adplus-dvertising
frame-decoration

Question

When a page fault occurs before an executing instruction is complete :

a.

the instruction must be restarted

b.

the instruction must be ignored

c.

the instruction must be completed ignoring the page fault

d.

none of the mentioned

Posted under Operating System

Answer: (a).the instruction must be restarted

Engage with the Community - Add Your Comment

Confused About the Answer? Ask for Details Here.

Know the Explanation? Add it Here.

Q. When a page fault occurs before an executing instruction is complete :

Similar Questions

Discover Related MCQs

Q. Consider a machine in which all memory reference instructions have only one memory address, for them we need atleast _____ frame(s).

Q. The maximum number of frames per process is defined by :

Q. The algorithm in which we split m frames among n processes, to give everyone an equal share, m/n frames is known as :

Q. The algorithm in which we allocate memory to each process according to its size is known as :

Q. With either equal or proportional algorithm, a high priority process is treated ___________ a low priority process.

Q. _________ replacement allows a process to select a replacement frame from the set of all frames, even if the frame is currently allocated to some other process.

Q. _________ replacement allows each process to only select from its own set of allocated frames.

Q. One problem with the global replacement algorithm is that :

Q. ________ replacement generally results in greater system throughput.

Q. A process is thrashing if :

Q. Thrashing _______ the CPU utilization.

Q. A locality is :

Q. When a subroutine is called,

Q. A program is generally composed of several different localities, which _____ overlap.

Q. The accuracy of the working set depends on the selection of :

Q. If working set window is too small :

Q. If working set window is too large :

Q. If the sum of the working – set sizes increases, exceeding the total number of available frames :

Q. Which of the following is FALSE ?

Q. The following program:

main()
{
if(fork()>0)
sleep(100);
}

results in the creation of: