🏠 Home > Operating System > 12. File System Implementation > Example of : The write anywhere file layout(WAFL) file System
← Back to 12. File System Implementation

📝 Example of : The write anywhere file layout(WAFL) file System

📖 From Operating System • 12. File System Implementation • 19 questions available

Practice MCQs for Example of : The write anywhere file layout(WAFL) file System. Test your knowledge with carefully crafted questions across easy, medium, and hard difficulty levels.

🔄 Last updated: 2026-07-27

4
Easy Questions
10
Medium Questions
5
Hard Questions

📝 Sample Questions

Q1. What is the maximum size addressable by a 32‑bit file pointer?

🔹 A. 2 GB
🔹 B. 2 ^31 bytes
🔹 C. 4 GB
🔹 D. 8 GB

💡 Difficulty: easy | ✅ Correct: C

Q2. Why does indexed allocation provide faster random access than linked allocation?

🔹 A. It stores data blocks contiguously
🔹 B. It uses a single level of indirection
🔹 C. It keeps an index block in memory
🔹 D. It eliminates the need for file descriptors

💡 Difficulty: medium | ✅ Correct: C

Q3. Suppose a storage volume has many free fragments scattered throughout. Which allocation method suffers most from this fragmentation?

🔹 A. Contiguous allocation
🔹 B. Indexed allocation
🔹 C. Linked allocation
🔹 D. None of the above

💡 Difficulty: hard | ✅ Correct: A

⬆️ View all questions in the quiz below

🔗 Related Topics

📝 File System Structure in operating system📝 Overview of File System Implementation in Operating System📝 Partitions and mounting in File System Implementation📝 Virtual File Systems in File System Implementation📝 Linear list Implementation in Directory
🚀 Start Quiz 📝 Practice Mode