Question

External fragmentation.

• A. Exist due to multiple partition allocation
• B. Exist when enough total memory space exists to satisfy a request but it is not contiguous
• C. Solution to problem of external fragmentation is compaction
• D. All of the above

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

All of the above

External fragmentation is the various free spaced holes that are generated in either memory or disk space. It exist due to multiple partition allocation. It Exist when enough total memory space exists to satisfy a request but it is not contiguous. External fragmentation is avoided by paging technique.