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  1. A page fault

  2. 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

    D.

     is a reference to a page belonging to another program

    E.

     None of the above

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    Answer : Option C

    Explanation :

    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.


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