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Practice Questions
Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.
Question 1
Easy
What happens during a page fault?
💡 Hint: Refer to what the OS does upon encountering a page fault.
Question 2
Easy
Define a Cache Hit.
💡 Hint: Think about the speed benefits of data retrieval.
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 is a page fault?
- A sudden computer shutdown
- An event where the data needed is not available in memory
- A keyboard error
💡 Hint: Think about what happens when data is not found.
Question 2
Is a cache miss faster to process than loading from a disk?
- True
- False
💡 Hint: Consider the speed differences in memory accesses.
Solve and get performance evaluation
Challenge Problems
Push your limits with challenges.
Question 1
Given that page faults occur once every ten instructions in a system where the fault recovery takes 30 cycles, calculate the effective instruction time if a normal instruction takes 5 cycles.
💡 Hint: Consider how to average the times for both occasions of normal instruction and page fault.
Question 2
Explain how a TLB miss can escalate into a longer wait for data retrieval as it progresses through the memory hierarchy.
💡 Hint: Envision the steps involved for each type of miss and the impact on overall data accessibility.
Challenge and get performance evaluation