Answer: Option 'A'
internal fragmentation
2.
A better way of contiguous allocation to extend the file size is :
Answer: Option 'A'
adding an extent (another chunk of contiguous space)
3.
A section of disk at the beginning of each partition is set aside to contain the table in :
Answer: Option 'A'
fat
4.
The FAT is used much as a _________
Answer: Option 'B'
linked list
5.
Contiguous allocation has two problems _________ and _________ that linked allocation solves.
Answer: Option 'A'
external – fragmentation & size – declaration
6.
Each _______ has its own index block.
Answer: Option 'C'
file
7.
The pointer overhead of indexed allocation is generally _________ the pointer overhead of linked allocation.
Answer: Option 'C'
greater than
8.
Consider a disk where blocks 2,3,4,5,8,9,10,11,12,13,17,18,25,26 and 27 are free and the rest of the blocks are allocated. Then the free space bitmap would be :
Answer: Option 'D'
001111001111110001100000011100000…
9.
For any type of access, contiguous allocation requires ______ access to get a disk block.
Answer: Option 'A'
We can easily keep the initial address of the file in memory and calculate immediately the disk address of the ith block and read it directly.