ISC Exam Questions

What is the purpose of base and limit registers?

What is the purpose of base and limit registers?

A.
Countermeasure buffer overflows

B.
Time sharing of system resources, mainly the CPU

C.
Process isolation

D.
TCB enforcement

Explanation:
C: The CPU has base and limit registers that contain the starting and ending memory addresses a process is allowed to work within. This ensures the process is isolated from other processes in that it cannot interact with another processs memory segment.