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What is a page fault ?

  • is an spelling error in a page in memory
  • is a reference to a page which is in another program
  • is an access to a page not currently in memory
  • always occurs whenever a page is accessed
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1. In which of the following usually a front end processor is used ?

  • Virtual storage
  • Timesharing
  • Multiprogamming
  • Multithreading

2. Distributed systems should ?

  • high security
  • have better resource sharing
  • better system utilization
  • low system overhead

3. Spooling is most beneficial where

  • Jobs are I/O bound
  • Jobs are CPU bound
  • Jobs are evenly divided as I/O bound and CPU bound
  • All of above

4. What is a page fault ?

  • is an spelling error in a page in memory
  • is a reference to a page which is in another program
  • is an access to a page not currently in memory
  • always occurs whenever a page is accessed

5. Which of following need a device driver

  • Cache
  • Disk
  • Main Menory
  • Registers
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