Which of the following statements is true?
A) Tabular noncontiguous file allocation yields good performance only when the file system cache is large.
B) Indexed noncontiguous file allocation allows the file system to locate any block of file by following a bounded, small number of pointers.
C) Tabular and indexed noncontiguous file allocation exhibit faster lookup times than contiguous file allocations.
D) none of the above

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Indexed noncontiguous file allocation uses an index block to store pointers to all the blocks of a file, allowing direct access to any block with a small, bounded number of pointer accesses.

Which of the Following Statements Is True