COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What Happens When the Computer Is Thrashing

question 121

Multiple Choice

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What happens when the computer is thrashing?

• A) A hacker is attempting to circumvent antivirus software and firewalls.
• B) Items are being released from being stored in memory because the processor no longer requires them.
• C) The computer is exchanging data between memory and storage.
• D) The operating system spends too much of its time paging, instead of executing application software.

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