Question 10252 – Disk-scheduling

The head of a moving head disk with 100 tracks numbered 0 to 99 is currently serving a request at tract 55. If the queue of requests kept in FIFO order is

  10, 70, 75, 23, 65 

Which of the two disk scheduling algorithms FCFS (First Come First Served) and SSTF (Shortest Seek Time First) will require less head movement? Find the head movement for each of the algorithms.

Correct Answer: A