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Module 3 - Unit 5 - Using File Systems Flashcards

1
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You have a brand-new and blank hard drive installed on your computer motherboard. What do you have to do in order for the hard drive to read, write and store files?

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The hard drive has to be partitioned and formatted to have a file system in order to read, write and store files.

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What is partitioning a hard disk?

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The act of dividing your drive into logically separated storage areas.

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3
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How many partition is needed in order to format a hard drive?

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At least one partition.

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4
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What is the term for an active partition?

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It is called system partition. The system partition is where the computer uses to boot. Some operating systems keeps the system partition hidden.

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5
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List and describe the different file systems

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a) File Allocation Table (FAT) - used by older versions of Windows OS, allows a partition size of 4 GB up to 32 GB
b) NTFS (New Technology File System) - 64-bit, support all the essential file system features.

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6
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What is the formatting used on most removable drives and disks?

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FAT32

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7
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What are CDs and DVDs most often formatted with?

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Universal Disk Format (UDF)

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8
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What is the older CD format for best compatibility with legacy drives?

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ISO 9660 or CDFS

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9
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What is one main difference between ext3 and ext2?

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ext3 supports file system journaling where as ext2 does not.

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10
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What is the file system that Apple computers uses.

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Apple File System (APFS), although older macOS versions uses Hierarchical File System (HFS+)

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11
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List and describe 6 features found in modern file systems

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i) Compression - reduce the amount of disk space
ii) Encryption - file can be accessed with an encryption key
iii) Permissions - Access Control List (ACL) allows a file to have specific read, write, modify permissions
iv) Journaling - tracks changes or intended changes in a log
v) Limitations - maximum capacity and size of individual files
vi) Naming Rules - certain length (typical 255 char), encoding (typical Unicode), reserved characters.

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12
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What are the reserved characters for ext4 file system?

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A forward slash ‘/’.

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13
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What is the common reserved characters for most file systems?

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A forward slash ‘/’.

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14
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What is the top-level folder on the hierarchy?

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root

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15
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List and describe 3 types of folders found in Windows.

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i) Windows - contains drivers, logs, add-in-applications, system files, registry etc.
ii) Program Files - installed applications
iii) Users - user profile settings, documents, cookies, shortcuts etc.

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16
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True or False? The containers for files in Linux is called Folders.

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False. It is called directories on Linux.

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17
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True of False? Using a forward slash on command prompt on Windows will work

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True. Although Windows OS uses backward slash (‘'), it still recognizes forward slashes.

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18
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What is the Public profile on Windows file systems?

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It is to allow users of the PC to share files between different profiles.

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19
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What is the feature Windows file systems have to provide easy access to folders?

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It is called “libraries” where directory of folders can be located or traversed with a single click.

20
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True or False? Files store either text or binary data

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True.

21
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True or False? You cannot have two periods in a file name as it denotes file extension

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False. Only the last period matters and denotes the file extension

22
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There are 3 tabs on Folder Options in File Explorer, ‘General’, ‘View’ and ‘Search’, which one contains the setting for hidden files?

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View Tab

23
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What is the combination of mouse and keyboard to copy files on Windows?

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Hold CTRL while drag and drop

24
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What is the combination of mouse and keyboard to create a shortcut to a file on Windows?

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Hold CTRL + SHIFT while drag and drop

25
Q

What is the default capacity of Recycle Bin?

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The default capacity is limited to 10% of the drive.

26
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How to permanently delete a file on Windows without it being able to restore via Recycle Bin?

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Hold down SHIFT as you delete the file.

27
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Name and describe 4 file attributes in Windows file system

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i) Read-only (R) - prevent any file changes
ii) Hidden (H) - visible or not
iii) System (S) - not accessible by ordinary users
iv) Archive (A) - show whether a file has changed since last backup

28
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Compare both ‘Full control’ and ‘Modify’ permissions of a file in Windows

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Full Control allows the user to change its permissions and owner whereas modify only allows modification without changing its permissions or ownership

29
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Name 4 types of file extension that are used by word processing software

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i) .txt - Text only file
ii) .rtf - Rich Text Format, has basic formatting, fonts, paragraph and tables
iii) .odf - Open Document Format, XML-based specification
iv) .doc/.docx - used by Microsoft Word, docx is XML-based

30
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What is the purpose of Portable Document Format (PDF)?

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PDF is used for distributing document. It is now an open standard, before that it was used primarily on Adobe software. It is envisaged as a ‘final’ product since it is not meant to be edited on a rolling basis; a word document would be more suitable for editing.

31
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List and describe 5 image file types and its compression type.

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i) jpg/jpeg - known as Joint Pictures Expert Group, uses a lossy compression
ii) gif - known as Graphics Interchange Format, uses a lossless compression
iii) tiff - known as Tagged Image File Format, can use lossless and JPEG compression
iv) png - known as Portable Network Graphics, uses a lossless format, to replace gif
v) bmp - bitmap image, uses a Windows-only lossless format

32
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True or False? Storing an image file using the lossless compression will discard some original data

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False. Lossless compression does not discard any original data, just stored more efficiently. Lossy compression, however, discard some original data.

33
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List and describe 5 video file types and its purpose

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i) mpg - an early MPEG (Motion Pictures Expert Group) format
ii) mp4 - MPEG-4 standard a/v file format, container for audio and video media streams
iii) flv - designed to deliver Flash videos created by Adobe
iv) wmv - file format developed by Microsoft, format for DVD and Blu-ray
v) avi - legacy Windows-only video format

34
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What is the H.264 codec?

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A video compression standard known also as Advanced Video Coding (AVC) or MPEG-4. Highly used format for recording, compression and distribution of videos.

35
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List and describe 5 audio file types and its purpose

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i) mp3 - most popular audio format, uses lossy compression
ii) aac - Advanced Audio Coding, a successor to mp3
iii) m4a - audio-only file format
iv) flac - achieves file size compression without discarding audio data
v) wav - early Windows audio file format

36
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List and describe 3 executable file types

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i) exe - basic program file in Windows
ii) msi - windows installer file
iii) app - .exe equivalent on macOS

37
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List and describe 5 compression formats

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i) zip - file compression supported natively by Windows, Mac OS and Linux
ii) tar - originally meant to write to a magnetic tape, commonly coupled with gz for compression
iii) gz - created by gzip utility, used widely on Linux computers
iv) iso - files used by optical media
v) dmg - image file format used by Apple computers

38
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In Windows, you can access data via letter-labeled “drives.” Do these correspond exactly to physical disks?

A

Not necessarily in the case of hard disks, which can be configured with multiple partitions, each of which can be assigned a drive letter. Optical drives and flash memory cards cannot be partitioned however.

39
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What type of file system must the partition that Windows files are installed on use?

A

NTFS.

40
Q

What default installation folders contain system and application files that should not normally be delete or modified manually?

A

The ‘Windows’ and ‘Program files’ folders

41
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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 partition using the default settings?

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C:\User\David\Documents

42
Q

How is a Windows library different from a folder?

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A library acts as a virtual folder by displaying the contents of multiple folders, which could be located on different drives.

43
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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?

A

Save As.

44
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Why should you be more careful about deleting files from a USB flash drive than from the main hard drive?

A

The files will not be recycled so there is no possibility of retrieving them if you change your mind (at least, not without using specialist data recovery software).

45
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What view options could you use to show files of a particular type sorted by date?

A

Group the files by file type then sort by date.

46
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What kind of data would you expect to find in a file with a TIFF extension?

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This is an image file format.

47
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What is a zip file?

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A file archive containing other files in a compressed format.

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