ISRO Computer Science (CSE) 2009 - Question 11

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A page fault

  • A. Occurs when a program accesses an available page on memory
  • B. is an error in a specific page
  • C. is a reference to a page belonging to another program
  • D. occurs when a program accesses a page not currently in memory

Answer: D. occurs when a program accesses a page not currently in memory

Explanation: A page fault is an exception that occurs when a program tries to access a block of memory that is not stored in the physical memory (RAM).

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