Thread safety object - static or not?

Question

I was recently in an interview and the tech guy asked me about how to make an application thread-safe.

Well, after explaining the lock() correctly, he s

Answer 1

Sometimes in job interviews I say something I know is incorrect or something that is utter nonsense to see if the candidate will effectively argue his point or just give up and agree.

Oh and here's an excellent article by Jeffrey Richter on the proper uses of lock. :)