Practice Working Set Window And Its Importance (21.6.1) - Page Frame Allocation and Thrashing
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Working Set Window and Its Importance

Practice - Working Set Window and Its Importance

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Question 1 Easy

Define the term 'Working Set Window'.

💡 Hint: Consider it as a snapshot of recent memory references.

Question 2 Easy

What is 'Thrashing' in memory management?

💡 Hint: Think of it as a performance bottleneck due to poor memory allocation.

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Question 1

What is the working set window?

The number of total frames in memory
A defined number of references from the past
The number of processes running simultaneously

💡 Hint: Think about what recent references indicate for memory usage.

Question 2

True or False: Thrashing occurs when a process has more pages in memory than needed.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider how page allocation relates to thrashing.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Evaluate the impact of increasing the number of processes while keeping the total frame count the same. What happens to system performance?

💡 Hint: Consider implications for CPU efficiency.

Challenge 2 Hard

Design a simulation approach to monitor page-fault frequency and determine appropriate frame allocation for several concurrent processes.

💡 Hint: Think about a feedback loop for adjustments.

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