GATE CSE 2016 Set 2 | Question: 20

Question

In which one of the following page replacement algorithms it is possible for the page fault rate to increase even when the number of allocated frames increases?

• A. LRU (Least Recently Used)
• B. OPT (Optimal Page Replacement)
• C. MRU (Most Recently Used)
• D. FIFO (First In First Out)

Answer 1

Option D. FIFO suffers from Belady's anomaly.

Check this out:

• https://gateoverflow.in/1301/gate2009_9
• https://gateoverflow.in/1254/gate2007_56
• https://gateoverflow.in/2595/gate1995_1-8

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Answer 2

D.

Beladys anomaly

Answer 3

it will be FIFO,because of the effect of belady anamoly

Answer 4

Answer: (D)

Explanation: In some situations FIFO page replacement gives more page faults when increasing the number of page frames. This situation is Belady’s anomaly.

Belady’s anomaly proves that it is possible to have more page faults when increasing the number of page frames while using the First in First Out (FIFO) page replacement algorithm. For example, if we consider reference string 3 2 1 0 3 2 4 3 2 1 0 4 and 3 slots, we get 9 total page faults, but if we increase slots to 4, we get 10 page faults.