A virtual memory system uses the first-in-first-out (FIFO) page replacement policy and allocates a fixed number of frames to a process.
Assertion A: Increasing the number of page frames allocated to a process sometimes increases the page fault rate.
Reason R: Some programs do not exhibit locality of reference.
Assertion A: Increasing the number of page frames allocated to a process sometimes increases the page fault rate.
Reason R: Some programs do not exhibit locality of reference.
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Correct answer: B. (B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
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