Practice Explanation of LRU - 20.2.2 | 20. Belady's Anomaly | Computer Organisation and Architecture - Vol 3
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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

Define Belady's anomaly in your own words.

💡 Hint: Think of examples of how faults behave with increased frames.

Question 2

Easy

What does LRU stand for?

💡 Hint: It relates to how memory pages are managed and accessed.

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

What is Belady's anomaly?

  • When increasing frames decreases page faults
  • When increasing frames increases page faults
  • When page faults are irrelevant to frames

💡 Hint: Consider scenarios in which you'd see this phenomenon.

Question 2

True or False: The LRU algorithm can exhibit Belady’s anomaly.

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Think back on how LRU pages are selected and replaced.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

Given a sequence of page requests and four frames, evaluate the efficiency of both LRU and the Optimal algorithms. What differences do you observe in page faults?

💡 Hint: List your page hits and faults for each frame accordingly.

Question 2

Design and justify a frame allocation scheme for a varied workload environment with example scenarios for each type (fixed, proportional, and priority).

💡 Hint: Consider applications with distinct memory needs.

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