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 ...")