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Practice Questions
Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.
Question 1
Easy
What is thrashing in computing?
💡 Hint: Think of it as excessive page faults.
Question 2
Easy
What happens during a page fault?
💡 Hint: It’s related to memory management.
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Interactive Quizzes
Engage in quick quizzes to reinforce what you've learned and check your comprehension.
Question 1
What does thrashing indicate?
- A high CPU utilization
- Excessive page faults
- Efficient memory management
💡 Hint: Consider what happens when memory is overloaded.
Question 2
Is thrashing only an effect of memory overload?
- True
- False
💡 Hint: Think about the consequences of limited resources.
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Challenge Problems
Push your limits with challenges.
Question 1
If a system has 100 frames and three processes require 60 frames collectively, yet one process starts thrashing due to a heavy workload requiring an increase in pages, what strategy can be implemented to manage memory effectively?
💡 Hint: Think about balancing needs among processes.
Question 2
Given a hypothetical scenario where increasing the multiprogramming degree leads to thrashing, describe the relation with locality of reference.
💡 Hint: Reflect on memory access patterns of processes.
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