Exam 21: Windows 2: Understanding File Management

Todd works for an advertising firm and handles advertising projects for various clients. To keep track of the projects he has for each client, he wants to organize the client and project files on his hard disk so that he can quickly locate them. Todd's new client owns a chain of jewelry stores in Washington. He has three stores, one in Seattle, one in Spokane, and one in Tacoma. In the future, he plans to expand to other states. What would be a good folder structure for the documents he needs to store for each of the three stores in Washington.

If you open a file and make changes to it and then save the changes, that file has been ____.

A ____ is a three- or four-letter sequence, preceded by a period, that identifies the file type.

When you first save a file, the Save dialog box opens. _________________________

Which tab in Windows do you use to open a file?

In a window, the Address bar is located just above the title bar.

When you use the Copy command, Windows 10 places a duplicate copy of the file in an area of your computer's RAM called the notepad . _________________________

When you delete files from a(n) ____,  they do not go to the Recycle Bin.

After you start a program and create a new file, the file exists only in your computer's ____________________, which is a temporary storage location.

Todd works for an advertising firm and handles advertising projects for various clients. To keep track of the projects he has for each client, he wants to organize the client and project files on his hard disk so that he can quickly locate them. Describe how Todd can effectively organize his files for each client and each of the projects he handles for them.

What is the typical drive letter for the hard drive?

In File Explorer, the Paste button is in the ____ group.

The search text you type is called your ____________________.

Which button on the desktop do you click to examine your existing folder and file structure?

To see the storage locations available on your computer, click _____ in the Navigation pane of File Explorer​.

Windows 10 comes with several existing folders.

To rename a file in File Explorer, click the Rename button in the ____ group.

Explain how you can search for a lost  file on your computer and limit retrieval to only files on your computer.

Describe the similarities and differences between using Save and Save As to save a new file and an existing file.

You can use the Send to command command to copy and paste a file.​