Practice Working-set Model (6.2.5) - Memory Management Strategies II - Virtual Memory
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Working-Set Model

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Question 1 Easy

What is a working set in the context of memory management?

💡 Hint: Think about the pages a process currently needs.

Question 2 Easy

What does thrashing mean?

💡 Hint: Consider what happens during too many page faults.

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Question 1

What is the working set of a process?

A set of pages that have been referenced in a recent time window
All pages loaded into memory
The entire memory of a process

💡 Hint: Focus on what the recently used pages are.

Question 2

True or False: Thrashing occurs when the working sets of processes fit into physical memory.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider what happens when the memory is overloaded.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Design a system that dynamically adapts the Δ value based on user behavior over a week. Describe its components and how it would function.

💡 Hint: Focus on how behavioral patterns can influence memory management.

Challenge 2 Hard

Given a scenario where three processes each have working sets of 4, 3, and 5 pages respectively, but a system with only 8 pages of physical memory is present. Analyze the likelihood of thrashing and propose solutions.

💡 Hint: Consider memory allocation strategies.

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