Practice - Operating System's Response to Page Faults
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Practice Questions
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What is a page fault?
💡 Hint: Think about what happens when an application requests data that isn't loaded.
What does the valid bit indicate?
💡 Hint: Consider its role in memory management.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What happens during a page fault?
💡 Hint: Think about where the data needs to come from.
True or False: A valid bit set to 0 means the page is in physical memory.
💡 Hint: Consider what the valid bit signifies in the context of memory.
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Challenge Problems
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What strategies can an operating system use to reduce the frequency of page faults?
💡 Hint: Consider both proactive and reactive strategies.
Explain how thrashing occurs during high page fault rates and its impact on CPU performance.
💡 Hint: Think about the balance between memory usage and CPU tasks.
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