Questão 1
Questão
What is not a main structural element of a computer system?
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Processor
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Main memory
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System bus
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Operating bus
Questão 2
Questão
Which of the following element of a computer system controls the operation of the computer and performs its data processing functions?
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Processor
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Main memory
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System bus
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I/O modules
Questão 3
Questão
Which of the following element of a computer system moves data between the the computer and its external environment?
Responda
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Processor
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Main memory
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System bus
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I/O modules
Questão 4
Questão
Which of the following element of a computer system stores data and programs?
Responda
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Processor
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Main memory
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System bus
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I/O modules
Questão 5
Questão
Which of the following provides for communication among elements of a computer system?
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Processor
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Main memory
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System bus
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I/O modules
Questão 6
Questão
Which of the following registers are used by the processor to exchange data with memory?
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MAR and MBR
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I/OAR and I/OBR
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PC and IR
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Program status word
Questão 7
Questão
Which of the following registers are used by the processor to exchange data with input/output module?
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MAR and MBR
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I/OAR and I/OBR
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PC and IR
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Program status word
Questão 8
Questão
If the required block is not present in the cache then ______ occurs.
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cache latency
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cache hit
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cache delay
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cache miss
Questão 9
Questão
In direct mapping the presence of the block in memory is checked with the help of _____ field.
Questão 10
Questão
In fully associative mapping, there are the following fields
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tag, word
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tag, block, word
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tag, set, word
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tag, block
Questão 11
Questão
The algorithm to remove and place new contents into the cache is called _______
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Replacement algorithm
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Renewal algorithm
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Updation
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Compaction
Questão 12
Questão
The bit used to indicate whether the block was recently used or not is _______
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Control bit
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Reference bit
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Dirty bit
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Valid bit
Questão 13
Questão
The correspondence between the main memory blocks and those in the cache is given by _________
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Hash function
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Mapping function
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Locale function
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Assign function
Questão 14
Questão
The effectiveness of the cache memory is based on the property of ________</
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Locality of reference
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Memory localisation
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Memory size
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Memory access time
Questão 15
Questão
The memory blocks are mapped on to the cache with the help of ______
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Hash functions
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Write policy
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Replacement policy
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Mapping functions
Questão 16
Questão
The method of mapping the consecutive memory blocks to consecutive cache blocks is called ______
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Set associative
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Fully associative
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Direct
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Indirect
Questão 17
Questão
The reason for the implementation of the cache memory is ________
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To increase the internal memory of the system
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The difference in speeds of operation of the processor and memory
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To reduce the memory access and cycle time
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To increase the memory access and cycle time
Questão 18
Questão
The spatial aspect of the locality of reference means ________
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That the recently executed instruction is executed again next
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That the recently executed won’t be executed again
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That the instruction executed will be executed at a later time
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That the instruction in close proximity of the instruction executed will be executed in future
Questão 19
Questão
The technique of searching for a block by going through all the tags is ______
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Linear search
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Binary search
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Associative search
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Indirect search
Questão 20
Questão
The temporal aspect of the locality of reference means ________
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That the recently executed instruction won’t be executed soon
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That the recently executed instruction is temporarily not referenced
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That the recently executed instruction will be executed soon again
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None of the mentioned
Questão 21
Questão
This bit indicates if the slot holds a block belonging to the program being executed
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Control bit
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Reference bit
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Dirty bit
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Valid bit
Questão 22
Questão
Which is the fastest cache mapping function?
Questão 23
Questão
While using the direct mapping technique, in a 16 bit system the higher order 5 bits are used for ________
Questão 24
Questão
The set-associative map technique is a combination of the direct and associative technique
Questão 25
Questão
We have
Ts = average (system) access time
T1 = access time of M1 (e.g. cache)
T2 = access time of M2 (e.g. main memory)
T3 = access time of M3 (e.g. disk)
H1 = hit ratio, fraction of time reference is found in M1
H2 = hit ratio, fraction of time reference is found in M2
The average time to access an item, in case the item in cache is:
Questão 26
Questão
We have
Ts = average (system) access time
T1 = access time of M1 (e.g. cache)
T2 = access time of M2 (e.g. main memory)
T3 = access time of M3 (e.g. disk)
H1 = hit ratio, fraction of time reference is found in M1
H2 = hit ratio, fraction of time reference is found in M2
The average time to access an item, in case the item in main memory is:
Questão 27
Questão
We have
Ts = average (system) access time
T1 = access time of M1 (e.g. cache)
T2 = access time of M2 (e.g. main memory)
T3 = access time of M3 (e.g. disk)
H1 = hit ratio, fraction of time reference is found in M1
H2 = hit ratio, fraction of time reference is found in M2
The average time to access an item, in case the item in disk is:
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Ts = H1 × T1 + H2 × T2 + (1 — H2) × T3
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Ts = H1 × T1 + (1 - H1) × (H1 × T1 + H2 × (T1 + T2) + (1 — H2) × (T2 + T3))
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Ts = H1 × T1 + (1 — H1) × H2 × (T2 + T3)
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Ts = H1 × T1 + (1 — H1) × (H2 × (T1 + T2) + (1 — H2) × (T1 + T2 + T3))
Questão 28
Questão
All processes share a semaphore variable mutex, initialized to 1. Each process must execute wait(mutex) before entering the critical section and signal(mutex) afterward. Suppose a process executes in the following manner:
singal (mutex);
critical section;
wait (mutex);
In this situation:
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a deadlock will occur
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processes will starve to enter critical section
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several processes maybe executing in their critical section
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only one process allowed to enter the critical section
Questão 29
Questão
All processes share a semaphore variable mutex, initialized to 1. Each process must execute wait(mutex) before entering the critical section and signal(mutex) afterward. Suppose a process executes in the following manner:
wait (mutex);
critical section;
wait (mutex);
In this situation:
Responda
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a deadlock will occur
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processes will starve to enter critical section
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several processes maybe executing in their critical section
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only one process allowed to enter the critical section
Questão 30
Questão
At a particular time of computation the value of a counting semaphore is 7.Then 20 V operations and 15 P operations were completed on this semaphore. The resulting value of the semaphore is:
Questão 31
Questão
At a particular time of computation the value of a counting semaphore is 7.Then 20 P operations and 15 V operations were completed on this semaphore. The resulting value of the semaphore is
Questão 32
Questão
The program follows to use a shared binary semaphore T
Process A
int Y;
A1 : Y = X × 2;
A2 : X = Y;
signal (T);
Process B
int Z;
B1 : wait (T);
B2 : Z = X+1;
X = Z;
T is set to 0 before either process begins execution and, as before, X is set to 5. Now, how many different values of X are possible after both processes finish executing ?
Questão 33
Questão
The following pair of processes share a common variable X
Process A
int Y;
A1 : Y = X × 2;
A2 : X = Y;
Process B
int Z;
B1: Z = X+1;
B2: X = Z;
X is set to 5 before either process begins execution. As usual, statements within a process are executed sequentially, but statements in process A may execute in any order with respect to statements in process B. Which possible execution path gives X=11
Responda
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A1 A2 B1 B2
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A1 B1 A2 B2
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A1 B1 B2 A2
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B1 B2 A1 A2
Questão 34
Questão
The following pair of processes share a common variable X
Process A
int Y;
A1 : Y = X × 2;
A2 : X = Y;
Process B
int Z;
B1: Z = X+1;
B2: X = Z;
X is set to 5 before either process begins execution. As usual, statements within a process are executed sequentially, but statements in process A may execute in any order with respect to statements in process B. Which possible execution path gives X=6
Responda
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A1 B1 A2 B2
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A1 B1 B2 A2
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B1 A1 B2 A2
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B1 B2 A1 A2
Questão 35
Questão
The following pair of processes share a common variable X
Process A
int Y;
A1 : Y = X × 2;
A2 : X = Y;
Process B
int Z;
B1: Z = X+1;
B2: X = Z;
X is set to 5 before either process begins execution. As usual, statements within a process are executed sequentially, but statements in process A may execute in any order with respect to statements in process B. Which possible execution path gives X=6?
Responda
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B1 A1 B2 A2
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B1 A1 A2 B2
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B1 B2 A1 A2
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A1 A2 B1 B2
Questão 36
Questão
The following pair of processes share a common variable X
Process A
int Y;
A1 : Y = X × 2;
A2 : X = Y;
Process B
int Z;
B1: Z = X+1;
B2: X = Z;
X is set to 5 before either process begins execution. As usual, statements within a process are executed sequentially, but statements in process A may execute in any order with respect to statements in process B. Which possible execution path gives X=12?
Responda
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A1 A2 B1 B2
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B1 A1 B2 A2
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B1 A1 A2 B2
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B1 B2 A1 A2
Questão 37
Questão
The following pair of processes share a common variable X
Process A
int Y;
A1 : Y = X × 2;
A2 : X = Y;
Process B
int Z;
B1: Z = X+1;
B2: X = Z;
X is set to 5 before either process begins execution. As usual, statements within a process are executed sequentially, but statements in process A may execute in any order with respect to statements in process B. Which possible execution path gives X=10?
Responda
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A1 A2 B1 B2
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A1 B1 B2 A2
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B1 A1 A2 B2
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B1 B2 A1 A2
Questão 38
Questão
The following pair of processes share a common variable X
Process A
int Y;
A1 : Y = X × 2;
A2 : X = Y;
Process B
int Z;
B1: Z = X+1;
B2: X = Z;
X is set to 5 before either process begins execution. As usual, statements within a process are executed sequentially, but statements in process A may execute in any order with respect to statements in process B. Which possible execution path gives X=10?
Responda
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A1 B1 A2 B2
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B1 A1 B2 A2
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B1 A1 A2 B2
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B1 B2 A1 A2
Questão 39
Questão
Computer programmers are often concerned with synchronization constraints, which are requirements pertaining to the order of events. They are:
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Serialization and Mutual exclusion
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Queueing and dispatching
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Scheduling and dispatching
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Serialization and Mutual inclusion
Questão 40
Questão
Concurrent writes:
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x is a shared variable accessed by two writers
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x is a local variable accessed by two writers
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x is a shared variable accessed by two readers
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x is a shared variable accessed by one writer and one reader
Questão 41
Questão
If it is not possible to tell, by looking at the program, what will happen when it executes, then the program is
Responda
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non-deterministic
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non-distributed
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non-deadlocked
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non-divisible
Questão 42
Questão
sem.signal () ...
Questão 43
Questão 44
Questão
Semaphore operation sem.P( ) is alternative to
Responda
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sem.signal
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sem.wait
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semaphore initialization
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semaphore read
Questão 45
Questão
Semaphore operation sem.V( ) is alternative to
Responda
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sem.signal ( )
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sem.wait( )
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semaphore initialization
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semaphore read
Questão 46
Questão
Semaphores were invented by
Responda
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Edsger Dijkstra
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Tim Berners-Lee
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Vint Cerf
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Leonard Kleinrock
Questão 47
Questão
Two events are ______________ if we cannot tell by looking at the program which will happen first
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Concurrent
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Constrained
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Sequential
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Mutually excluded
Questão 48
Responda
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the unit of data exchanged between cache and main memory
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the unit of data exchanged between cache and registers
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the unit of data exchanged between registers and main memory
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the unit of data exchanged between cache and secondary memory
Questão 49
Questão
If the accessed word is found in the faster memory, that is defined as a:
Questão 50
Questão
If the accessed word is not found in the faster memory, that is defined as a:
Questão 51
Questão
If the contents of a block in the cache are altered, then it is needed to save it back to main memory before replacing it. This is called:
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write policy
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locality of reference
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replacement algorithm
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mapping function
Questão 52
Questão
This chooses which block to replace when a new block is to be loaded into the cache and the cache already had all slots filled with other blocks:
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cache size
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write policy
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locality of reference
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replacement algorithm
Questão 53
Questão
This determines which cache location the block will occupy:
Responda
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mapping function
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write policy
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locality of reference
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block size
Questão 54
Questão
When a processor attempts to read a byte or word of memory, it firstly checks the:
Responda
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Cache
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Main memory
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Disk
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CD
Questão 55
Questão
Which of the following statements is false:
Responda
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compaction does not involve relocation of programs
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compaction is also known as garbage collection
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the system must stop everything while it performs the compaction
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the technique of storage compaction involves moving all occupied areas of storage to one end or other of main storage
Questão 56
Responda
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is the device where information is stored
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is a device that performs a sequence of operations specified by instructions in memory
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is a sequence of instructions
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is typically characterized by interactive processing and time-slicing of the CPU's time to allow quick response to each user
Questão 57
Responda
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is the device where information is stored
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is a device that performs a sequence of operations specified by instructions in memory
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is a sequence of instructions
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is typically characterized by interactive processing and time-slicing of the CPU's time to allow quick response to each user
Questão 58
Responda
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is the device where information is stored
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is a sequence of instructions
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is a device that performs a sequence of operations specified by instructions in memory
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is typically characterized by interactive processing and time-slicing of the CPU's time to allow quick response to each user
Questão 59
Questão
The memory allocation scheme subject to "external" fragmentation is?
Questão 60
Questão
The memory allocation scheme subject to "internal" fragmentation is?
Questão 61
Questão
Any program, no matter how small, will occupy an entire partition results in?
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internal fragmentation
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segmentation
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external fragmentation
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paging
Questão 62
Questão
How to solve problem of equal-size partitions?
Questão 63
Questão
How to solve problem of "external" fragmentation?
Questão 64
Responda
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is an access to a page not currently in memory
-
is an error is a specific page
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occurs when a program accesses a page of memory
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is a reference to a page belonging to another program
Questão 65
Questão
Which of the following statements is false?
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internal fragmentation is increased with small pages
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a small page size causes large page tables
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a large page size causes instructions and data that will not be referenced brought into primary storage
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I/O transfers are more efficient with large pages
Questão 66
Responda
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allows each program in turn to use the memory
-
allows many programs to use memory simultaneously
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does not work with overlaying
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none of the above
Questão 67
Responda
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transferring processes between main memory and secondary memory
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allows many programs to use memory simultaneously
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allocate processes in the smallest block of memory
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none of the above
Questão 68
Questão
Which of the following is not true about the memory management?
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virtual memory is used only in multi-user systems
-
segmentation suffers from external fragmentation
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paging suffers from internal fragmentation
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segmented memory can be paged
Questão 69
Questão
Segmentation suffers from external fragmentation?
Questão 70
Questão
Paging suffers from external fragmentation?
Questão 71
Responda
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is a method of memory allocation by which the program is subdivided into equal portions, or pages and core is subdivided into equal portions or blocks
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consists of those addresses that may be generated by a processor during execution of a computation
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is a method of allocating processor time
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allows multiple programs to reside in separate areas of core at the time
Questão 72
Questão
What is a method of memory allocation by which the program is subdivided into equal portions, or pages and core is subdivided into equal portions or blocks?
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paging
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partition
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segmentation
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virtual memory
Questão 73
Questão
In memory systems, boundary registers?
Responda
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track the beginning and ending of programs
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are only necessary with unequal-length partitions
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are only necessary with fixed partitions
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are used for temporary program variable storage
Questão 74
Questão
A relationship between processes such that each has some part (critical section) which must not be executed while the critical section of another is being executed, is known as?
Responda
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mutual exclusion
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semaphore
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multiprogramming
-
multitasking
Questão 75
Questão
CPU fetches the instruction from memory according to the value of?
Responda
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program counter
-
status register
-
instruction register
-
program status word
Questão 76
Questão
A memory used to provide a high speed is called?
Responda
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cache
-
stack pointer
-
disk buffer
-
main memory
Questão 77
Questão
Which one of the following is the address generated by CPU?
Responda
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logical address
-
physical address
-
absolute address
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none of the above
Questão 78
Questão
Runtime mapping from virtual to physical address is done by?
Responda
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memory management unit
-
CPU
-
PCI
-
none of the above
Questão 79
Questão
The address of a page table in memory is pointed by:
Responda
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page table base register
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stack pointer
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page register
-
program counter
Questão 80
Questão
Program always deals with:
Responda
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logical address
-
physical address
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absolute address
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relative address
Questão 81
Questão
What is compaction?
Responda
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a technique for overcoming external fragmentation
-
a paging technique
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a technique for overcoming internal fragmentation
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a technique for overcoming fatal error
Questão 82
Questão
Operating System maintains the page table for:
Responda
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each process
-
each thread
-
each instruction
-
each address
Questão 83
Questão
In contiguous memory allocation:
Responda
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each process is contained in a single contiguous section of memory
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all processes are contained in a single contiguous section of memory
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the memory space is contiguous
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none of the above
Questão 84
Questão
When memory is divided into several fixed sized partitions, each partition may contain ________.
Questão 85
Questão
In fixed sized partition, the degree of multiprogramming is bounded by ___________.
Responda
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the number of partitions
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the CPU utilization
-
the memory size
-
all of the above
Questão 86
Questão
The first fit, best fit and worst fit are strategies to select a ______.
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free hole from a set of available holes
-
process from a queue to put in memory
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processor to run the next process
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all of the above
Questão 87
Questão
In internal fragmentation, memory is internal to a partition and:
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is not being used
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is being used
-
is always used
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none of the above
Questão 88
Questão
A solution to the problem of external fragmentation is:
Responda
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compaction
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larger memory space
-
smaller memory space
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unequal size parts
Questão 89
Questão
__________ is generally faster than _________ .
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first fit, best fit
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best fit, first fit
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worst fit, best fit
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none of the above
Questão 90
Questão
External fragmentation exists when:
Responda
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enough total memory exists to satisfy a request but it is not contiguous
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the total memory is insufficient to satisfy a request
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a request cannot be satisfied even when the total memory is free
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none of the above
Questão 91
Questão
External fragmentation will not occur when:
Questão 92
Questão
When the memory allocated to a process is slightly larger than the process, then:
Questão 93
Questão
Main memory is broken into fixed-sized blocks called ________.
Responda
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frames
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pages
-
segments
-
none of the above
Questão 94
Questão
Fixed-length block of data in secondary memory is called ________.
Responda
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frames
-
pages
-
segments
-
none of the above
Questão 95
Questão
Variable-length block of data that resides in secondary memory is called ________.
Responda
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frames
-
pages
-
segments
-
none of the above
Questão 96
Questão
Every address generated by the CPU is divided into two parts:
Responda
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page number
-
page offset
-
frame bit
-
frame offset
Questão 97
Questão
The __________ is used as an index into the page table.
Responda
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page number
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frame bit
-
page offset
-
frame offset
Questão 98
Questão
The _____ table contains the base address of each page in physical memory.
Responda
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page
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process
-
memory
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frame
Questão 99
Questão
With paging there is no ________ fragmentation.
Responda
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external
-
internal
-
either type of
-
none of the above
Questão 100
Questão
The operating system maintains a ______ table that keeps track of how many frames have been allocated, how many are there, and how many are available.
Responda
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frame
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page
-
segment
-
memory
Questão 101
Questão
For every process there is a __________.
Responda
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page table
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copy of page table
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pointer to page table
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frame table
Questão 102
Questão
If a page number is not found in the TLB, then it is known as a:
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TLB miss
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buffer miss
-
TLB hit
-
page fault
Questão 103
Questão
If a page table entry is present in the TLB, then it is known as a:
Responda
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TLB miss
-
buffer miss
-
TLB hit
-
page fault
Questão 104
Questão
If a page table entry is not in main memory, then it is known as a:
Responda
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TLB miss
-
buffer miss
-
TLB hit
-
page fault
Questão 105
Questão
When free memory is split into many unconnected pieces we call it:
Responda
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Internal fragmentation
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External fragmentation
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Compaction
-
Memory distribution
Questão 106
Questão
Memory partitioning algorithm that uses binary tree as a data structure is called:
Responda
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First-fit algorithm
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Next-fit algorithm
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Buddy system
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Best-fit algorithm
Questão 107
Questão
Which of the following is not a principle of storage management responsibilities?
Questão 108
Questão
This algorithm reduces the rate of production of small gaps
Responda
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Best fit
-
Worst fit
-
First fit
-
Next fit
Questão 109
Questão
This is the fastest algorithm because it searches as little as possible
Responda
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Best fit
-
Worst fit
-
First fit
-
Next fit
Questão 110
Questão
This algorithm is slow, and may even tend to fill up memory with tiny useless holes
Responda
-
Best fit
-
Worst fit
-
First fit
-
Next fit
Questão 111
Questão
To find a free partition this algorithm starts searching from where it left off, not from the beginning
Responda
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Best fit
-
Worst fit
-
First fit
-
Next fit
Questão 112
Questão
In segmentation, each address is specified by (choose two):
Responda
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a segment number
-
an offset
-
a value
-
a key
Questão 113
Questão
A binary semaphore is a semaphore with integer values::A binary semaphore is a semaphore with integer values
Responda
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1 and 0
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1 and -1
-
0 and -1
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1 and 2
Questão 114
Questão
A monitor is a type of
Questão 115
Questão
A monitor is a type of
Questão 116
Responda
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is a hexadecimal value
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must be accessed from only one process
-
can be accessed from multiple processes
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cannot be accessed by processes
Questão 117
Questão
A procedure defined within a ________ can access only those variables declared locally within the _______ and its formal parameters
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process, semaphore
-
process, monitor
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semaphore, semaphore
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monitor, monitor
Questão 118
Questão 119
Questão
A set of processes is deadlock if:
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each process is blocked and will remain so forever
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each process is terminated
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all processes are trying to kill each other
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none of the above
Questão 120
Questão
A situation where several processes access and manipulate the same data concurrently and the outcome of the execution depends on the particular order in which access takes place is called:
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race condition
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data consistency
-
starvation
-
mutual exclusion
Questão 121
Questão
An un-interruptible unit is known as
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single
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atomic
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static
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safe
Questão 122
Questão
An un-interruptible unit is known as
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atomic
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single
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static
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None of the above
Questão 123
Questão
Concurrent access to shared data may result in::Concurrent access to shared data may result in
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data consistency
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data insecurity
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data inconsistency
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data complexity
Questão 124
Questão
Four necessary conditions for deadlock to exist are: mutual exclusion, no-preemption, circular wait and
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hold and wait
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deadlock avoidance
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race condition
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starvation
Questão 125
Questão
If a process is executing in its critical section, then no other processes can be executing in their critical section. This condition is called
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mutual exclusion
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critical exclusion
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synchronous exclusion
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asynchronous exclusion
Questão 126
Questão
If no process is suspended, the signal operation
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puts the system into a deadlock state
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suspends some default process' execution
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nothing happens
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the output is unpredictable
Questão 127
Questão
In indirect communication between processes P and Q:
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there is a mailbox to help communication between P and Q
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there is another process R to handle and pass on the messages between P and Q
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there is another machine between the two processes to help communication
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none of the above
Questão 128
Questão
In the blocking send, blocking receive:
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the sending process sends the message and resumes operation
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the sending process sends the message while receiver is blocked
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both sender and receiver are blocked until message is delivered
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none of the above
Questão 129
Questão
In the non-blocking send, blocking receive:
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the sending process sends the message and resumes operation
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sender continues on, receiver is blocked until the requested message arrives
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the sending process keeps sending until it receives a message
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none of the above
Questão 130
Questão
In the non-blocking send, non-blocking receive:
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the sending process sends the message and resumes operation
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the sending process keeps sending until the message is received
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the sending process keeps sending until it receives a message
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neither of processes are required to wait
Questão 131
Questão
In the non-blocking send:
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the sending process sends the message and resumes operation
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the sending process keeps sending until the message is received
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the sending process keeps sending until it receives a message
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none of the above
Questão 132
Questão
Interprocess communication:
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allows processes to communicate and synchronize their actions without using the same address space
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allows processes to communicate and synchronize their actions when using the same address space
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allows the processes to only synchronize their actions without communication
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none of the above
Questão 133
Questão
Mutual exclusion can be provided by the
Questão 134
Questão
Mutual exclusion can be provided by the
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mutex locks
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binary semaphores
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both
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none of the above
Questão 135
Questão
Mutual exclusion implies that
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if a process is executing in its critical section, then no other process must be executing in their critical sections
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if a process is executing in its critical section, then other processes must be executing in their critical sections
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if a process is executing in its critical section, then all the resources of the system must be blocked until it finishes execution
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if a process is executing in its critical section, then all the resources of the system must be unblocked until it finishes execution
Questão 136
Questão
Mutual exclusion means that?
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if a process is executing in its critical section, then no other process must be executing in their critical sections
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if a process is executing in its critical section, then other processes must be executing in their critical sections
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if a process is executing in its critical section, then all the resources of the system must be blocked until it finishes execution
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None of the above
Questão 137
Questão
Part of a program where the shared memory is accessed and which should be executed invisibly, is called:
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critical section
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mutual exclusion
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semaphores
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directory
Questão 138
Questão
Semaphore is a/an _______ to solve the critical section problem?
Questão 139
Questão
Semaphores are mostly used to implement
Questão 140
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synchronize critical resources to prevent deadlock
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synchronize critical resources to prevent contention
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are used to do I/O
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are used for memory management
Questão 141
Questão
The bounded buffer problem is also known as
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Readers - Writers problem
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Dining - Philosophers problem
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Producer - Consumer problem
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Banker's algorithm
Questão 142
Questão
The code that changes the value of the semaphore is:
Questão 143
Questão
The initial value of the semaphore that allows only one of the many processes to enter their critical sections, is?
Questão 144
Questão
The link between two processes P and Q to send and receive messages is called:
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communication link
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message-passing link
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synchronization link
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all of the above
Questão 145
Questão
The monitor construct ensures that
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only one process can be active at a time within the monitor
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n number of processes can be active at a time within the monitor (n being greater than 1)
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the queue has only one process in it at a time
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all of the mentioned
Questão 146
Questão
The operations that can be invoked on a condition variable are
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wait & signal
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hold & wait
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signal & hold
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continue & signal
Questão 147
Questão
The process invoking the wait operation is
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suspended until another process invokes the signal operation
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waiting for another process to complete before it can itself call the signal operation
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stopped until the next process in the queue finishes execution
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increments the semaphore value
Questão 148
Questão
The segment of code in which the process may change common variables, update tables, write into files is known as?
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critical section
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program
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mutual exclusion
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non-critical section
Questão 149
Questão
The two atomic operations permissible on semaphores are
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wait, signal
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stop, start
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hold, wait
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wait, call
Questão 150
Questão
If the semaphore value is negative
Questão 151
Questão
two kinds of semaphores are
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mutex &; counting
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binary & counting
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counting & decimal
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decimal & binary
Questão 152
Questão
To avoid the race condition, the number of processes that may be simultaneously inside their critical section is
Questão 153
Questão
To enable a process to wait within the monitor
Questão 154
Questão
What is a trap/exception?
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software generated interrupt caused by an error
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hardware generated interrupt caused by an error
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user generated interrupt caused by an error
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failure of the system
Questão 155
Questão
When several processes access the same data concurrently and the outcome of the execution depends on the particular order in which the access takes place, is called
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race condition
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dynamic condition
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essential condition
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critical condition
Questão 156
Questão
Which of the following are TRUE for direct communication
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A communication link can be associated with N number of process(N = max. number of processes supported by system)
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A communication link can be associated with exactly two processes
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Exactly N/2 links exist between each pair of processes(N = max. number of processes supported by system)
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Exactly two link exists between each pair of processes
Questão 157
Questão
Index register, segment register, and stack register are example of:
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Data registers
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Address registers
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Control registers
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Status registers
Questão 158
Questão
The processor contains a single data register, called
Questão 159
Questão
This register contains the data to be written into memory or which receives the data read from memory
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Memory buffer register
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Memory address register
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I/OAR
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I/OBR
Questão 160
Questão
This register is used for the exchange of data between an I/O module and the processor
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Memory buffer register
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Memory address register
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I/OAR
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I/OBR
Questão 161
Questão
This register specifies a particular input/output device
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Memory buffer register
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Memory address register
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I/OAR
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I/OBR
Questão 162
Questão
This register specifies the location in memory for the next read or write
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Memory buffer register
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Memory address register
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I/OAR
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I/OBR
Questão 163
Questão
Which register contains condition codes set by the processor hardware as the result of operations?{
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Program status word
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Program counter
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Stack pointer
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Accumulator
Questão 164
Questão
Which register contains the address of the next instruction to be fetched?
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Program counter
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Instruction register
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Execution register
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Process counter
Questão 165
Questão
Which register contains the instruction most recently fetched?
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Program counter
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Instruction register
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Execution register
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Process counter
Questão 166
Questão
Control and status registers control the operation of the processor and the execution of programs
Questão 167
Questão
User-visible registers minimize main memory references by optimizing register use
Questão 168
Questão
Virtual memory takes advantage of
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Fast CPU
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Large secondary memory
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Modular programming
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Scheduling
Questão 169
Questão
Which of the replacement algorithms selects for replacement that page for which the time to the next reference is the longest?
Questão 170
Questão
What does process page table entry contain?
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physical address of the page in secondary memory
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virtual address of the page that is used by program
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the frame number of corresponding page in main memory
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size of the process
Questão 171
Questão
Which of the replacement algorithms replaces the page in memory that has not been referenced for the longest time?
Questão 172
Questão
Which of the replacement algorithms treats the page frames allocated to a process as a circular buffer?
Questão 173
Questão
What is the real address?
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a physical address in main memory
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a virtual address in main memory
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a virtual address in secondary memory
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a physical address in cache memory
Questão 174
Questão
What is virtual address?
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The address of a storage location in virtual memory.
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The address of a storage location in real memory.
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The address of a storage location in cache memory.
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The address of a storage location in main memory.
Questão 175
Questão
The size of virtual storage is limited by...
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the actual number of main storage locations
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the amount of main memory and secondary memory
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the addressing scheme of the computer system and by the amount of secondary memory
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the number of processors in a system
Questão 176
Questão
What is the resident set of the process?
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The portion of a process that is in a secondary memory at any time.
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The portion of a process that is actually in main memory at any time.
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The portion of a secondary memory that contains pages or segments of particular application.
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The set of physical addresses.
Questão 177
Questão
When does processor generate an interrupt indicating a memory access fault? {
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If it encounters a logical address that is not in main memory.
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If it encounters a logical address that is not in secondary memory.
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If it encounters a logical address that is not in cache memory.
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If there is no enough free memory for the running application.
Questão 178
Questão
What is trashing? {
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Saving time by swapping unused pieces of process out of the memory.
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Guessing, based on recent history, which pieces are least likely to be used in the near future.
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Condition when the system spends most of is time swapping pieces rather than executing instructions.
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Assumption that only a few pieces of a process will be needed over a short period of time.