Memory Management Quiz

What are the four functions of memory management?

• Keeping track of memory locations

• Determining allocation policy

• Allocation technique

• Deallocation technique

What is the First Fit allocation method?

• Place job in the first available memory space

• Place job in the block closest in size

• Place job in the largest possible memory space

• None of the above

What is the Best Fit allocation method?

• Place job in the first available memory space

• Place job in the block closest in size

• Place job in the largest possible memory space

• None of the above

What is the Worst Fit allocation method?

• Place job in the first available memory space

• Place job in the block closest in size

• Place job in the largest possible memory space

• None of the above

What is internal fragmentation?

• Wasted space internal to a partition

• Wasted space external to a partition

• Space created by swapping

• None of the above

What is external fragmentation?

• Wasted space internal to a partition

• Wasted space external to a partition

• Space created by swapping

• None of the above

What are the advantages of static partitioning?

• No external fragmentation

• More efficient use of main memory

• Insufficient use of processor

• Both A and B

What is dynamic partitioning?

• Partitions of fixed size

• Partitions of variable length and number

• Partitions created before processing

• None of the above

What is compaction in memory management?

• Shifting processes to eliminate fragmentation

• Allocating memory to processes

• Deallocating memory from processes

• None of the above

What is paging?

• Dividing memory into equal size frames

• Dividing processes into segments

• Allocating memory dynamically

• None of the above