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Part (a): A vertical block has 9 partitions shown, and more than 9 partitions is depicted by three vertical dots. There are entries of multiple files in this block. The first partition is labeled File 1 entry length. The second partition is labeled File 1 attributes. The third partition is further divided into 4 rows and 4 columns. The row entries are as follows: Row 1: column 1, p; column 2, r; column 3, o; column 4, j. Row 2: column 1, e; column 2, c; column 3, t; column 4, hyphen. Row 3: column 1, e; column 2, t; column 3, square box with a cross inside; column 4, blank and highlighted. The first three partitions are categorized as Entry for one file. The fourth partition is labeled File 2 entry length. The fifth partition is labeled File 2 attributes. The sixth partition is further divided into 3 rows and 4 columns. Row 1: column 1, p; column 2, e; column 3, r; column 4, s. Row 2: column 1, o; column 2, n; column 3, n; column 4, e. Row 3: column 1, l; column 2, square box with a cross inside; Columns 3 and 4: blank and highlighted. The seventh partition is labeled File 3 entry length. The eighth partition is labeled File 3 attributes. The ninth partition is further divided into 4 columns. Row 1: column 1, f; column 2, o; column 3, o; column 4, square box with a cross inside. Part (b): A vertical block has 8 partitions. The first partition is labeled Pointer to file 1's name. The second partition is labeled File 1 attributes. The first two partitions are categorized as Entry for one file. The third partition is labeled Pointer to file 2's name. The fourth partition is labeled File 2 attributes. The fifth partition is labeled Pointer to file 3's name. The sixth partition is labeled File 3 attributes. The seventh partition is blank. The eighth partition has 8 rows and 4 columns and is categorized as Heap. The row entries are as follows: Row 1: column 1, p; column 2, r; column 3, o; column 4, j. Row 2: column 1, e; column 2, c; column 3, t; column 4, hyphen. Row 3: column 1, b; column 2, u; column 3, d; column 4, g. Row 4: column 1, e; column 2, t; column 3, square with a cross inside; column 4, p. Row 5: column 1, e; column 2, r; column 3, s; column 4, o. Row 6: column 1, n; column 2, n; column 3, e; column 4, l. Row 7: column 1, square with a cross inside; column 2, f; column 3, o; column 4, o. Row 8: column 1, square with a cross inside; Columns 2, 3, and 4 are blank.