1
GATE CSE 2001
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+1
-0.3
Consider a virtual memory system with $$FIFO$$ page replacement policy. For an arbitrary page access pattern, increasing the number of page frames in main memory will
A
Always decrease the number of page faults.
B
Always increase the number of page faults.
C
Sometimes increase the number of page faults.
D
Never affect the number of page faults.
2
GATE CSE 2001
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2
-0.6
Consider a machine with 64 MB physical memory and a 32-bit virtual address space. If the page size is 4KB, what is the approximate size of the page table?
A
16 M
B
8 MB
C
2 MB
D
24 MB
3
GATE CSE 2001
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+1
-0.3
Which of the following requires a device driver?
A
Register
B
Cache
C
Main memory
D
Disk
4
GATE CSE 2001
Subjective
+5
-0
Consider a disk with the $$100$$ tracks numbered from $$0$$ to $$99$$ rotating at $$3000$$ $$rpm.$$ The number of sectors per track is $$100.$$ the time to move the head between two successive tracks is $$0.2$$ milliseconds.

(a) Consider a set of disk requests to read data from tracks $$32, 7, 45, 5$$ and $$10.$$ Assuming that the elevator algorithm is used to schedule disk requests, and the head is initially at track $$25$$ moving up (towards larger track numbers), what is the total seek time for servicing the requests?
(b) Consider an initial set of $$100$$ arbitrary disk requests and assume that no new disk requests arrive while servicing these requests. If the head is initially at track $$0$$ and the elevator algorithm is used to schedule disk requests, what is the worst case time to complete all the requests?