A computer has 1 MB of physical memory and a page size of 4 KB. How many page…

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A computer has 1 MB of physical memory and a page size of 4 KB. How many page frames are there?

  1. A.

    64

  2. B.

    128

  3. C.

    256

  4. D.

    1024

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Correct answer: C

Correct answer: 256.

Number of page frames = Physical memory size / Page frame size.

Since page size = frame size,
1 MB = 1024 KB
Page size = 4 KB

Number of page frames = 1024 / 4 = 256.

Therefore, the computer has 256 page frames.

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