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This set of Operating System (OS) Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Operating System Set 17

Q1 | The                      is used as an index into the page table.
Q2 | The            table contains the base address of each page in physical memory.
Q3 | The size of a page is typically
Q4 | If the size of logical address space is 2 to the power of m, and a page size is 2 to the power of n addressing units, then the high order            bits of a logical address designate the page number, and the          low order bits designate the page offset.
Q5 | The operating system maintains a               table that keeps track of how many frames have been allocated, how many are there, and how many are available.
Q6 | Paging increases the              time.
Q7 | Smaller page tables are implemented as a set of                
Q8 | The page table registers should be built with                
Q9 | For larger page tables, they are kept in main memory and a                      points to the page table.
Q10 | For every process there is a                      
Q11 | Time taken in memory access through PTBR is                          
Q12 | Each entry in a translation lookaside buffer (TLB) consists of                          
Q13 | If a page number is not found in the TLB, then it is known as a                          
Q14 | An              uniquely identifies processes and is used to provide address space protection for that process.
Q15 | The percentage of times a page number is found in the TLB is known as                          
Q16 | Memory protection in a paged environment is accomplished by                          
Q17 | When the valid – invalid bit is set to valid, it means that the associated page
Q18 | When there is a large logical address space, the best way of paging would be
Q19 |            is the concept in which a process is copied into the main memory from the secondary memory according to the requirement.
Q20 | The pager concerns with the
Q21 | In paged memory systems, if the page size is increased, then the internal fragmentation generally                          
Q22 | Swap space exists in                          
Q23 | When a program tries to access a page that is mapped in address space but not loaded in physical memory, then                          
Q24 | Effective access time is directly proportional to                          
Q25 | In FIFO page replacement algorithm, when a page must be replaced