Applied

• Use the Thread class or the Runnable interface to create a thread.
• Use the methods of the Thread class to control when the processor executes a thread.
• Use the interrupt method and the InterruptedException class to create a thread that can be interrupted.
• Use the synchronized keyword to create synchronous threads.
• Use the wait and notifyAll methods of the Object class to coordinate the execution of two interdependent threads.

Knowledge

• Explain the basic difference between a program that runs in a single thread and a program that runs under multiple threads.
• Name three common reasons for using threads in a Java application.
• List the three Java API classes or interfaces that have methods related to threading.
• Explain the advantage of creating a thread by extending the Runnable interface rather than by inheriting the Thread class.
• List the five states of a thread, and describe the status of a thread in each state.
• Explain the difference between the sleep and yield methods.
• Explain why methods that can be executed concurrently by multiple threads need to be synchronized.
• Describe the producer/consumer pattern used for concurrency control.