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What are the four common columns shown in a file listing that help with organization and sorting?

Name, Date modified, Type, Size

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File Listing & Organization

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Question: What are the four common columns shown in a file listing that help with organization and sorting?

Answer: Name, Date modified, Type, Size

Card 2

Question: What file types are shown in the listing examples?

Answer: MP3 File, Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation (pptx), Compressed (zipped) Folder (zip), Microsoft Word Document (docx), Adobe Acrobat Document (pdf), JP

Card 3

Question: If you wanted to group files by when they were changed, which column would you use?

Answer: Date modified

Card 4

Question: Which column would you use to group or sort files by format (e.g., PDF, MP3, DOCX)?

Answer: Type

Card 5

Question: Why might you sort files by Size in a file listing?

Answer: To identify large files (for storage or cleanup) and to compare file sizes quickly

Card 6

Question: Give an example filename from the listing that indicates an audio file.

Answer: 162C45long.mp3 (or 1E2CATsong.mp3)

Card 7

Question: Give an example filename from the listing that indicates a PowerPoint presentation.

Answer: 161Welcome.pptx (or 1E1Welcome.pptx)

Card 8

Question: Give an example filename from the listing that indicates a compressed folder.

Answer: 161Welcome.zip, 161Image.zip, 1A5Resource.zip, 1E1Images.zip

Card 9

Question: What file extension in the listing corresponds to an Adobe Acrobat document?

Answer: .pdf (e.g., 162C42.pdf, 1E2CAT.pdf)

Card 10

Question: Which column is most useful to quickly find a file by its name?

Answer: Name