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Question 17Asked in DSSSB TGT Computer Science (Technical), 13 Sep 2025, Shift 3 (5:00 PM)

Which of the following systems typically DO NOT use contiguous allocation?

  1. ACD-ROM systems
  2. BVideo streaming systems
  3. CGeneral-purpose operating systems with dynamic file sizes
  4. DReal-time systems
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Correct answer: (C) General-purpose operating systems with dynamic file sizes

Explanation

General-purpose OSs have files that grow and shrink, which causes external fragmentation with contiguous allocation. So they use linked or indexed allocation instead.

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