The best place to store your documents is in the root directory of the hard disk.

Be sure to give your files and folders meaningful names that will help you remember their purpose and contents.

When you delete a file from removable media, it goes into the Recycle Bin.

All computers are set to display file extensions automatically.

You cannot use spaces in your filenames.

You would click the item marked 2 in the figure above to open the folder.

The item marked 3 in the figure above is the Location bar. _________________________

The above figure displays the Windows file catalog. _________________________

When you click the expand icon next to a folder in Windows Explorer, a(n) conceal icon appears next to the folder icon. _________________________

To make it easy to retrieve files, you arrange them logically into folders. _________________________

The Windows Explorer window is divided into two sections, called groups. _________________________

You organize files by storing them in ____.

Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions

Case 1

John has just been hired as a personal assistant to the owner of a national baseball team, Max Miller. Currently Max has one computer in which he keeps both of his work and personal files. He’d like John to purchase a new computer and allocate one computer for work and the other for home and personal use.

The Vacations folder is in the Recycle Bin. How can John retrieve a file that was originally in the Vacations folder from the work computer?

Compressed folders are sometimes called ____ folders.

The left pane in the My Computer window is called the ____ pane.

Case 2

Polly is volunteering for a local theater company. She has signed up for help with marketing materials, including ticket design, posters, and letterhead. Her first assignment is to create a poster for the group’s performance of The Nutcracker. One requirement is that the poster must include a photograph of the New York City skyline, since the performance will take place in New York City.

Polly wants to work on the poster at home using her laptop but the skyline photo is very big--5 megabytes. In order to transfer the skyline photo to her home computer, she must first ____.

In the file path shown in the above figure, Tutorial is a ____.

____ shows the drives on your computer, making it easy to perform system tasks, such as viewing system information.

The ____ pane in the Windows Explorer window lists the contents of the folders and other locations selected in the opposite section.

Windows Explorer and My Computer, by default, each present a different ____ of your computer.

Which of the following can be used in a folder name?

Using the ____ pane in Windows Explorer helps you navigate your computer and orients you to your current location.

The ____ folder is designed to store the files and folders you work with regularly.

Which of the following is NOT a removable medium?

A(n) ____ is a collection of data that has a name and is stored in a computer.

A file is often referred to as a(n) ____.

A duplicate copy of important files you need is called a(n) ____________________.

In My Computer, you delete a file by deleting its ____________________.

____________________ provide important information about files, including their contents and purposes.

If the Compressed (zipped) folder command does not appear on the ____________________ submenu, a different compression program is probably installed on your computer.

The file ____________________ is a notation that indicates a file’s location on your computer.

When you ____________________ a file from a compressed folder, you create an uncompressed copy of the file in a folder you specify.

To access the files from the folder in the figure above, you would right-click the folder, and then click ____________________ on the shortcut menu.

Folders contained within other folders are called ____________________.

A filename might display a(n) ____________________ that identifies the file’s type and indicates the program in which the file was created.

The ____________________ is an area on your hard disk that holds deleted files until you remove them permanently.

Discuss the sections into which the Windows Explorer window is divided. How does Windows Explorer allow you to view so many files and folders in one window?