Operating System (3140702) MCQs

MCQs of Memory Management

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11.
The address loaded into the memory address register of the memory is referred to as ____________
(a) physical address
(b) logical address
(c) neither physical nor logical
(d) Both A and B
Answer:

Option (a)

12.
The base register is also known as the ____________
(a) basic register
(b) regular register
(c) relocation register
(d) delocation register
Answer:

Option (c)

13.
Generally the size of a process is limited to the size of ____________
(a) physical memory
(b) external storage
(c) secondary storage
(d) None of the mentioned
Answer:

Option (a)

14.
The main memory accommodates ____________
(a) operating system
(b) CPU
(c) keyboard
(d) None of the mentioned
Answer:

Option (a)

15.
In contiguous memory allocation ____________
(a) each process is contained in a single contiguous section of memory
(b) all processes are contained in a single contiguous section of memory
(c) the memory space is contiguous
(d) None of the mentioned
Answer:

Option (a)

16.
With relocation and limit registers, each logical address must be _______ the limit register.
(a) less than
(b) equal to
(c) greater than
(d) None of the mentioned
Answer:

Option (a)

17.
When memory is divided into several fixed sized partitions, each partition may contain ________
(a) exactly one process
(b) at least one process
(c) multiple processes at once
(d) None of the mentioned
Answer:

Option (a)

18.
In fixed size partition, the degree of multiprogramming is bounded by ___________
(a) the CPU utilization
(b) the memory size
(c) the number of partitions
(d) None of the mentioned
Answer:

Option (c)

19.
The first fit, best fit and worst fit are strategies to select a ______
(a) process from a queue to put in memory
(b) free hole from a set of available holes
(c) processor to run the next process
(d) All of the mentioned
Answer:

Option (b)

20.
A solution to the problem of external fragmentation is ____________
(a) larger memory space
(b) smaller memory space
(c) compaction
(d) None of the mentioned
Answer:

Option (c)

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