Question

If the offset is legal ____________

(a) it is used as a physical memory address itself

(b) it is subtracted from the segment base to produce the physical memory address

(c) it is added to the segment base to produce the physical memory address

(d) none of the mentioned

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This interesting question is from Memory Management in section Memory Management of Operating System

Answer 1

Right choice is (a) it is used as a physical memory address itself

Explanation: None.