Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. In a segmented logical address, the segment selector points to the segment descriptor
which holds the segment’s base address.
2. On a virtual memory system, the computed linear address refers to a location in virtual
memory and not to a real physical address.
3. On an Intel machine, when a program references a physical address, the processor’s
segmentation mechanism translates it into a logical address.
4. In the Intel architecture, in order to speed up page translation, the processor stores the
most recently accessed page directory and page table entries in the translation lookaside
buffer (TLB).
5. A task is a unit of work that the processor can dispatch, execute, and suspend, such as a
program, a process, an interrupt handler, or an operating system process.


1. True
2. True
3. False
4. True
5. True

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