Question

When generating physical addresses from a logical address the offset is stored in __________

(a) Translation look-aside buffer

(b) Relocation register

(c) Page table

(d) Shift register

This question was posed to me during a job interview.

My doubt is from Memory Operations and Management in division Machine Instructions and Programs of Computer Architecture

Answer 1

Right choice is (b) Relocation register

To explain I would say: In the MMU the relocation register stores the offset address.