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Fragmentation of a file system

  • occurs only is file is not used properly
  • can always be prevented
  • happens in all file systems
  • can be removed by compaction
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1. Dynamic allocation of storage areas with VSAM files is accomplished by

  • hashing
  • control splits
  • over flow areas
  • relative recording

2. A hardware device which is capable of executing a sequence of instructions, is known as

  • CPU
  • ALU
  • CU
  • Processor

3. Dirty bit is used to show

  • Page with corrupted data
  • Wrong page in memory
  • Page that is modified after being loaded in the cache memory
  • page that is less frequently accessed

4. Fragmentation of a file system

  • occurs only is file is not used properly
  • can always be prevented
  • happens in all file systems
  • can be removed by compaction

5. Four necessary conditions for deadlock are non pre-emption, circular wait, hold and wait and

  • mutual exclusion
  • race condition
  • buffer overflow
  • None of above
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  • Prasanjeet 9 years ago

    Fragmentation of a file system can be temporarily remove by compaction.