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Practice Questions
Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.
Question 1
Easy
What is a page table?
💡 Hint: Think about how virtual memory is translated.
Question 2
Easy
Define a page fault.
💡 Hint: Consider what happens during memory access failures.
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 is the primary purpose of a page table?
- To manage CPU registers
- To map virtual addresses to physical addresses
- To store data caches
💡 Hint: Consider how virtual memory is connected to physical memory.
Question 2
True or False: A TLB hit results in faster memory access.
- True
- False
💡 Hint: Remember the differences in access times when hitting or missing in caches.
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Challenge Problems
Push your limits with challenges.
Question 1
A system uses a 64-bit address space with 4KB pages. Calculate the number of page table entries and discuss how feasible it is to implement this in hardware.
💡 Hint: Think about how the power of two calculations affect storage and physical limits of hardware.
Question 2
Discuss the effects of increasing the size of a TLB on overall system performance, considering both benefits and potential drawbacks.
💡 Hint: Balance improvements with the costs of increased complexity in data management.
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