The Working Set Strategy

question 42

Multiple Choice

The working set strategy

• A) swaps out a process if OS cannot allocate enough pages to accommodate its working set.
• B) swaps in a new process if there is enough memory available to accommodate its working set.
• C) keeps the degree of multiprogramming as high as possible while preventing thrashing.
• D) All of the above.

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Definitions:

Arthrocentesis

A medical procedure involving the puncture of a joint space with a needle to remove synovial fluid for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.

Patella

Also known as the kneecap, it is a small flat triangular bone located at the front of the knee joint.

Coccyg/o

Refers to the coccyx, the tailbone at the base of the vertebral column.

Chondr/o

Prefix in medical terminology meaning cartilage, relating to structures made of cartilage or conditions affecting cartilage.