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DEA-1TT5 · Question #162

What accurately describes the seek time of a disk drive?

The correct answer is A. Time taken to position the read/write head over the correct track. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

Question

What accurately describes the seek time of a disk drive?

Options

  • ATime taken to position the read/write head over the correct track
  • BTime taken by the platter to position the data under the read/write head
  • CTime taken to read a block of data from the platter
  • DTime taken by the controller to service an I/O from the application

How the community answered

(61 responses)
  • A
    79% (48)
  • B
    3% (2)
  • C
    7% (4)
  • D
    11% (7)

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