You Are Running a Program on a Windows 10 PC

question 45

Multiple Choice

You are running a program on a Windows 10 PC that has 2 GB RAM and 500 GB HDD. The program performs a lot of graphical operations and calculations, and uses 1.5 GB of RAM or more, but it does not access any files on the disk drive. The program is running quite slow and you notice that the HDD light is flashing a lot indicating the disk is being frequently accessed. What is the most likely reason for the slow performance and disk access?

• A) virtual memory is being accessed frequently
• B) the program creates a lot of interrupts
• C) the RAM is becoming very slow
• D) the CPU is using multiple cores

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