Operating System MCQs

1019 MCQs  (Page 55 of 102)

Another solution to the problem of external fragmentation problem is to ____________
A. Permit the logical address space of a process to be noncontiguous
B. Permit smaller processes to be allocated memory at last
C. Permit larger processes to be allocated memory at last
D. All of the mentioned
__________ is generally faster than _________ and _________
A. First fit, best fit, worst fit
B. Best fit, first fit, worst fit
C. Worst fit, best fit, first fit
D. None of the mentioned
External fragmentation exists when?
A. Enough total memory exists to satisfy a request but it is not contiguous
B. The total memory is insufficient to satisfy a request
C. A request cannot be satisfied even when the total memory is free
D. None of the mentioned
External fragmentation will not occur when?
A. First fit is used
B. Best fit is used
C. Worst fit is used
D. No matter which algorithm is used, it will always occur
Sometimes the overhead of keeping track of a hole might be ____________
A. Larger than the memory
B. Larger than the hole itself
C. Very small
D. All of the mentioned
When the memory allocated to a process is slightly larger than the process, then ____________
A. Internal fragmentation occurs
B. External fragmentation occurs
C. Both internal and external fragmentation occurs
D. Neither internal nor external fragmentation occurs
In segmentation, each address is specified by ____________
A. A segment number & offset
B. An offset & value
C. A value & segment number
D. A key & value
In paging the user provides only ________ which is partitioned by the hardware into ________ and ______
A. One address, page number, offset
B. One offset, page number, address
C. Page number, offset, address
D. None of the mentioned