Q. A file is a/an _______ data type.

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Q. The operating system keeps a small table containing information about all open files called :

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Q. In UNIX, the open system call returns :

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Q. System wide table in UNIX contains process independent information such as :

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Q. The open file table has a/an _______ associated with each file.

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Q. The file name is generally split into two parts :

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Q. The UNIX sytem uses a/an ________ stored at the beginning of a some files to indicate roughly the type of file.

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Q. The larger the block size, the ______ the internal fragmentation.

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Q. In the sequential access method, information in the file is processed :

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Q. Sequential access method ______ on random access devices.

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Q. The direct access method is based on a ______ model of a file, as _____ allow random access to any file block.

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Q. For a direct access file :

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Q. A relative block number is an index relative to :

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Q. The index contains :

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Q. For large files, when the index itself becomes too large to be kept in memory :

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Q. _______ tend to represent a major bottleneck in system performance.

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Q. In UNIX, even an ’empty’ disk has a percentage of its space lost to ______

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Q. By preallocating the inodes and spreading them across the volume, we ___________ the system performance.

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Q. ____________ writes occur in the order in which the disk subsystem receives them, and the writes are not buffered.

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Q. In ___________ writes, the data is stored in the cache.

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