engineering computer science MCQ #186

If a disk has 8 platters, 256 sectors per track, and 1024 tracks per platter, what is the total storage capacity if each sector holds 512 bytes?

engineering computer science MCQ #186

  1. Question 1

    Q1. If a disk has 8 platters, 256 sectors per track, and 1024 tracks per platter, what is the total storage capacity if each sector holds 512 bytes?

    • A) 8 GB
    • B) 16 GB
    • C) 1 GB
    • D) 2 GB

    Answer: 16 GB

    Explanation: Total storage capacity = number of platters * number of tracks per platter * number of sectors per track * sector size = 8 * 2 * 1024 * 256 * 512 = 2 * 1024³ * 1024 = 2GB * 8 = 16 GB