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Java: Which statement about Deadlocks and Race Conditions is the strongest interview answer?

Difficulty:

Easy

Questions:

1

Time Limit:

2 minutes

Passing Score:

100%

Question

Which statement about Deadlocks and Race Conditions is the strongest interview answer?

  1. Deadlocks and Race Conditions is mostly a naming style choice and has little effect on runtime or design.
  2. A race condition depends on timing for correctness, while a deadlock stops progress because threads wait on each other indefinitely.
  3. Deadlocks and Race Conditions exists mainly to reduce the number of Java files in a project.
  4. Deadlocks and Race Conditions matters only for frontend frameworks, not for core Java applications.

Hint

Start with the core rule behind Deadlocks and Race Conditions.

Answer and rationale

Correct answer: B. A race condition depends on timing for correctness, while a deadlock stops progress because threads wait on each other indefinitely.

A race condition depends on timing for correctness, while a deadlock stops progress because threads wait on each other indefinitely. This is the base concept interviewers commonly test first.

Track: Java