Consider the disk request queue 82, 170, 43, 140, 24, 16, 190 with the initial head position at 50. What is the total head movement using FCFS scheduling?
Options
A.
642
B.
640
C.
620
D.
More than one of the above
E.
None of the above
Correct Answer (Detailed Explanation is Below)
A.
642
Detailed Explanation
Formula: Total movement = sum of absolute differences between consecutive positions. |82-50|+|170-82|+|43-170|+|140-43|+|24-140|+|16-24|+|190-16| = 642.