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Q349

A page fault

A.
is an error is a specific page
B.
occurs when a program accesses a page of memory
C.
is an access to a page not currently in memory
Answer
D.
is a reference to a page belonging to another program
E.
None of the above

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
A page fault (sometimes called #PF, PF or hard fault) is a type of exception raised by computer hardware when a running program accesses a memory page that is not currently mapped by the memory management unit (MMU) into the virtual address space of a process.