Practice Understanding Garbage Collection (gc) (9.3) - Memory Management and Garbage Collection

Practice: Understanding Garbage Collection (GC)

Lesson 9.3Memory Management and Garbage Collection

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Question 1.
What is garbage collection?
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Think of it as a cleanup process.
Question 2.
Name one benefit of garbage collection.
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It relates to memory management.
3Question 3.
What is the primary purpose of garbage collection in Java?
- To manually manage memory
- To automatically free unreachable objects
- To allocate memory
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Think about how Java simplifies memory management.
4Question 4.
True or False: Garbage collection can completely eliminate memory leaks.
- True
- False
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Consider how references are handled in programming.
Question 5.
Design a simple program in Java that creates multiple objects and then simulates a memory leak. Discuss how garbage collection might address this issue.
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Consider using an ArrayList to hold references.
Question 6.
Evaluate the impact of garbage collection on application performance in a real-time system. Discuss scenarios where GC may introduce latency.
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Think about applications like video games or trading software.

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