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📝 Performance of demand paging

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🔄 Last updated: 2026-07-26

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Q1. A system has a memory access time of 100 ns, a page‑fault service time of 8 ms, and a fault rate of 0.001. What is the effective access time (EAT) in microseconds?

🔹 A. 0.1 µs
🔹 B. 8.1 µs
🔹 C. 80 µs
🔹 D. 800 µs

💡 Difficulty: easy | ✅ Correct: B

Q2. A computer has a memory access time of 200 ns, a page‑fault service time of 5 ms, and wants an effective access time of 2 µs. What is the maximum allowable page‑fault rate?

🔹 A. 0.0004
🔹 B. 0
🔹 C. 0.0036
🔹 D. 0

💡 Difficulty: medium | ✅ Correct: D

Q3. A system has a page‑fault service time of 6 ms and a memory access time of 150 ns. To keep CPU utilization above 95%, what is the maximum permissible page‑fault rate?

🔹 A. 0
🔹 B. 0.0001
🔹 C. 0.001
🔹 D. 0

💡 Difficulty: hard | ✅ Correct: D

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🔗 Related Topics

📝 Basic concepts of Demand Paging📝 Copy on Write in virtual Memory📝 Basic page replacement in virtual Memory📝 FIFO page replacement📝 Optimal page replacement
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