# Interview Questions

**What is the difference between the process and thread?**

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**What are the benefits of Multi-Threaded Programming?**

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**How can we create a thread in Java?**

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**What is context-switching in Multi-Threading?**

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**Can `main()` finishes before starting other threads?**

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**What are the different states in the life cycle of a thread?**

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**Can we call `run()` of thread class?**

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**What do you understand about thread priority?**

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**You have thread T1, T2, and T3, how will you ensure that thread T2 runs after T1 and thread T3 runs after T2?**

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**Can you restart a thread?**

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**Describe synchronization in respect to multithreading?**

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**What are memory consistency errors?**

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**What is a deadlock?**

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**What is liveness in concurrent programming?**

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**What are atomic operations?**

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**Explain different ways of using a thread?**

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**Why would you use a synchronized block instead of a synchronized method?**

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**What is the difference between the methods `sleep()` and `wait()`?**

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**How would you describe Producer-Consumer problem in Java?**

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**What is the difference between Callable and Runnable?**

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**Explain what is a thread pool? What are the advantages of thread pools?**

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