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Operating System Components and I/O Management Quiz

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What is the primary purpose of partitioning a disk?

To improve the performance of the disk

To increase the storage capacity of the disk

To protect the data on the disk from unauthorized access

To divide the disk into multiple logical drives or volumes (correct)

Which of the following disk scheduling algorithms is designed to minimize the average seek time?

Round-Robin

Elevator (SCAN)

FCFS (First Come First Serve)

SSTF (Shortest Seek Time First) (correct)

What is the primary purpose of disk fragmentation?

To improve the performance of the disk (correct)

To divide the disk into multiple logical drives or volumes

To protect the data on the disk from unauthorized access

To increase the storage capacity of the disk

Which of the following is NOT a common file operation performed on a disk?

Compress file (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of the security management component in an operating system?

To manage the security of the system at both the user and program level (D) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a common technique used for user-level security in an operating system?

Disk partitioning (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of disk scheduling in an operating system?

To improve the overall performance of the system by efficiently managing disk I/O requests (C) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following disk scheduling algorithms is designed to minimize the average waiting time for disk I/O requests?

FCFS (First Come First Serve) (B) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a key component of the operating system's file system and device management?

Process scheduling (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of the disk scheduling algorithms implemented by the operating system?