A process references a page that is not currently present in physical memory. What event occurs?
Options
- A. Context switch
- B. Page fault
- C. Deadlock
- D. More than one of the above
- E. None of the above
Quiz Practice:
B. Page fault
Explanation: When a process references a page that is not present in physical memory, a page fault occurs. The operating system then handles the fault and loads the required page from secondary storage into a suitable page frame.