Practice Memory Management Unit (mmu) (6.2.1) - Memory System Organization
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Memory Management Unit (MMU)

Practice - Memory Management Unit (MMU)

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Question 1 Easy

What is the primary purpose of the Memory Management Unit (MMU)?

💡 Hint: Think about the role of the MMU in a computer's memory architecture.

Question 2 Easy

What happens if a program tries to access memory it does not own?

💡 Hint: Recall how the MMU enforces access rights.

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Question 1

What is the function of the MMU?

To perform arithmetic calculations
To translate addresses
To manage CPU scheduling

💡 Hint: Think about the MMU's role in memory addressing.

Question 2

True or False: The MMU prevents one program from accessing another program's memory.

True
False

💡 Hint: Recall what memory protection does.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Describe how changing the size of the translation table would impact a system's memory management efficiency.

💡 Hint: Think about the balance of memory usage and process management.

Challenge 2 Hard

Evaluate the trade-offs of using a larger logical address space versus a smaller one from the MMU's perspective.

💡 Hint: Consider how the MMU addresses different program sizes.

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