Question
A memory leak may occur when:
a heap gets too large.
a heap gets too small.
a stack gets too large.
a stack gets too small.
a heap gets too large.
a heap gets too small.
a stack gets too large.
a stack gets too small.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
A memory leak typically occurs when memory that is no longer needed is not released back to the system, and it usually involves the heap memory rather than the stack. Therefore, the correct statement about memory leaks would be:
**A heap gets too large.**
This happens when memory is allocated on the heap but not properly deallocated after use, resulting in a gradual increase in memory consumption that can eventually lead to exhaustion of available memory. On the other hand, stack memory is managed differently, and stack overflows typically occur when the stack gets too large.
**A heap gets too large.**
This happens when memory is allocated on the heap but not properly deallocated after use, resulting in a gradual increase in memory consumption that can eventually lead to exhaustion of available memory. On the other hand, stack memory is managed differently, and stack overflows typically occur when the stack gets too large.