Study Questions for CS 3750 - Chapters 10-13
I will cover the answers to as many of these questions
as I can in the last couple of days of class.
Chapter #10 -- Mass-Storage Structure
(In Edition 8, this is Chapter 12)
- Describe each of the following disk-scheduling algorithms:
FCFS, SSTF, SCAN, LOOK, C-SCAN, and C-LOOK.
Chapter #11 -- File-System Interface
(In Edition 8, this is Chapter 10)
-
Do problem 11.9
on page 540 ("Consider a file system in which a file can
be ...") (It is problem 10.10 on page 458 of Edition 8.)
- Do problem 11.17 on page 540 ("Some systems provide file sharing by ...")
(It is problem 10.18 on page 459 of Edition 8.)
Chapter #12 -- File-System Implementation (In Edition 8,
this is Chapter 11)
- Do problem 12.11 on page 582 ("What are the advantages of the variant
...") (It is problem 11.10 on page 500 of Edition 8.)
- Do problem 12.15 on page 583 ("Consider a file system on a disk that has
...") (It is problem 11.14 on page 501 of Edition 8.)
Chapter #13 -- I/O Systems
- Do problem 13.1 on page 619 (p. 586 in Edition 8)
("State three advantages of placing ...")
- Do problem 13.5 on page 619 (p. 586 in Edition 8)
("How does DMA increase ...")
- Do problem 13.6 on page 619 (p. 586 in Edition 8)
("Why is it important to scale up ...")