Practice Protection Information in Page Table Entries - 10.4.1 | 10. Page Faults in Virtual Memory | Computer Organisation and Architecture - Vol 3
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10.4.1 - Protection Information in Page Table Entries

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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

What happens when a required virtual page is not in physical memory?

💡 Hint: Think about how the system responds to requesting an unavailable resource.

Question 2

Easy

What is the purpose of protection bits in page table entries?

💡 Hint: Consider how the system protects crucial parts of its memory.

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Question 1

What occurs when there is a page fault?

  • The program stops executing
  • The program switches to a different disk
  • The page is fetched from secondary storage

💡 Hint: Think about how programs access memory and what happens when a page is not found.

Question 2

True or False: Protection bits can allow a page to be read but not written to.

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Consider how to prevent unauthorized changes to critical program data.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

Formulate a strategy to minimize page faults in a system with limited memory resources. What metrics will you use to measure the effectiveness of your strategy?

💡 Hint: Consider both memory efficiency and operational speed in your strategy.

Question 2

Critically evaluate the trade-offs of using page sizes larger than 64 KB. What implications does this have for system performance and memory utilization?

💡 Hint: Think about how larger pages affect access patterns and the diversity of applications running concurrently.

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