Chapter Summary
This chapter described how multithreading works and how Java supports it. It also covered the thread-related topics of scheduling and synchronization. It explained how thread priority is used to determine which thread is executed, and how object locks are used to control access to shared resources. You should now be prepared to test your knowledge of these topics. The following review questions and exam questions will let you know how well you understand this material and will give you an idea of how you will do in thread-related exam questions. The following questions will also indicate which material you need to study further.
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