Practice Introduction To Page Buffering (20.3.1) - Belady's Anomaly - Computer Organisation and Architecture - Vol 3
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Introduction to Page Buffering

Practice - Introduction to Page Buffering

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is Belady's anomaly?

💡 Hint: Think about how page frames relate to fault occurrences.

Question 2 Easy

Define FIFO in the context of page replacement.

💡 Hint: Consider how items are managed in a queue.

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Question 1

What does Belady's anomaly indicate?

More page faults with more frames
Fewer page faults with fewer frames
No relation between frames and page faults

💡 Hint: Consider a situation where you have mismatched frames.

Question 2

True or False: LRU and optimal algorithms can exhibit Belady's anomaly.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about how these algorithms predict frame usage.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Given a reference string and two sets of frame counts (3 and 4), analyze how many page faults occur for each using best fit strategies.

💡 Hint: No hint provided

Challenge 2 Hard

Explain how page buffering impacts system performance with real-time examples in operating systems.

💡 Hint: Use a case study to make your point.

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