A process is thrashing if ____________

it is spending more time paging than executing
it is spending less time paging than executing
page fault occurs
swapping can not take place
it is spending more time paging than executing  

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C. (1-p) x ma + p x page fault time
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A. all threads of a process share the same address space
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C. all threads of a process can share the same files
D. all of the mentioned
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A. process execution becomes impossible
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D. none of the mentioned
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D. none of the mentioned

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