📝 Linked list Free Space Management

Q1. What term describes the condition where free disk space is divided into many small non‑contiguous pieces making it difficult to allocate large files?

💡 Difficulty: easy | ✅ Correct: A

Q2. A disk has free holes of sizes 20 KB, 12 KB, and 8 KB. A new file of 10 KB needs to be stored. Which allocation strategy will place the file in the smallest possible hole that fits?

💡 Difficulty: medium | ✅ Correct: B

Q3. A disk has three free holes each of size 5 KB, 5 KB, and 5 KB. A single file of size 12 KB needs to be allocated using contiguous allocation. Which outcome demonstrates that external fragmentation prevents allocating the file even though total free space exceeds the request?

💡 Difficulty: hard | ✅ Correct: C