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Memory Management MCQs

Topic-wise practice questions for Operating Systems. Test your knowledge, check solutions on demand, and pace your preparation.

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Q1medium
The OS needs to allocate 100KB for a process. Memory has free partitions of 50KB, 50KB, and 100KB. Using the "First-Fit" algorithm, which partition is chosen?
Q2easy
What is the "Working Set" of a process?
Q3easy
What is the main purpose of Paging?
Q4easy
What is a "Dirty Bit" used for in memory management?
Q5easy
What is the role of the MMU (Memory Management Unit)?
Q6easy
A system uses Demand Paging. What happens when a process starts?
Q7easy
In Segmentation, how is an address specified?
Q8easy
Which page replacement algorithm suffers from Belady's Anomaly?
Q9easy
What problem does a TLB (Translation Lookaside Buffer) solve?
Q10easy
What is the main difference between Internal and External fragmentation?