Multiple choice

The problem of thrashing is affected significantly by

  1. program structure

  2. program size

  3. primary-storage size

  4. all of the above

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Explanation

Thrashing occurs when a system spends more time swapping pages than executing instructions. This is heavily influenced by the program structure (e.g., locality of reference), as poor structure leads to frequent page faults.