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fragmentation

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following causes fragmentation?

a)

Process termination

b)

Memory allocation and deallocation of variable-sized blocks

c)

Fixed partitioning

d)

None of these

2.

Q2. Internal fragmentation occurs when:

a)

Memory is divided into variable-sized partitions

b)

Processes can share partitions

c)

Process size is smaller than partition size

d)

Process size is larger than partition size

3.

External fragmentation occurs in:

a)

Variable-sized contiguous memory allocation

b)

Segmentation

c)

Fixed-sized partitioning

d)

Paging

4.

Q4. Which of the following reduces external fragmentation?

a)

Compaction

b)

Paging

c)

Segmentation

d)

None

5.

Q5. In paging systems, fragmentation that occurs is:

a)

Internal

b)

External

c)

Both

d)

None

6.

Q6. Which of the following statements is true?

a)

Internal fragmentation wastes memory outside allocated blocks

b)

External fragmentation occurs inside allocated blocks

c)

Paging eliminates external fragmentation

d)

Compaction eliminates internal fragmentation

7.

Q7. A process requires 45 KB memory. Memory block size is 50 KB. The unused 5 KB is:

a)

External fragmentation

b)

Internal fragmentation

c)

Page fault

d)

Thrashing

8.

In which memory allocation method can external fragmentation occur?

a)

Paging

b)

Fixed partitioning

c)

Segmentation

d)

None

9.

Internal fragmentation happens due to variable-sized memory blocks.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

External fragmentation can be removed by compaction.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Paging suffers from internal fragmentation.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

In fixed partitioning, external fragmentation occurs.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Segmentation can lead to external fragmentation.

a)

True

b)

False