Multiple Choice
Contiguous file allocation is inappropriate for general-purpose file systems because ________.
A) successive logical records typically are physically adjacent to one another
B) if a file grows beyond the size originally specified and there are no adjacent free blocks, the file must be transferred to a new area of adequate size
C) locating file data is complicated, because the system must store multiple memory addresses to reference a file.
D) all of the above
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