Practice Working-Set Model - 6.2.5 | Module 6: Memory Management Strategies II - Virtual Memory | Operating Systems
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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

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

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about the pages a process currently needs.

Question 2

Easy

What does thrashing mean?

πŸ’‘ 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

πŸ’‘ 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

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider what happens when the memory is overloaded.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

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

πŸ’‘ Hint: Focus on how behavioral patterns can influence memory management.

Question 2

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.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider memory allocation strategies.

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