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Question
Fork is
I. the dispatching of a task
II. the creation of a new job
III. the creation of a new process
IV. increasing the priority of a task
V. None of the above
Thrashing
I. is a natural consequence of virtual memory systems
II. can always be avoided by swapping
III. always occurs on large computers
IV. can be caused by poor paging algorithms
V. None of the above
The Memory Buffer Register (MBR)
I. is a hardware memory device which denotes the location of the current instruction being executed.
II. is a group of electrical circuits (hardware), that performs the intent of instructions fetched from memory.
III. contains the address of the memory location that is to be read from or stored into.
IV. contains a copy of the designated memory location specified by the MAR after a "read" or the new contents of the memory prior to a "write".
V. None of the above
Fork is
I. the dispatching of a task
II. the creation of a new job
III. the creation of a new process
IV. increasing the priority of a task
V. None of the above
Thrashing
I. is a natural consequence of virtual memory systems
II. can always be avoided by swapping
III. always occurs on large computers
IV. can be caused by poor paging algorithms
V. None of the above
The Memory Buffer Register (MBR)
I. is a hardware memory device which denotes the location of the current instruction being executed.
II. is a group of electrical circuits (hardware), that performs the intent of instructions fetched from memory.
III. contains the address of the memory location that is to be read from or stored into.
IV. contains a copy of the designated memory location specified by the MAR after a "read" or the new contents of the memory prior to a "write".
V. None of the above
Explanation / Answer
III
IV
IV