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Practice Questions
Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.
Question 1
Easy
Define a page table in your own words.
💡 Hint: Look for its function in memory management.
Question 2
Easy
What does TLB stand for?
💡 Hint: Think about how it helps speed up memory access.
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 does TLB stand for?
- Translation Lookaside Buffer
- Table Lookup Buffer
- Translation Local Buffer
💡 Hint: Think about its role in page address mapping.
Question 2
True or False: A page fault occurs when an accessed page is present in memory.
- True
- False
💡 Hint: Recall the definition of a page fault.
Solve 1 more question and get performance evaluation
Challenge Problems
Push your limits with challenges.
Question 1
A computer has a 32-bit address space and 4KB pages. If the page table has to be loaded every time a context switch occurs, what percentage of CPU time would be wasted loading a page table with 1 million entries if each takes 100ns to load?
💡 Hint: Consider the time per page and total entries.
Question 2
Evaluate the trade-offs of implementing page tables in hardware versus software, especially regarding speed and address space limits.
💡 Hint: Think about where each implementation excels and fails.
Challenge and get performance evaluation