GATE - 1999 | OS | Which of the following is/are advantage of virtual memory?

GATE - 1999 | OS | Which of the following is/are advantage of virtual memory?
Posted on 27-02-2022

GATE - 1999 [Operating System]

Questions:

Which of the following is/are advantage of virtual memory?

A

Faster access to memory on an average.

B

Processes can be given protected address spaces.

C

Linker can assign addresses independent of where the program will be loaded in physical memory.

D

Programs larger than the physical memory size can be run.

E

Both B and D

   

Solution:

Option (E) is Correct.

A) False. Because in virtual memory concept address translation is required due to which access is slow.
B) True. Because in virtual memory concept of address translation provides protected address space so that one process do not interfere the other process.
C) False.
D) True.

 

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