Memory Management Quiz (2) Test your knowledge about memory management in operating systems with this 12-question quiz. michelle published on January 300 responses 0 « Previous Next » Questions in vertical order 1/12 What is the purpose of memory management? To allocate and manage computer memory effectively. To control peripheral devices in an operating system. To optimize processor utilization in a computer system. 2/12 Which one of the following is not an advantage of dynamic memory allocation? Efficient memory utilization. Flexibility in memory allocation. Static allocation of memory. 3/12 What is fragmentation in memory management? The division of memory into small, non-contiguous blocks. The organization of memory into continuous blocks. The allocation of memory to different processes simultaneously. 4/12 Which memory management technique swaps entire processes in and out of main memory? Paging Segmentation Fragmentation 5/12 What is the purpose of a memory management unit (MMU)? To translate virtual addresses to physical addresses. To manage the allocation of memory to processes. To provide secondary storage for memory overflow. 6/12 In which memory management scheme is the memory divided into fixed-size partitions for allocation? Paging Fragmentation Fixed partitioning 7/12 What is the optimal replacement algorithm used in page replacement policies? FIFO (First In, First Out) LRU (Least Recently Used) FIFO (First In, Last Out) 8/12 Which one of the following is an advantage of using demand paging? Reduced context switching overhead. Reduced memory fragmentation. Reduced memory wastage. 9/12 Which memory management technique supports sharing of code and data segments among multiple processes? Segmentation Paging Fragmentation 10/12 What is the purpose of virtual memory? To provide an illusion of a larger memory than physically available. To allocate memory to processes efficiently. To manage memory shared among multiple processes. 11/12 Which one of the following is a disadvantage of using dynamic partitioning for memory allocation? High memory utilization due to fixed-size partitions. External fragmentation. Inability to allocate memory to multiple processes simultaneously. 12/12 What is the main purpose of the buddy memory allocation algorithm? To allocate and deallocate memory in power-of-two sizes. To optimize the usage of memory buffers. To manage memory access permissions for different processes.
