The requirement that when one process is in a critical section that accesses shared resources, no other process may be in a critical section that accesses any of those shared resources is _________ .
A) critical section
B) livelock
C) mutual exclusion
D) atomic operation

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The requirement described in the question is mutual exclusion, which means that only one process at a time can access the shared resources to avoid conflicting updates or inconsistencies. The other options are not relevant to the given requirement.

The Requirement That When One Process Is in a Critical