Assuming fork() never fails, consider: P1: int main() { fork(); fork(); fork(); printf("Happy\n"); } and P2: int main() { fork(); printf("Happy\n"); fork(); fork(); printf("Happy\n"); }. Statement I: P1 displays "Happy" 8 times. Statement II: P2 displays "Happy" 12 times.

1. ABoth Statement I and Statement II are true
2. BBoth Statement I and Statement II are false
3. CStatement I is correct but Statement II is false
4. DStatement I is incorrect but Statement II is true.

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Correct answer: C. Statement I is correct but Statement II is false

Explanation

P1: three forks make 2³ = 8 processes, each printing once (8). P2: after one fork, 2 processes print (2); after two more forks, 8 processes print (8): 10 in total, not 12.