Practice Memory Management in Virtual Memory Systems - 10.2 | 10. Page Faults in Virtual Memory | Computer Organisation and Architecture - Vol 3
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Question 1

Easy

What is a page fault?

💡 Hint: Think about what happens if memory access fails.

Question 2

Easy

What does a page table do?

💡 Hint: Relate it to how processes manage their addressing.

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Question 1

What is a page fault?

  • A system alert
  • An event when accessing non-loaded memory
  • A hardware failure

💡 Hint: Think of memory access issues.

Question 2

True or False: Page tables are used to manage virtual to physical address mappings.

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Consider what a page table's purpose is.

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Question 1

Consider a system with a 16 KB page size and a process requiring 35 KB of memory. How many pages will that process utilize, and what will be the internal fragmentation?

💡 Hint: Calculate how many full pages fit in the process size and consider the remainder.

Question 2

Describe a scenario where using a page replacement algorithm other than LRU might be beneficial. Justify your choice.

💡 Hint: Think about situations where patterns of access are known.

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