Practice Monitoring Page-Fault Frequency - 21.6.2 | 21. Page Frame Allocation and Thrashing | Computer Organisation and Architecture - Vol 3
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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

What is a page fault?

💡 Hint: Think about what happens when the memory is full.

Question 2

Easy

Define thrashing.

💡 Hint: Consider what happens when processes wait for memory.

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

What indicates a page fault?

  • When a page is absent in memory
  • A program executes successfully
  • No memory available

💡 Hint: Think about accessing a book not on your shelf.

Question 2

True or false: Thrashing improves CPU utilization.

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Consider the impact of waiting times on efficiency.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

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.

Question 2

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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