Practice Introduction to Page Buffering - 20.3.1 | 20. Belady's Anomaly | Computer Organisation and Architecture - Vol 3
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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.

Practice 4 more questions and get performance evaluation

Interactive Quizzes

Engage in quick quizzes to reinforce what you've learned and check your comprehension.

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.

Solve and get performance evaluation

Challenge Problems

Push your limits with challenges.

Question 1

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

Question 2

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

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

Challenge and get performance evaluation