Q. Consider a disk queue with requests for I/O to blocks on cylinders :
98 183 37 122 14 124 65 67
Considering SSTF (shortest seek time first) scheduling, the total number of head movements is, if the disk head is initially at 53 :

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Q. Random access in magnetic tapes is _________ compared to magnetic disks.

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Q. Magnetic tape drives can write data at a speed ________ disk drives.

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Q. On media that use constant linear velocity (CLV), the _____________ is uniform.

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Q. SSTF algorithm, like SJF __________ of some requests.

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Q. In the ______ algorithm, the disk arm starts at one end of the disk and moves toward the other end, servicing requests till the other end of the disk. At the other end, the direction is reversed and servicing continues.

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Q. In the _______ algorithm, the disk head moves from one end to the other , servicing requests along the way. When the head reaches the other end, it immediately returns to the beginning of the disk without servicing any requests on the return trip.

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Q. In the ______ algorithm, the disk arm goes as far as the final request in each direction, then reverses direction immediately without going to the end of the disk.

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Q. The process of dividing a disk into sectors that the disk controller can read and write, before a disk can store data is known as :

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Q. The data structue for a sector typically contains :

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Q. The header and trailer of a sector contain information used by the disk controller such as _________ and _________

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Q. The two steps the operating system takes to use a disk to hold its files are _______ and ________

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Q. The _______ program initializes all aspects of the system, from CPU registers to device controllers and the contents of main memory, and then starts the operating system.

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Q. For most computers, the bootstrap is stored in ________

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Q. A disk that has a boot partition is called a _________

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Q. Defective sectors on disks are often known as __________

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Q. In SCSI disks used in high end PCs, the controller maintains a list of _________ on the disk. The disk is initialized during ________ formatting which sets aside spare sectors not visible to the operating system.

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Q. An unrecoverable error is known as _________

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Q. Virtual memory uses disk space as an extension of _________

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Q. Using swap space significantly _________ system performance.

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