📖 From Operating System • 10. Mass Storage Structure • 14 questions available
Practice MCQs for Stable Storage Implementation. Test your knowledge with carefully crafted questions across easy, medium, and hard difficulty levels.
🔄 Last updated: 2026-07-26
Q1. A disk scheduler receives the request queue {98, 183, 37, 122, 14, 124, 65, 67} and the head is currently at cylinder \(53\). Using the C‑LOOK algorithm, which cylinder will be serviced next?
💡 Difficulty: easy | ✅ Correct: A
Q2. A server experiences a high volume of random disk requests, causing frequent head starvation with SSTF. Which scheduling algorithm is most likely to prevent starvation while maintaining good throughput?
💡 Difficulty: medium | ✅ Correct: C
Q3. Given the request queue {98, 183, 37, 122, 14, 124, 65, 67} and a head starting at cylinder \(53\), what is the total number of cylinders the head moves under C‑LOOK (excluding the wrap‑around jump)?
💡 Difficulty: hard | ✅ Correct: D
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