Question

A file system uses contiguous allocation. A file occupies blocks 100 –109 and needs five more blocks, but 110 –114 are occupied. What issue is illustrated?

A Internal fragmentation caused by fixed-size pages.
B External fragmentation and difficulty extending a file contiguously.
C Thrashing caused by page replacement.
D Deadlock caused by file descriptors.
E Starvation caused by priority scheduling.
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