The page replacement policy that sometimes leads to more page faults when the…
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The page replacement policy that sometimes leads to more page faults when the size of memory is increased is:
- A.
LRU
- B.
FIFO
- C.
No such policy exists
- D.
None of the above
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Correct answer: B
The correct answer is FIFO. This policy exhibits Belady's Anomaly, where increasing memory frames can paradoxically increase page faults under certain reference strings. Other policies like LRU avoid this behavior.