File Systems


Question 1
Consider two files systems A and B , that use contiguous allocation and linked allocation, respectively. A file of size 100 blocks is already stored in A and also in B. Now, consider inserting a new block in the middle of the file (between 50^{th} \text{ and }51^{st} block), whose data is already available in the memory. Assume that there are enough free blocks at the end of the file and that the file control blocks are already in memory. Let the number of disk accesses required to insert a block in the middle of the file in A and B are n_A and n_B, respectively, then the value of n_A+n_B is
A
50
B
51
C
101
D
153
GATE CSE 2022   Operating System
Question 2
The index node (inode) of a Unix-like file system has 12 direct, one single-indirect and one double-indirect pointer The disk block size is 4 kB and the disk block addresses 32-bits long. The maximum possible file size is (rounded off to 1 decimal place) __________ GB.
A
1
B
2
C
4
D
8
GATE CSE 2019   Operating System


Question 3
In a file allocation system, which of the following allocation schemes(s) can be used if no external fragmentation is allowed?
I. Contiguous
II. Linked
III. Indexed
A
I and III only
B
II only
C
III only
D
II and III only
GATE CSE 2017 SET-2   Operating System
Question 4
A FAT (file allocation table) based file system is being used and the total overhead of each entry in the FAT is 4 bytes in size. Given a 100x10^{6} bytes disk on which the file system is stored and data block size is 10^{3} bytes, the maximum size of a file that can be stored on this disk in units of 10^{6} bytes is _______.
A
18.7
B
99.6
C
800
D
112
GATE CSE 2014 SET-2   Operating System
Question 5
A file system with 300 GByte disk uses a file descriptor with 8 direct block addresses, 1 indirect block address and 1 doubly indirect block address. The size of each disk block is 128 Bytes and the size of each disk block address is 8 Bytes. The maximum possible file size in this file system is
A
3 KBytes
B
35 KBytes
C
280 KBytes
D
dependent on the size of the disk
GATE CSE 2012   Operating System


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