Module 3 Unit 5

Question 1

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

Answer 1

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

Question 2

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

Answer 2

NFTs

Question 3

when default installation folders contain system and application files, what should not normally be deleted or modified manually?

Answer 3

The “windows” and “program files” folder

Question 4

What is the file path to the documents folder for a username Daviddd assuming windows is installed to a hard disk with a single partition using the default settings?

Answer 4

C:\Users\David\Documents

Question 5

how is the Windows library different than a folder?

Answer 5

A library access a virtual folder by displaying the contents of multiple folders, which can be located on different drives

Question 6

if you had made changes to file and want to keep both the original file and the modification version will command should use?

Answer 6

Save as

Question 7

why should you be more careful about deleting files from a USB flash drive then from the main hard drive?

Answer 7

The files will not be recycled, so there’s no possibility of retrieving them if you change your mind

Question 8

what view options could you use to show files of a particular type sorted by day?

Answer 8

Group the files by file type, then sort by date.

Question 9

what kind of data would you expect to find a file with a TIFF extension?

Answer 9

This is an image file format.

Question 10

what is the zip file?

Answer 10

A file archive containing other files in a compressed format