NIELIT 2016 DEC Scientist B (CS) - Section B: 37

Question

The principle of locality of reference justifies the use of

• A. Non reusable
• B. Cache memory
• C. Virtual memory
• D. None of the above

Answer 1

Cache memory is based on temporal principle of locality.

So B is correct.

Comments

Spatial or temporal?

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Temporal. Have edited the answer.

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So where is spatial locality used?

Answer 2

The principle of locality of reference (spatial reference) justifies the use of Cache memory. Hence the option B is correct.

Answer 3

option B) Cache memory is based on locality of reference.