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Quiz: Files and Disk Scheduling

5 questionsNo time limitPass: 60%+10 XP on first pass

How files are stored (contiguous, linked, indexed allocation, inodes), directory structures, and disk scheduling algorithms solved on one request queue.

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  1. Question 1

    Which disk scheduling algorithm always picks the nearest request?

  2. Question 2

    Which disk scheduling algorithm is also called the "elevator" algorithm?

  3. Question 3

    Which file allocation method makes random access slow?

  4. Question 4

    In Unix, where is a file's NAME stored?

  5. Question 5

    Head at 50, requests 40 and 90 only. Total movement with SSTF?