Practice How it Works - 6.1.1.1 | Module 6: Memory Management Strategies II - Virtual Memory | Operating Systems
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Question 1

Easy

What is virtual memory?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how it manages the perceived memory size.

Question 2

Easy

Define demand paging.

πŸ’‘ Hint: What is the opposite of this method?

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Question 1

What does virtual memory allow a system to do?

  • Increase RAM
  • Simulate additional RAM
  • Decrease RAM

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about the dependencies between memory and applications.

Question 2

A page fault occurs when:

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: This is a key behavior of memory management.

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Question 1

If a system has 4GB of RAM and a program requires 10GB of memory to run, how can virtual memory enable this program to execute?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider how the OS allocates segments of memory.

Question 2

Discuss how page replacement algorithms might affect the performance of a virtual memory system in a scenario with high demand.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about which pages are kept or replaced based on usage.

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