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?

<p>Compress file (B)</p>
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What is the primary purpose of the security management component in an operating system?

<p>To manage the security of the system at both the user and program level (D)</p>
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Which of the following is NOT a common technique used for user-level security in an operating system?

<p>Disk partitioning (C)</p>
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What is the primary purpose of disk scheduling in an operating system?

<p>To improve the overall performance of the system by efficiently managing disk I/O requests (C)</p>
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Which of the following disk scheduling algorithms is designed to minimize the average waiting time for disk I/O requests?

<p>FCFS (First Come First Serve) (B)</p>
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Which of the following is NOT a key component of the operating system's file system and device management?

<p>Process scheduling (D)</p>
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What is the primary purpose of the disk scheduling algorithms implemented by the operating system?

<p>To improve the overall performance of the system by efficiently managing disk I/O requests (C)</p>
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