The process of dividing a disk into sectors that the disk controller can read and write, before a disk can store data is known as ____________

• A. Partitioning
• B. Swap space creation
• C. Low-level formatting
• D. None of the mentioned

The data structure for a sector typically contains ____________

• A. Header
• B. Data area
• C. Trailer
• D. All of the mentioned

The header and trailer of a sector contain information used by the disk controller such as _________ and _________

• A. Main section & disk identifier
• B. Error correcting codes (ecc) & sector number
• C. Sector number & main section
• D. Disk identifier & sector number

For most computers, the bootstrap is stored in ________

• A. Ram
• B. Rom
• C. Cache
• D. Tertiary storage

A disk that has a boot partition is called a _________

• A. Start disk
• B. End disk
• C. Boot disk
• D. All of the mentioned

Defective sectors on disks are often known as __________

• A. Good blocks
• B. Destroyed blocks
• C. Bad blocks
• D. None of the mentioned

In SCSI disks used in high end PCs, the controller maintains a list of _________ on the disk. The disk is initialized during ________ which sets aside spare sectors not visible to the operating system.

• A. Destroyed blocks, high level formatting
• B. Bad blocks, partitioning
• C. Bad blocks, low level formatting
• D. Destroyed blocks, partitioning

In SCSI disks used in high end PCs, the controller maintains a list of bad blocks on the disk. The disk is initialized during low-level formatting which sets aside spare sectors not visible to the operating system. The scheme used is known as _______ or ________

• A. Sector sparing & forwarding
• B. Forwarding & sector utilization
• C. Backwarding & forwarding
• D. Sector utilization & backwarding

An unrecoverable error is known as _________

• A. Hard error
• B. Tough error
• C. Soft error
• D. None of the mentioned

When the process issues an I/O request __________

• A. It is placed in an i/o queue
• B. It is placed in a waiting queue
• C. It is placed in the ready queue
• D. It is placed in the job queue