Memory Management - Quiz

1. Which term describes the operating system function that decides where in main memory each program and its data will be stored?

Peripheral management

File management

User management

Memory management

2. What is meant by 'virtual memory'?

A function that keeps a record of where each program and its data are stored in RAM

A section of secondary storage used as an extension of RAM when RAM is full

A method of dividing main memory into fixed-size blocks so that processes can be swapped between RAM and secondary storage

A technique where the operating system manages several tasks at the same time

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