Practice - Individual Tracks and Sector Addressing
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Practice Questions
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What is seek time?
💡 Hint: Think about the movement of the head.
What is a sector?
💡 Hint: Consider how tracks are divided.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the primary function of seek time?
💡 Hint: Consider what happens first when accessing data.
True or False: Outer tracks on a disk always have higher bit density than inner tracks.
💡 Hint: Think about how data size relates to track size.
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Challenge Problems
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You are designing a disk with 10 tracks and 32 sectors per track. If each sector can hold 512 bytes, calculate the total storage capacity in megabytes.
💡 Hint: Remember to multiply all the dimensions of your disk.
A disk spins at 7200 RPM, and the average seek time is 8ms. Calculate the average rotational delay.
💡 Hint: Convert RPM to time per revolution, then divide by 2 for the average.
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