Lesson 14: Using File Systems Flashcards
What type of file system must be used for the partition where Windows 10 is installed?
NTFS file system ( New Technology File System)
What is the New Technology File System
Has a 64-bit addressing scheme allowing larger partitions. Attributes that allow for file-level security permissions, compression, and encryption.
In windows do letter-labeled “drives correspond exactly to physical disks?
No because hard disks can be configured with multiple partitions, each with a different assigned drive letter
Can optical drives and flash memory cards be partitioned?
No that’s why they have one letter drive per disk
Why should you be more careful about deleting files from a USB flash drive than from the main hard drive?
Flash drive files get permanently deleted, hard drive files go to recycle bin
What type of software is an ODF file associated with?
Word processing software; stands for Open Document Format
What kind of data would you expect to find in a file with a TIFF extension?
Tagged Image File Format
What is the file path to the Documents folder for a user named “ David”, assuming Windows is installed to a hard disk with a single partitions using the default settings?
c:\Users\David\Documents ( because the “users” directory is the default location for user profiles
How is a Windows library different from a folder?
A library acts as a virtual folder, providing easy access to different kinds of documents that may be stored in different places.
What is a user’s profile
Private folder containing sub folders for different types of files
If you have made changes to a file and want to keep both the original file and the modified version, what command should you use?
Save As
What is a zip file?
Packages multiples files together - compresssed
