alleryStart learning →When RAM fills up, an operating system moves least-used pages to a swap file. Where is that file kept?
AOn secondary storage
BIn a processor register
COn the monitor screen
DInside the CPU cache
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. On secondary storage
The swap or page file lives on secondary storage such as a disk, which has room to spare when RAM is full.
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