Practice - Memory Protection
Practice Questions
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What does the base register do?
💡 Hint: Think about what 'base' indicates in terms of starting points.
What happens when a program tries to access memory outside its limit?
💡 Hint: Consider what happens during an error.
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Interactive Quizzes
Quick quizzes to reinforce your learning
What is memory protection?
💡 Hint: Think about its purpose in an operating system.
True or False: The limit register defines the starting address of allocated memory.
💡 Hint: Recall what each register indicates.
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Challenge Problems
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Describe a scenario in a multitasking environment where lack of memory protection could lead to system failure.
💡 Hint: Consider the effects of corruption in shared resources.
How might the implementation of paging and segmentation improve the performance of an operating system compared to simple segmentation?
💡 Hint: Think about how memory allocation changes with each method.
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