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Unit 5 · System Software and Operating System Paper 2 CS · December 2022 Shift 1

Select the correct order of basic page replacement:
A. A page-replacement algorithm is used if there is no free frame
B. The process is continued by restarting the instruction that caused the trap
C. The location of the desired page is found on disk
D. The desired page is brought into the newly freed frame and the page and frame tables are updated

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Correct answer: C. C, A, D, B

Explanation

Find the page on disk; find a free frame (using the replacement algorithm if none is free); read the page in and update the tables; restart the faulting instruction.

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