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21 Cards in this Set
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1. The surface of a magnetic disk platter is divided into ____. A) sectors B) arms C) tracks D) cylinders |
Ans: CFeedback: 10.1.1.Difficulty: Easy |
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2. On media that uses constant linear velocity, the ____.A) disk's rotation speed increases as the head moves towards the middle of the disk from either sideB) disk's rotation speed remains constantC) density of bits decreases from the inner tracks to the outer tracksD) density of bits per track is uniform |
Ans: DFeedback: 10.2Difficulty: Difficult |
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3. The SSTF scheduling algorithm ____. A) services the request with the maximum seek time B) services the request with the minimum seek time C) chooses to service the request furthest from the current head position D) None of the above |
Ans: BFeedback: 10.4.2Difficulty: Medium |
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4. Consider a disk queue holding requests to the following cylinders in the listed order: 116, 22, 3, 11, 75, 185, 100, 87. Using the SCAN scheduling algorithm, what is the order that the requests are serviced, assuming the disk head is at cylinder 88 and moving upward through the cylinders?A) 116 - 22 - 3 - 11 - 75 - 185 - 100 - 87 B) 100 - 116 - 185 - 87 - 75 - 22 - 11 - 3 C) 87 - 75 - 100 - 116 - 185 - 22 - 11 - 3 D) 100 - 116 - 185 - 3 - 11 - 22 - 75 - 87 |
Ans: BFeedback: 10.4.3Difficulty: Medium |
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5. Consider a disk queue holding requests to the following cylinders in the listed order: 116, 22, 3, 11, 75, 185, 100, 87. Using the FCFS scheduling algorithm, what is the order that the requests are serviced, assuming the disk head is at cylinder 88 and moving upward through the cylinders?A) 116 - 22 - 3 - 11 - 75 - 185 - 100 - 87 B) 100 - 116 - 185 - 87 - 75 - 22 - 11 - 3 C) 87 - 75 - 100 - 116 - 185 - 22 - 11 - 3 D) 100 - 116 - 185 - 3 - 11 - 22 - 75 – 87 |
Ans: AFeedback: 10.4.1Difficulty: Easy |
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6. Consider a disk queue holding requests to the following cylinders in the listed order: 116, 22, 3, 11, 75, 185, 100, 87. Using the SSTF scheduling algorithm, what is the order that the requests are serviced, assuming the disk head is at cylinder 88 and moving upward through the cylinders?A) 116 - 22 - 3 - 11 - 75 - 185 - 100 - 87 B) 100 - 116 - 185 - 87 - 75 - 22 - 11 - 3 C) 87 - 75 - 100 - 116 - 185 - 22 - 11 - 3 D) 100 - 116 - 185 - 3 - 11 - 22 - 75 - 87 |
Ans: CFeedback: 10.4.2Difficulty: Medium |
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7. Consider a disk queue holding requests to the following cylinders in the listed order: 116, 22, 3, 11, 75, 185, 100, 87. Using the C-SCAN scheduling algorithm, what is the order that the requests are serviced, assuming the disk head is at cylinder 88 and moving upward through the cylinders?A) 116 - 22 - 3 - 11 - 75 - 185 - 100 - 87 B) 100 - 116 - 185 - 87 - 75 - 22 - 11 - 3 C) 87 - 75 - 100 - 116 - 185 - 22 - 11 - 3 D) 100 - 116 - 185 - 3 - 11 - 22 - 75 - 87 |
Ans: DFeedback: 10.4.4Difficulty: Medium |
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8. Low-level formatting ____. A) does not usually provide an error-correcting code B) is usually performed by the purchaser of the disk device C) is different from physical formatting D) divides a disk into sections that the disk controller can read and write |
Ans: DFeedback: 10.2Difficulty: Medium |
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9. Host-attached storage is ____. A) a special purpose storage system that is accessed remotely over a data network B) not suitable for hard disks C) accessed via local I/O ports D) not suitable for use in raid arrays |
Ans: CFeedback: 10.3.1Difficulty: Medium |
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10. Swap space management ____. A) is a high-level operating system task B) tries to provide the best throughput for the virtual memory system C) is primarily used to increase the reliability of data in a system D) None of the above |
Ans: BFeedback: 10.6Difficulty: Medium |
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11 A RAID structure ____. A) is primarily used for security reasons B) is primarily used to ensure higher data reliability C) stands for redundant arrays of inexpensive disks D) is primarily used to decrease the dependence on disk drives |
Ans: BFeedback: 10.7Difficulty: Medium |
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12. RAID level ____ is the most common parity RAID system. A) 0 B) 0+1 C) 4 D) 5 |
Ans: DFeedback: 10.7Difficulty: Medium |
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13. Which of the following disk head scheduling algorithms does not take into account the current position of the disk head? A) FCFS B) SSTF C) SCAN D) LOOK |
Ans: AFeedback: 10.4Difficulty: Easy |
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14. The location where Windows places its boot code is the _____. A) boot block B) master boot record (MBR) C) boot partition D) boot disk |
Ans: BFeedback: 10.5.2Difficulty: Medium |
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15. What are the two components of positioning time? A) seek time + rotational latency B) transfer time + transfer rate C) effective transfer rate - transfer rate D) cylinder positioning time + disk arm positioning time |
Ans: AFeedback: 10.1Difficulty: Medium |
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16. Which of the following statements is false? A) Swapping works in conjunction with virtual memory techniques. B) Some systems allow for multiple swap spaces (disks). C) Solaris only swaps pages of anonymous memory. D) Typically, entire processes are swapped into memory. |
Ans: DFeedback: 10.6Difficulty: Medium |
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17. _____ is a technique for managing bad blocks that maps a bad sector to a spare sector. A) Sector slipping B) Sector sparing C) Bad block mapping D) Hard error management |
Ans: BFeedback: 10.5.3Difficulty: Medium |
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18. Which RAID level is best for storing large volumes of data? A) RAID levels 0 + 1 and 1 + 0 B) RAID level 3 C) RAID level 4 D) RAID level 5 |
Ans: DFeedback: 10.7.4Difficulty: Medium |
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19. A _____ is a private network connecting servers and storage units. A) host-attached storage B) network-attached storage C) storage-area network D) private-area network |
Ans: CFeedback: 10.3Difficulty: Medium |
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20. Which of the following statements regarding solid state disks (SSDs) is false? A) They generally consume more power than traditional hard disks. B) They have the same characteristics as magnetic hard disks, but can be more reliable. C) They are generally more expensive per megabyte than traditional hard disks. D) They have no seek time or latency. |
Ans: AFeedback: 10.1.2Difficulty: Medium |
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21. Solid state disks (SSDs) commonly use the ___________ disk scheduling policy. A) SSTF B) SCAN C) FCFS D) LOOK |
Ans: CFeedback: 10.4Difficulty: Medium |
