Utility Software

Question 1

What Utility Software tidies a hard drive by rearranging files to remove gaps?

Answer 1

disk defragmenter

Question 2

What software is used to remove malicious software?

Answer 2

Anti-Virus

Question 3

Name the four main malware types

Answer 3

Trojan, Worm, Spyware and Virus

Question 4

What could spyware do to your computer?

Answer 4

Find personal and private information like credit card details

Question 5

Why is disk defragmentation necerssary?

Answer 5

Disk defragmentation is needed as when files are deleted they leave gaps between areas where data is stored. Similarly when data is saved it’s only placed in the next avaliable slot rather than grouping data of similar types together. This leads to inefficiencies when the computer comes to access the data increasing load thime and decreasing disk transfer rate.

Question 6

What is a “Bad Sector”?

Answer 6

An area of the hard drive that cannot be read by the computer due to physical damage or a peice of software blocking it from access.

Question 7

How can bad sectors be removed?

Answer 7

By using a disk checker tool to attempt to recove them or data that was stored within them.