/go-concurrent-quiz

Go concurrency quizzes

Primary LanguageGo

Go Concurrency Quizzes

※ Quiz 1

Mutex quiz 
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"sync"
)

var mu sync.Mutex
var chain string

func main() {
	chain = "main"
	A()
	fmt.Println(chain)
}

func A() {
	mu.Lock()
	defer mu.Unlock()
	chain = chain + " --> A"
	B()
}

func B() {
	chain = chain + " --> B"
	C()
}

func C() {
	mu.Lock()
	defer mu.Unlock()
	chain = chain + " --> C"
}

run go run quiz.go to compile and start.

Question

  • A: can't compile
  • B: output main --> A --> B --> C
  • C: output main
  • D: the program exits because of panic

※ Quiz 2

RWMutex quiz 
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"sync"
	"time"
)

var mu sync.RWMutex
var count int

func main() {
	go A()
	time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
	mu.Lock()
	defer mu.Unlock()
	count++
	fmt.Println(count)
}

func A() {
	mu.RLock()
	defer mu.RUnlock()
	B()
}

func B() {
	time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
	C()
}

func C() {
	mu.RLock()
	defer mu.RUnlock()
}

run go run quiz.go to compile and start.

Question

  • A: can't compile
  • B: output 1
  • C: the program is hung
  • D: the program exits because of panic

※ Quiz 3

Waitgroup quiz 
package main

import (
	"sync"
	"time"
)

func main() {
	var wg sync.WaitGroup
	wg.Add(1)
	go func() {
		time.Sleep(time.Millisecond)
		wg.Done()
		wg.Add(1)
	}()
	wg.Wait()
}

run go run quiz.go to compile and start.

Question

  • A: can't compile
  • B: no output. exit as normal
  • C: the program is hung
  • D: the program exits because of panic

※ Quiz 4

Double-checking quiz 
package doublecheck

import (
	"sync"
)

type dummyObject struct {
	d int
}
type Singleton struct {
	a, b, c int
	dummy   *dummyObject
}

type Once struct {
	m    sync.Mutex
	done *Singleton
}

func (o *Once) Do(f func()) {
	if o.done != nil {
		return
	}

	o.m.Lock()
	defer o.m.Unlock()
	if o.done == nil {
		f()
		o.done = &Singleton{
			a:     1,
			b:     2,
			c:     3,
			dummy: &dummyObject{4},
		}
	}
}

use this Once in products.

Question

  • A: can't compile
  • B: can run that implemented the singleton pattern
  • C: can run but has not implemented the singleton pattern
  • D: programms will be panic whitout concurrent goroutines access.

※ Quiz 5

Mutex quiz 
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"sync"
)

type MyMutex struct {
	count int
	sync.Mutex
}

func main() {
	var mu MyMutex

	mu.Lock()
	var mu2 = mu
	mu.count++
	mu.Unlock()

	mu2.Lock()
	mu2.count++
	mu2.Unlock()

	fmt.Println(mu.count, mu2.count)
}

run go run quiz.go to compile and start.

Question

  • A: can't compile
  • B: output 1, 1
  • C: output 1, 2
  • D: the program exits because of panic

※ Quiz 6

Pool quiz 
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
	"runtime"
	"sync"
	"time"
)

var pool = sync.Pool{New: func() interface{} { return new(bytes.Buffer) }}

func main() {
	go func() {
		for {
			processRequest(1 << 28) // 256MiB
		}
	}()
	for i := 0; i < 1000; i++ {
		go func() {
			for {
				processRequest(1 << 10) // 1KiB
			}
		}()
	}

	var stats runtime.MemStats
	for i := 0; ; i++ {
		runtime.ReadMemStats(&stats)
		fmt.Printf("Cycle %d: %dB\n", i, stats.Alloc)
		time.Sleep(time.Second)
		runtime.GC()
	}
}

func processRequest(size int) {
	b := pool.Get().(*bytes.Buffer)
	time.Sleep(500 * time.Millisecond)
	b.Grow(size)
	pool.Put(b)
	time.Sleep(1 * time.Millisecond)
}

run go run quiz.go to compile and start.

Question

  • A: can't compile
  • B: can run and works as normal
  • C: can run but has memory leak issue
  • D: the program exits because of panic

※ Quiz 7

Channel quiz 
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"runtime"
	"time"
)

func main() {
	var ch chan int
	go func() {
		ch = make(chan int, 1)
		ch <- 1
	}()

	go func(ch chan int) {
		time.Sleep(time.Second)
		<-ch
	}(ch)

	c := time.Tick(1 * time.Second)
	for range c {
		fmt.Printf("#goroutines: %d\n", runtime.NumGoroutine())
	}
}

run go run quiz.go to compile and start.

Question

  • A: can't compile
  • B: after a while always output #goroutines: 1
  • C: after a while always output #goroutines: 2
  • D: the program exits because of panic

※ Quiz 8

Channel quiz 
package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
	var ch chan int
	var count int

	go func() {
		ch <- 1
	}()

	go func() {
		count++
		close(ch)
	}()

	<-ch

	fmt.Println(count)
}

run go run quiz.go to compile and start.

Question

  • A: can't compile
  • B: output 1
  • C: output 0
  • D: the program exits because of panic

※ Quiz 9

sync.Map quiz 
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"sync"
)

func main() {
	var m sync.Map
	m.LoadOrStore("a", 1)
	m.Delete("a")

	fmt.Println(m.Len())
}

run go run quiz.go to compile and start.

Question

  • A: can't compile
  • B: output 1
  • C: output 0
  • D: the program exits because of panic

※ Quiz 10

sync.Map quiz 
package main

var c = make(chan int)
var a int

func f() {
	a = 1
	<-c
}
func main() {
	go f()
	c <- 0
	print(a)
}

run go run quiz.go to compile and start.

Question

  • A: can't compile
  • B: output 1
  • C: output 0
  • D: the program exits because of panic

※ Quiz 11

concurrent map quiz 
package main

import "sync"

type Map struct {
	m map[int]int
	sync.Mutex
}

func (m *Map) Get(key int) (int, bool) {
	m.Lock()
	defer m.Unlock()

	i, ok := m.m[key]
	return i, ok
}

func (m *Map) Put(key, value int) {
	m.Lock()
	defer m.Unlock()
	m.m[key] = value
}

func (m *Map) Len() int {
	return len(m.m)
}

func main() {
	var wg sync.WaitGroup
	wg.Add(2)

	m := Map{m: make(map[int]int)}
	go func() {
		for i := 0; i < 10000000; i++ {
			m.Put(i, i)
		}

		wg.Done()
	}()

	go func() {
		for i := 0; i < 10000000; i++ {
			m.Len()
		}

		wg.Done()
	}()

	wg.Wait()
}

run go run quiz.go to compile and start this program.

Question

  • A: can't compile
  • B: can run but has no race issue
  • C: can run but has race issue
  • D: the program exits because of panic

※ Quiz 12

slice quiz 
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"sync"
)

func main() {
	var wg sync.WaitGroup
	wg.Add(2)

	var ints = make([]int, 0, 1000)

	go func() {
		for i := 0; i < 1000; i++ {
			ints = append(ints, i)
		}
		wg.Done()
	}()

	go func() {
		for i := 0; i < 1000; i++ {
			ints = append(ints, i)
		}
		wg.Done()
	}()

	wg.Wait()
	fmt.Println(len(ints))
}

run go run quiz.go to start this program.

Question

  • A: can't compile
  • B: output 2000
  • C: output a number but the number may not be 2000
  • D: the program exits because of panic

※ Quiz 13

goroutines on loop iterator variables quiz 
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"sync"
	"time"
)

type T struct {
	V int
}

func (t *T) Incr(wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
	t.V++
	wg.Done()
}

func (t *T) Print() {
	time.Sleep(1e9)
	fmt.Print(t.V)
}

func main() {
	var wg sync.WaitGroup
	wg.Add(10)

	var ts = make([]T, 10)
	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
		ts[i] = T{i}
	}

	for _, t := range ts {
		go t.Incr(&wg)
	}
	wg.Wait()

	for _, t := range ts {
		go t.Print()
	}

	time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
}

run go run quiz.go to start this program normally.

Question

  • A: output 12345678910
  • B: output 0123456789
  • C: output 9999999999
  • D: output 10101010101010101010

Answer

Answer

1. D
2. D
3. D
4. C
5. D
6. C
7. C
8. D
9. A
10. B
11. C
12. C
13. C