Read the excerpt from Uncle Tom’s Cabin and then answer the…

Read the excerpt from Uncle Tom’s Cabin and then answer the following question. “Mrs. Bird was a timid, blushing little woman, of about four feet in height, and with mild blue eyes, and a peach-blow complexion, and the gentlest, sweetest voice in the world;—as for courage, a moderate-sized cock-turkey had been known to put her to rout at the very first gobble, and a stout house-dog, of moderate capacity, would bring her into subjection merely by a show of his teeth. Her husband and children were her entire world, and in these she ruled more by entreaty and persuasion than by command or argument. There was only one thing that was capable of arousing her, and that provocation came in on the side of her unusually gentle and sympathetic nature;—anything in the shape of cruelty would throw her into a passion, which was the more alarming and inexplicable in proportion to the general softness of her nature. Generally the most indulgent and easy to be entreated of all mothers, still her boys had a very reverent remembrance of a most vehement chastisement she once bestowed on them, because she found them leagued with several graceless boys of the neighborhood, stoning a defenceless kitten….”   Question: Why would a character, like Mrs. Bird, be included in the book?

Is the following a critical section solution? Why? while (tr…

Is the following a critical section solution? Why? while (true) {    flag = true;    while (flag) {        if (turn == j) {            flag = false;            while (turn == j)                ; /* do nothing */            flag = true;        }    }        /* critical section */    turn = j;    flag = false;        /* remainder section */}

Answer the following questions about the pseudo code below:…

Answer the following questions about the pseudo code below: Function thread1_func:    Lock m1    Sleep for 1 second    Lock m2    // Do work    Unlock m2    Unlock m1 Function thread2_func:    Lock m2    Sleep for 1 second    Lock m1    // Do work    Unlock m1    Unlock m2 1-What is the likely outcome if both threads attempt to lock the second mutex? 2-Implementing a lock ordering strategy in the provided pseudocode would help to prevent deadlock.