Practice Handling Dirty Pages - 19.4.1 | 19. Approximate LRU Implementation | Computer Organisation and Architecture - Vol 3
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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

What is a dirty page?

💡 Hint: Think about a page's state after it's been changed.

Question 2

Easy

Describe what happens to reference bits at the end of an interval.

💡 Hint: Consider what tracking is done during the interval.

Practice 4 more questions and get performance evaluation

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Question 1

What does a dirty page require before it can be replaced?

  • No action
  • Write back to disk
  • Clear from memory

💡 Hint: Think about what would happen if it were not written.

Question 2

The second chance algorithm is a part of which broader category of algorithms?

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Consider the principle of giving pages another chance.

Solve and get performance evaluation

Challenge Problems

Push your limits with challenges.

Question 1

Illustrate with an example how a sampled LRU could work differently from a basic LRU in a scenario with several repeated page accesses.

💡 Hint: Consider how the usage over time might differ between the two.

Question 2

Design a situation where Belady’s anomaly occurs and discuss the implications on selecting page replacement strategies.

💡 Hint: Think of frame sizes and access sequences that interact unintentionally.

Challenge and get performance evaluation