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Partition slack is not recognized by the logical file system.
a) True
b) False

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Final answer:

Partition slack is not recognized by the logical file system, but the file system implementation can make use of it.

Step-by-step explanation:

The statement that partition slack is not recognized by the logical file system is false.

Partition slack is the unused space between the end of a file and the end of the last sector allocated to the file. It can occur when the file size is not an exact multiple of the sector size.

While the logical file system does not directly recognize partition slack, the file system implementation can take this slack space into account when allocating and managing storage on a disk. So, although not explicitly recognized by the logical file system, the file system implementation can utilize the partition slack.

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