Memory Management Flashcard

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Which of the following is NOT a strategy for memory management? Contiguous Allocation, Paging, File System Management, Segmentation

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File System Management

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What does MMU stand for in the context of memory management?

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Memory Management Unit

Front

In logical address space, the addresses generated by the CPU are referred to as:

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Virtual addresses

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What is the primary function of address translation in memory management?

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To convert logical addresses to physical addresses

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Swapping is primarily used to:

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Move processes between main memory and disk

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Which of the following best describes contiguous memory allocation?

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Each process is allocated a single contiguous block of memory.

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Segmentation allows the division of memory into segments based on:

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Logical divisions of a program

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In paging, the memory is divided into:

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Pages

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Virtual memory is primarily used to:

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Enable programs to run in a larger address space than physically available

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Demand paging refers to:

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Loading pages into memory only when they are needed