GATE CSE 2009 | Question: 9, ISRO2016-52

Question

In which one of the following page replacement policies, Belady's anomaly may occur?

• A. FIFO
• B. Optimal
• C. LRU
• D. MRU

Comments

Consider the following reference string:

1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 

Case-1: If the system has 3 frames, the given reference string on using FIFO page replacement algorithm yields a total of 9 page faults. The diagram below illustrates the pattern of the page faults occurring in the example.

Case-2: If the system has 4 frames, the given reference string on using FIFO page replacement algorithm yields a total of 10 page faults. The diagram below illustrates the pattern of the page faults occurring in the example.

It can be seen from the above example that on increasing the number of frames while using the FIFO page replacement algorithm, the number of page faults increased from 9 to 10.

 

Source : https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/beladys-anomaly-in-page-replacement-algorithms/

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A.FIFO : Bélády’s anomaly is the name given to the phenomenon where increasing the number of page frames results in an increase in the number of page faults for a given memory access pattern.

Answer 1

Quite a simple question.

Answer is option A