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Question 112Asked in BPSC TRE 3.0 (2024) Computer Science Class 11-12

What causes thrashing to occur?

  1. AExcessive paging activity
  2. BInsufficient disk space
  3. CHardware failures
  4. DMore than one of the above
  5. ENone of the above
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Correct answer: (A) Excessive paging activity

Explanation

Thrashing happens when processes do not have enough frames, so pages are swapped in and out constantly. The CPU then spends more time paging than executing.

From BPSC TRE 3.0 (2024) Computer Science Class 11-12 — Previous Year Paper

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