Class 6 Computer Science — 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 "Music/Songs/Old/anthem.mp3". Which folder is the file sitting directly inside?
2.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
- Science
- Downloads
- song.mp3
- photo.jpg
- report.docx
- Projects
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) Two folders, and move each file into the right one
- d) Nothing — long lists are easier to search
4.You rename "story.txt" to "story.jpg" without changing anything inside it. What have you actually changed?
- a) The file has become a real picture
- b) The file has been deleted
- c) The file has become twice as large
- d) Only the name — the writing inside the file is untouched
5.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) 4
- c) 1
- d) 2
6.This is a folder tree. Tap the folder that the file sums.doc is sitting directly inside.
Write the number of the part.
7.In the same folder tree, tap the outermost folder — the one that holds everything else.
Write the number of the part.
8.A file is saved at "School/Maths/sums.doc". Which folder is the file sitting directly inside?
Answer key — Class 6 Computer Science — Files and folders
- 1. Old
- 2. report.docx → File; Science → Folder; song.mp3 → File; Downloads → Folder; photo.jpg → File; Projects → Folder
- 3. c) Two folders, and move each file into the right one
- 4. d) Only the name — the writing inside the file is untouched
- 5. d) 2
- 6. 2 — Maths
- 7. 1 — School
- 8. Maths