Practice Relocation And Page Mapping (9.1.8) - Basics of Virtual Memory and Address Translation
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Relocation and Page Mapping

Practice - Relocation and Page Mapping

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Question 1 Easy

What is virtual memory?

💡 Hint: Think about how memory can be optimized beyond RAM.

Question 2 Easy

What happens during a page fault?

💡 Hint: Consider what happens when data isn't found in the expected location.

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Question 1

What does virtual memory allow a computer to do?

Use external storage as additional memory
Only run one program at a time
Avoid using any hard drives

💡 Hint: Consider how memory can be optimized.

Question 2

True or False: A page fault means that the required page is currently in physical memory.

True
False

💡 Hint: Revisit the definition of a page fault.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Given a physical memory of 256 MB and a virtual memory space of 4 GB, calculate the number of page frames and virtual pages if the page size is 4 KB.

💡 Hint: Use the size of the physical and virtual memory alongside the page size to determine frames/pages.

Challenge 2 Hard

Discuss the potential issues that could arise in a system with frequent page faults. How would this affect performance?

💡 Hint: Consider the impacts on CPU and system efficiency.

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