Java Multithreading Interview Questions and Answers for Freshers - 2

Question: 6

What is the use of volatile in Java?

Threads are allowed to hold the values of variables in local memory (e.g. in a machine register)

If a variable is marked as volatile, every time when the variable is used, it must be read from the main memory, similarly every time the variable is written, the value must be stored in main memory.

Question: 7

What is the difference between multithreading and multitasking?

A Web Server understands and support only HTTP protocol whereas the Application Server supports HTTP, TCP/IP and many more protocols.

Also many more features such as Caches, Clusters, Load Balancing are there in Application Servers which are not available in Web Servers.

We can also Configure Application Servers to work as Web Server.

In Application Server is a super set of which Web Servers is a subset.

Question: 8

What is the difference between process and thread?

Question: 9

Is there a separate stack for each thread in java?

No

Question: 10

Can a lock be acquired on a class?

Yes, a lock can be acquired on a class. This lock is acquired on the class’s Class object.