Multiple choice

For a magnetic disk with concentric circular tracks, the seek latency is not linearly proportional to the seek distance due to

  1. non-uniform distribution of requests

  2. arm starting and stopping inertia

  3. higher capacity of tracks on the periphery of the platter

  4. use of unfair arm scheduling policies
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C Correct answer
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