System Administrator 2026
Virtual memory is normally implemented by ________
  • A. Demand paging
  • B. Buses
  • C. Virtualization
  • D. All of the mentioned
Segment replacement algorithms are more complex than page replacement algorithms because ____________
  • A. Segments are better than pages
  • B. Pages are better than segments
  • C. Segments have variable sizes
  • D. Segments have fixed sizes
A swapper manipulates ___________ whereas the pager is concerned with individual _______ of a process.
  • A. The entire process, parts
  • B. All the pages of a process, segments
  • C. The entire process, pages
  • D. None of the mentioned
Using a pager ____________
  • A. Increases the swap time
  • B. Decreases the swap time
  • C. Decreases the swap time & amount of physical memory needed
  • D. Increases the amount of physical memory needed
The valid – invalid bit, in this case, when valid indicates?
  • A. The page is not legal
  • B. The page is illegal
  • C. The page is in memory
  • D. The page is not in memory
A page fault occurs when?
  • A. A page gives inconsistent data
  • B. A page cannot be accessed due to its absence from memory
  • C. A page is invisible
  • D. All of the mentioned
When a page fault occurs, the state of the interrupted process is ____________
  • A. Disrupted
  • B. Invalid
  • C. Saved
  • D. None of the mentioned
When a process begins execution with no pages in memory?
  • A. Process execution becomes impossible
  • B. A page fault occurs for every page brought into memory
  • C. Process causes system crash
  • D. None of the mentioned
If the memory access time is denoted by ‘ma’ and ‘p’ is the probability of a page fault (0 <= p <= 1). Then the effective access time for a demand paged memory is ____________
  • A. P x ma + (1-p) x page fault time
  • B. Ma + page fault time
  • C. (1-p) x ma + p x page fault time
  • D. None of the mentioned
When the page fault rate is low ____________
  • A. The turnaround time increases
  • B. The effective access time increases
  • C. The effective access time decreases
  • D. Turnaround time & effective access time increases