Multiple choice

Which of the following memory management techniques is the one which allows a limited number of blocks with the same index and different tags in the cache and can therefore be considered as a compromise between a fully associative cache and a direct mapped cache?

  1. III Sector Mapping

  2. II Set-associative mapping

  3. I Direct Mapping

  4. Fully associative mapping

  5. Fetch operation
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B Correct answer
Explanation

This memory management technique is the one which allows a limited number of blocks with the same index and different tags in the cache and can therefore be considered as a compromise between a fully associative cache and a direct mapped cache.

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