Data Operations- Operate a Personal Computer

To access an item using a desktop icon which of the following mouse actions do you use?

• Double-click on the icon with the left button

• Right-click once on the icon

• Left-click once on the icon

If you delete a shortcut/icon from the desktop the original item is not deleted.

• True

• False

Look carefully at the two icons in the picture. Which of these icons is a shortcut to a folder - Recent Photos’ or All Photos’?

If you click on the button in the picture, what action will occur with the window - will it be closed, minimised or saved?

What does a ‘read-only’ file prevent you from doing - copying the file, moving the file or changing the file?

The term ‘directory’ describes:

• A system of folders organised in a hierarchical fashion

• A single folder stored on the desktop

• A group of files

If you delete a file by dragging it to the Recycle Bin then it is permanently removed from the computer.

• True

• False

Which of the following items can you access through icons on the desktop? (Check the boxes.)

• Websites

• Data files

• Folders

• Programs

If you format a flash drive then any contents on it are automatically deleted. Is this statement true or false?

The _____________finger is used to type the space bar.