Practice Bad Blocks (9.4.3) - I/O Systems - Operating Systems
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Bad Blocks

Practice - Bad Blocks

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Question 1 Easy

What are bad blocks?

💡 Hint: Think about physical damage and defects.

Question 2 Easy

What does ECC stand for?

💡 Hint: What helps detect and correct errors on disks?

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Question 1

What are bad blocks?

A. Healthy sectors on a disk
B. Damaged areas that cannot store data
C. Backup sectors for data
D. None of the above

💡 Hint: What does it mean when sectors are described as 'bad'?

Question 2

True or False: Sector sparing allows the operating system to interact directly with bad blocks.

True
False

💡 Hint: What happens instead of direct interaction?

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Challenge 1 Hard

Consider a disk with bad blocks that has not been managed effectively. Outline a scenario reflecting what could happen to stored data over time.

💡 Hint: Think about how essential the integrity of data is to a computer's performance.

Challenge 2 Hard

How does error-correcting code improve system reliability in the context of bad blocks?

💡 Hint: What scenarios could occur without such error detection?

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