Practice - Solutions to Thrashing
Practice Questions
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What is thrashing?
💡 Hint: Think about what happens when a system cannot handle multiple processes effectively.
Name one cause of thrashing.
💡 Hint: Consider how many applications are running at once.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is thrashing?
💡 Hint: Remember what happens when too many processes compete for limited memory.
What should the OS do if a process's page fault rate is too high?
💡 Hint: Think about the strategies discussed in class.
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Challenge Problems
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Design a system to monitor and manage memory efficiently to avoid thrashing. Outline the steps taken.
💡 Hint: Think about how systems might react to high page fault frequency.
Propose a restructuring method for an application that experiences thrashing. How does this method improve efficiency?
💡 Hint: Consider how proximity in data storage can reduce page faults.
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