Practice Frame Allocation Strategies - 20.4.1 | 20. Belady's Anomaly | Computer Organisation and Architecture - Vol 3
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Question 1

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What is Belady's anomaly?

💡 Hint: Consider how pages are organized and accessed in memory.

Question 2

Easy

What does FIFO stand for?

💡 Hint: Think of a line where the first person in is the first person served.

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Question 1

What does the term 'Belady's anomaly' refer to?

  • A method of page replacement
  • An increase in page faults with more frames
  • A decrease in memory usage

💡 Hint: Consider situations where the assumption fails.

Question 2

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

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Think about how LRU adapts to usage patterns.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

Given a sequence of memory accesses and two different page frames, calculate the page faults experienced using both FIFO and LRU methods.

💡 Hint: Keep track of the pages in memory at each access.

Question 2

Design a potential improvement to enhance frame allocation strategies in a multitasking environment and explain how it would optimize performance.

💡 Hint: Think about balancing workload and resource availability.

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