Practice Limitations Of Fifo (17.1.3) - FIFO Page Replacement - Computer Organisation and Architecture

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Question 1.
What does FIFO stand for?
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Think about which page comes in first.
Question 2.
Name one limitation of FIFO.
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Consider the implications of removing the oldest page.
3Question 3.
What does FIFO stand for?
- First-In-First-Out
- First-In-First-Only
- Fast-In-Fast-Out
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What comes into memory first?
4Question 4.
True or False: FIFO considers how frequently a page is accessed.
- True
- False
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Remember how FIFO selects pages to replace.
Question 5.
Given a reference string of 3 4 2 5 3 2 4 5 2 1 0 1 (with 4 page frames), calculate the page faults using FIFO and discuss potential improvements.
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Keep track of each page replacement.
Question 6.
Analyze how changing the page frame size influences page fault rate with FIFO. Consider a case with 4 frames vs. 5 frames with the same reference string.
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Consider the relationship between available memory and page accesses.

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