4 are correct

[venkatesh pendharkar]

Yes only 1 & 4 are correct

[Abdul Rehman]

Is 2 correct or not?

[Bert Bates]

I'm not sure the original question was quoted exactly, and especially for GC questions the EXACT wording is important - if that IS the exact wording then the question is suspect. Given all that, I don't think you guys have the correct answer yet - although I would say that before spending too much more time on this one, the thread originator should verify that the EXACT wording has been used.

[Barry Gaunt]

As Bert implies, so much time has been wasted on this simple issue. So, please, always give the exact origin or source of the mock questions.

[krishnareddy mudiyala]

Yes questions is not clear but given that

1 true
2 cannot guarantee
3 false
4 true
5 true

[Bert Bates]

I think 1 isn't always true. I would guess that's it's usually true, but I think you could create a Sun certified JVM that used a different technique.

Again - the wording on these mock GC questions has to be absolutely precise or the question is rendered meaningless - and this question falls squarely into the "imprecise" category. :roll: