Thrashing in an operating system is caused by:

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Thrashing in an operating system is caused by:

Answer: B. Excessive paging activity — Thrashing occurs when the system spends excessive time paging between memory and disk instead of executing useful work.

  1. A.

    Excessive CPU scheduling

  2. B.

    Excessive paging activity

  3. C.

    Low interrupt rate

  4. D.

    Deadlock detection

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Correct answer: B

Thrashing occurs when the system spends excessive time paging between memory and disk instead of executing useful work.

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