In which of the following four necessary conditions for deadlock processes claim exclusive control of the resources they require?
(A) no preemption
(B) mutual exclusion
(C) circular wait
(D) hold and wait


Answer: (B)

Explanation: Mutual Exclusion is a condition when one or more than one resource are non-sharable (Only one process can use at a time) i.e. processes claim exclusive control of the resources they require.

So, option (B) is correct.


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