Practice Protection And Management In Page Tables (10.4) - Page Faults in Virtual Memory
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Protection and Management in Page Tables

Practice - Protection and Management in Page Tables

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is a page fault?

💡 Hint: Think about what happens when you try to access data that isn't currently loaded.

Question 2 Easy

Define a page table.

💡 Hint: Consider how virtual addresses connect to physical storage.

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Question 1

What happens when a page fault occurs?

Data is retrieved from cache
Data is retrieved from secondary storage
Data is retrieved from main memory

💡 Hint: Consider which storage is slower than main memory.

Question 2

True or False: Larger page sizes always lead to better performance without downsides.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about the balance between size and memory utilization.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Given a scenario where an application runs out of memory, analyze how adjusting page sizes could potentially mitigate this issue.

💡 Hint: Consider trade-offs in optimizing memory management.

Challenge 2 Hard

Design an efficient page replacement algorithm focusing on minimizing page faults while managing limited physical memory.

💡 Hint: Think about how you can predict future page usage.

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