CH8

Question 1

Which of these is a Correctly written file path?

A. C:>Books/Mike\birthdays.txt
B. C:/Books/Mike/birthdays.txt
C. C:\Books\Mike\birthdays.txt
D. C:\Books\Mike\birthdays.txt

Answer 1

C. C:\Books\Mike\birthdays.txt

Question 2

What is a Root Directory?

Answer 2

The Top-Level Storage Location on a Volume.

Question 3

What is the File Management tool in macOS?

A. File Explorer
B. Dock
C. Launcher
D. Finder

Answer 3

D. Finder

Question 4

Which of these is an On/Off flag for a file?

A. Size
B. Archive
C. Date Modified
D. Date Created

Answer 4

B. Archive

Question 5

Which file property makes a Search faster for content within files?

A. Archive
B. Indexed
C. Compressed
D. Encrypted

Answer 5

B. Indexed

Question 6

What action opens a data file for editing in the application associated with its extension?

A. Double-Click
B. Right-Click
C. CTRL-Click
D. Shift-Click

Answer 6

A. Double-Click

Question 7

How do you select multiple noncontiguous files in a file listing?

A. CTRL-Click
B. SHIFT-Click
C. Double-Click
C. Right-Click

Answer 7

A. CTRL-Click

Question 8

CTRL-V is a keyboard shortcut in Windows for what Activity?

Answer 8

Paste

Question 9

In File Explorer, from which tab can you select a different view?

A. View
B. Share
C. Details
D. Home

Answer 9

A. View

Question 10

Which utility in macOS backs up users files automatically?

Answer 10

Time Machine

Question 11

Describe File Storage/File System and Volumes?

Answer 11

OS systems organize hard drives into Volumes that can span one or more physical disks. A disk volume could also comprise only a portion of a physical disk, in other words, you can carve up a disk into Multiple Volumes if the disk is large enough. Most users in Windows atleast have a C:\ drive as their Primary Volume, whereas Linux users would refer to the File System as ROOT using a slash (/).

Question 12

Folders?

Answer 12

Each volume can store files, commonly organized into Folders (Also called Directories). Windows computers have a Windows Folder for the OS Files, a Users Folder to hold User Profile information and data, and a Program Files Folder to hold installed Applications. Any folder can have many layers of subfolders nested inside it.

Question 13

Describe Path or File Path?

Answer 13

Describes the Location of a particular file on a Volume. It starts with the Drive Letter, and then lists each folder and subfolder and ends with the Filename. Each folder named is proceeded by a \ in a path.

Question 14

The Graphica File Management Interface for the following:

Windows
macOS

Answer 14

Windows = File Explorer
macOS = Finder

Question 15

Shortcuts?

Answer 15

Shortcuts are Pointers that refer to a File, they can appear not only on the Desktop and Start Menue, but also in the File LIst for any Folder.

Question 16

Acronym: NTFS?

Answer 16

Windows - New Technology File System

Question 17

Acronym: HFS?

Answer 17

Apple - Hierarchical File System, now HFS+

Question 18

Acronym: EXT4?

Answer 18

Linux - Extended Filesystem Version 4

Question 19

Advanced File Attributes?

Answer 19

Indexed - Windows and other Applications search file contents for something the user wants to find, but this can take a long time. Linux uses Find for unindexed searching, or locate which searches an indexed file system DB.

Journaling - Windows, Linux, and the macOS support a variety of journaled file systems. Journaling uses transaction log for write activity to the file system. When the OS receives a notification to write something to disk, the OS opens a new journal transaction about what must be written before the data is actually written to disk.

Compressed - NTFS enables file compression so files take up less space on the volume. This compression is invisible to the user, the only thing you might notice is that the file takes slightly longer to open and to save. macOS can use HFS compression to maximize storage efficiency. Linux Chattr command is one method of encrypting files. There are plenty of other Third-Party Compression tools out there for all OS.

Encrypted - NTFS supports file encryption through a feature called Encrypting File System (EFS). This encryption is invisible to the file’s owner. When another user on the same local computer tries to access the file or folder, however, its access is protected by the encryption.

Question 20

Describe the Clipboard?

Answer 20

Clipboard can hold the contents of only one Cut or Copy operation at a time.

Question 21

Shortcut Keys?

Answer 21

CTRL-C = Copy
CTRL-X = Cut
CTRL-V = Paste

Question 22

3 main classes of Backup Applications?

Answer 22

Image - Copying the entire hard drive and then restores the disk image to new hardware in the event of a drive failure. Popular Imaging Software include StorageCraft, ShadowProtect, and Acronis True Image.

Backup - Backing up individual files and folders that you specify.

File History - Windows 8 and newer come with this that uses an additional storage drive to backup personal documents. Apple includes Time Machine with macOS, which takes snapshots of the users documents.