Question 28

______ refers to the amount of time required to position the read – write head of a hard disk on appropriate sector.

  1. ALoad time
  2. BSeek time
  3. CAccess time
  4. DRotational latency
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Correct answer: (B) Seek time

Explanation

Seek time is the time to move the read/write head to the correct track. Rotational latency is the wait for the sector to rotate under the head, and access time is the two combined.

From DSSSB TGT Computer Science Practice Set 3

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