Question 1

The concept of Memory Management satisfies certain system requirements including:

Accepted Answer

A)  relocation 
B)  protection 
C)  all of the above 
D)  physical organization 
A)  relocation 
B)  protection 
C)  all of the above 
D)  physical organization

Question 2

A hardware mechanism is needed for translating relative addresses to physical main memory addresses at the time of execution of the instruction that contains the reference.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

A __________ is an actual location in main memory.

Accepted Answer

physical a

Question 4

A __________ is a reference to a memory location independent of the current assignment of data to memory.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A __________ is a reference to a...

Question 5

A _________ is a fixed length block of main memory.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A _________ is a fixed length block...

Question 6

Main memory divided into a number of static partitions at system generation time is _________ .

Accepted Answer

A)  fixed partitioning 
B)  simple segmentation 
C)  dynamic partitioning 
D)  simple paging 
A)  fixed partitioning 
B)  simple segmentation 
C)  dynamic partitioning 
D)  simple paging

Question 7

When there is wasted space internal to a partition due to the fact that the block of data loaded is smaller than the partition is referred to as __________.

Accepted Answer

internal f

Question 8

The page table for each process maintains _________ .

Accepted Answer

A)  the physical memory location of the process 
B)  the frame location for each page of the process 
C)  the page location for each frame of the process 
D)  the logical memory location of the process 
A)  the physical memory location of the process 
B)  the frame location for each page of the process 
C)  the page location for each frame of the process 
D)  the logical memory location of the process

Question 9

In a practice known as _________ , the program and data are organized in such a way that various modules can be assigned the same region of memory with a main program responsible for switching the modules in and out as needed.

Accepted Answer

The answer of In a practice known as _________ ,...

Question 10

The best-fit algorithm is usually the worst performer.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The basic tools of memory management are paging and __________ .

Accepted Answer

The answer of The basic tools of memory management are...

Question 12

The principal operation of memory management is to bring processes into main memory for execution by the processor.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Segmentation does not eliminate internal fragmentation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Available chunks of memory are known as ___________ .

Accepted Answer

A)  frames 
B)  segments 
C)  addresses 
D)  pages 
A)  frames 
B)  segments 
C)  addresses 
D)  pages

Question 15

In a system employing a paging scheme for memory management wasted space is due to _________ .

Accepted Answer

A)  internal fragmentation 
B)  pages of different specified sizes 
C)  external fragmentation 
D)  frames of different specified sizes 
A)  internal fragmentation 
B)  pages of different specified sizes 
C)  external fragmentation 
D)  frames of different specified sizes

Question 16

In a multiprogramming environment the programmer knows at the time of coding how much space will be available and where that space will be.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The use of unequal size partitions provides a degree of flexibility to fixed partitioning.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

In a system employing a segmentation scheme for memory management a process is divided into _________ .

Accepted Answer

A)  one segment per thread 
B)  a number of threads 
C)  a number of segments which need not be of equal size 
D)  a number of segments which must be of equal size 
A)  one segment per thread 
B)  a number of threads 
C)  a number of segments which need not be of equal size 
D)  a number of segments which must be of equal size

Question 19

The task of subdividing memory to accommodate multiple processes is carried out dynamically by the operating system and is known as ___________ .

Accepted Answer

The answer of The task of subdividing memory to accommodate...

Question 20

In a multiprogramming system the available main memory is not generally shared among a number of processes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

The concept of Memory Management satisfies certain system requirements including:

A hardware mechanism is needed for translating relative addresses to physical main memory addresses at the time of execution of the instruction that contains the reference.

A __________ is an actual location in main memory.

A __________ is a reference to a memory location independent of the current assignment of data to memory.

A _________ is a fixed length block of main memory.

Main memory divided into a number of static partitions at system generation time is _________ .

When there is wasted space internal to a partition due to the fact that the block of data loaded is smaller than the partition is referred to as __________.

The page table for each process maintains _________ .

In a practice known as _________ , the program and data are organized in such a way that various modules can be assigned the same region of memory with a main program responsible for switching the modules in and out as needed.

The best-fit algorithm is usually the worst performer.

The basic tools of memory management are paging and __________ .

The principal operation of memory management is to bring processes into main memory for execution by the processor.

Segmentation does not eliminate internal fragmentation.

Available chunks of memory are known as ___________ .

In a system employing a paging scheme for memory management wasted space is due to _________ .

In a multiprogramming environment the programmer knows at the time of coding how much space will be available and where that space will be.

The use of unequal size partitions provides a degree of flexibility to fixed partitioning.

In a system employing a segmentation scheme for memory management a process is divided into _________ .

The task of subdividing memory to accommodate multiple processes is carried out dynamically by the operating system and is known as ___________ .

In a multiprogramming system the available main memory is not generally shared among a number of processes.

Computer Systems Overview

Operating System Overview

Process Description and Control

Threads

Concurrency: Mutual Exclusion and Synchronization

Concurrency: Deadlock and Starvation

Virtual Memory

Uniprocessor Scheduling

Multiprocessor and Real-Time Scheduling

Io Management and Disk Scheduling

File Management

Embedded Operating Systems

Computer Security Threats

Computer Security Techniques

Distributed Processing, Clientserver, and Clusters

Network Protocols

Distributed Process Management

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Exam 7: Memory Management

The concept of Memory Management satisfies certain system requirements including:

A hardware mechanism is needed for translating relative addresses to physical main memory addresses at the time of execution of the instruction that contains the reference.

A __________ is an actual location in main memory.

A __________ is a reference to a memory location independent of the current assignment of data to memory.

A _________ is a fixed length block of main memory.

Main memory divided into a number of static partitions at system generation time is _________ .

When there is wasted space internal to a partition due to the fact that the block of data loaded is smaller than the partition is referred to as __________.

The page table for each process maintains _________ .

In a practice known as _________ , the program and data are organized in such a way that various modules can be assigned the same region of memory with a main program responsible for switching the modules in and out as needed.

The best-fit algorithm is usually the worst performer.

The basic tools of memory management are paging and __________ .

The principal operation of memory management is to bring processes into main memory for execution by the processor.

Segmentation does not eliminate internal fragmentation.

Available chunks of memory are known as ___________ .

In a system employing a paging scheme for memory management wasted space is due to _________ .

In a multiprogramming environment the programmer knows at the time of coding how much space will be available and where that space will be.

The use of unequal size partitions provides a degree of flexibility to fixed partitioning.

In a system employing a segmentation scheme for memory management a process is divided into _________ .

The task of subdividing memory to accommodate multiple processes is carried out dynamically by the operating system and is known as ___________ .

In a multiprogramming system the available main memory is not generally shared among a number of processes.

Computer Systems Overview

Operating System Overview

Process Description and Control

Threads

Concurrency: Mutual Exclusion and Synchronization

Concurrency: Deadlock and Starvation

Virtual Memory

Uniprocessor Scheduling

Multiprocessor and Real-Time Scheduling

Io Management and Disk Scheduling

File Management

Embedded Operating Systems

Computer Security Threats

Computer Security Techniques

Distributed Processing, Clientserver, and Clusters

Network Protocols

Distributed Process Management

Filters