Q91.Marks: +2.0UGC NET Paper 2: Computer Science 2020
📄 Passage
Comprehension: Questions concern a disk with a sector size of 512 bytes, 2000 tracks per surface, 50 sectors per track, five double-sided platters, and average seek time of 10 milliseconds.
Given below are two statements:
Statement I: The disk has a total number of 2000 cylinders.
Statement II: 51200 bytes is not a valid block size for the disk.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1.Both Statement I and Statement II are true✓ Correct
2.Both Statement I and Statement II are false
3.Statement I is correct but Statement II is false
4.Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is true
Solution
The correct answer is option 1.
Key Points
Statement I: correct.
The number of cylinders is 2000, which is the same as the number of tracks on each platter.
Hence it is correct.
Statement II: correct
The block size will be a multiple of the sector size. 51200 is not a valid block size in this case because block size cannot exceed the size of a track, which is 25600 bytes.