Try using ab (apachebench), httpd_load or another utility to stress test. More advanced tools can record and reply real requests. For some examples see:
http://modperlbook.org/html/ch09_01.html#pmodperl-CHP-9-SECT-1
Armed with one of these tools you can know exactly how many requests you've issued and then making sure that logs/access_log is in agreement.
Also take a look at Apache::Resource which can set certain limits on the process resource consumption.
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