Operating Systems and File Management Worksheet

All types of UNIX files are administered by the OS by means of inodes.

• True

• False

A preallocation policy requires that the maximum size of a file be declared at the time of the file creation.

• True

• False

File systems do not maintain the attributes associated with the files.

• True

• False

A field is characterized by its length and data type.

• True

• False

The cluster is the fundamental unit of allocation in NTFS.

• True

• False

Records may only be of fixed length.

• True

• False

The super user is exempt from the usual file access control constraints and has system wide access.

• True

• False

Typically, the only way that a user or application may access files is through the file management system.

• True

• False

Device drivers are not part of the operating system.

• True

• False

The least-complicated form of file organization is the indexed file.

• True

• False