Question

The idea of cache memory is based __________

(a) On the property of locality of reference

(b) On the heuristic 90-10 rule

(c) On the fact that references generally tend to cluster

(d) All of the mentioned

I have been asked this question in an internship interview.

My question comes from Storage Allocation topic in section Storage Management of Compiler

Answer 1

Correct choice is (a) On the property of locality of reference

To elaborate: Cache memory is based on the locality of references.