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Practice Questions
Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.
Question 1
Easy
What is a page fault?
💡 Hint: Think about what happens when an application requests data that isn't loaded.
Question 2
Easy
What does the valid bit indicate?
💡 Hint: Consider its role in memory management.
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 happens during a page fault?
- The OS fetches the page from memory
- The OS fetches the page from disk
- The OS ignores the request
💡 Hint: Think about where the data needs to come from.
Question 2
True or False: A valid bit set to 0 means the page is in physical memory.
- True
- False
💡 Hint: Consider what the valid bit signifies in the context of memory.
Solve 2 more questions and get performance evaluation
Challenge Problems
Push your limits with challenges.
Question 1
What strategies can an operating system use to reduce the frequency of page faults?
💡 Hint: Consider both proactive and reactive strategies.
Question 2
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.
Challenge and get performance evaluation