Practice - Monitoring Page-Fault Frequency
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Practice Questions
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What is a page fault?
💡 Hint: Think about what happens when the memory is full.
Define thrashing.
💡 Hint: Consider what happens when processes wait for memory.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What indicates a page fault?
💡 Hint: Think about accessing a book not on your shelf.
True or false: Thrashing improves CPU utilization.
💡 Hint: Consider the impact of waiting times on efficiency.
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Challenge Problems
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Design a hypothetical operating system configuration that prevents thrashing for a high-load scenario involving multiple processes.
💡 Hint: Consider how to balance memory usage and process performance simultaneously.
If a system experiences high page-fault frequencies across multiple low-priority processes, suggest a method to enhance overall performance without impacting high-priority processes.
💡 Hint: Think about how to reallocate resources effectively.
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