Year 7 Computing — Files and folders
Read a file path, name the folder a file sits in, and use the extension to say what kind of file it is.
Name: ________________________
1.A file is saved at "Home/Art/paint.jpg". Starting from the outside, how many folders must you open to reach the file?
- a) 3
- b) 1
- c) 4
- d) 2
2.In the file name "homework.txt", the part after the dot tells the computer what kind of file it is. Write that part, without the dot.
3.You have forty pictures and thirty pieces of writing loose in one place, and you can never find anything. What is the sensible thing to make?
- a) One very long file name for every file
- b) A second copy of every file
- c) Nothing — long lists are easier to search
- d) Two folders, and move each file into the right one
4.You rename "story.txt" to "story.jpg" without changing anything inside it. What have you actually changed?
- a) The file has been deleted
- b) The file has become a real picture
- c) Only the name — the writing inside the file is untouched
- d) The file has become twice as large
5.Match each ending to the kind of file it marks.
- .txt
- .jpg
- .mp3
- .mp4
- .html
- A page written for a web browser
- A photograph or picture
- A moving video
- Plain writing with no formatting
- A piece of sound
6.A file is saved at "Music/Songs/Old/anthem.mp3". Which folder is the file sitting directly inside?
7.Sort each name by whether it is a file or a folder. A file always ends with a dot and a few letters.
Groups: File · Folder
- report.docx
- Projects
- Science
- Downloads
- photo.jpg
- song.mp3
8.In the same folder tree, tap the outermost folder — the one that holds everything else.
Write the number of the part.
Answer key — Year 7 Computing — Files and folders
- 1. d) 2
- 2. txt
- 3. d) Two folders, and move each file into the right one
- 4. c) Only the name — the writing inside the file is untouched
- 5. .txt → Plain writing with no formatting; .jpg → A photograph or picture; .mp3 → A piece of sound; .mp4 → A moving video; .html → A page written for a web browser
- 6. Old
- 7. report.docx → File; Science → Folder; song.mp3 → File; Downloads → Folder; photo.jpg → File; Projects → Folder
- 8. 1 — School