Multiple choice

Which of the following allocation methods of disk space is the one which requires a file to occupy contiguous blocks on the disk and because of this constraint, disk access time is reduced?

  1. Linked allocation

  2. Indexed allocation

  3. Contiguous allocation

  4. Fixed allocation

  5. Variable allocation
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C Correct answer
Explanation

This allocation method of disk space is the one which requires a file to occupy contiguous blocks on the disk and because of this constraint, disk access time is reduced.

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