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120 Computer Basics: Files, Folders, Cloud, and Backups Practice Questions (2026)

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  1. Question 1

    What is a file?

  2. Question 2

    What is a file extension?

  3. Question 3

    What is a .pdf file?

  4. Question 4

    What is a .docx file?

  5. Question 5

    What is a .jpg or .jpeg file?

  6. Question 6

    What is a .png file?

  7. Question 7

    What is a .xlsx file?

  8. Question 8

    What is a .zip file?

  9. Question 9

    What is a .mp3 file?

  10. Question 10

    What is a .mp4 file?

  11. Question 11

    What is a folder?

  12. Question 12

    Can folders contain other folders?

  13. Question 13

    What is a file path?

  14. Question 14

    What is the Documents folder?

  15. Question 15

    What is the Downloads folder?

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  17. Question 16

    What is the Desktop (folder)?

  18. Question 17

    What does copying a file do?

  19. Question 18

    What does moving a file do?

  20. Question 19

    What does deleting a file do?

  21. Question 20

    What does renaming a file do?

  22. Question 21

    What is the Recycle Bin or Trash?

  23. Question 22

    How do you permanently delete a file?

  24. Question 23

    How do you find a lost file?

  25. Question 24

    What is file search in Windows?

  26. Question 25

    What is Spotlight on Mac?

  27. Question 26

    What is a hard drive?

  28. Question 27

    What is an external hard drive?

  29. Question 28

    What is a USB drive or flash drive?

  30. Question 29

    What does storage capacity mean?

  31. Question 30

    What is a gigabyte (GB)?

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  33. Question 31

    What is a terabyte (TB)?

  34. Question 32

    What is cloud storage?

  35. Question 33

    What is Google Drive?

  36. Question 34

    What is Dropbox?

  37. Question 35

    What is OneDrive?

  38. Question 36

    What is iCloud?

  39. Question 37

    What are benefits of cloud storage?

  40. Question 38

    What are risks of cloud storage?

  41. Question 39

    What does sync mean in cloud storage?

  42. Question 40

    How much free cloud storage is typical?

  43. Question 41

    What is a backup?

  44. Question 42

    Why are backups important?

  45. Question 43

    How often should you backup?

  46. Question 44

    What is the 3-2-1 backup rule?

  47. Question 45

    What is an automatic backup?

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  49. Question 46

    What is Time Machine?

  50. Question 47

    What is Windows Backup?

  51. Question 48

    What is an incremental backup?

  52. Question 49

    Where should you store backups?

  53. Question 50

    What is an offsite backup?

  54. Question 51

    What is an operating system?

  55. Question 52

    What is Windows?

  56. Question 53

    What is macOS?

  57. Question 54

    What is File Explorer?

  58. Question 55

    What is Finder?

  59. Question 56

    What is the desktop?

  60. Question 57

    What is a shortcut or alias?

  61. Question 58

    What is right-click?

  62. Question 59

    What is a double-click?

  63. Question 60

    What is drag and drop?

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  65. Question 61

    What is email attachment?

  66. Question 62

    What is file sharing link?

  67. Question 63

    What does sharing permissions mean?

  68. Question 64

    What is a public link?

  69. Question 65

    What is a private link?

  70. Question 66

    What is file size?

  71. Question 67

    What is a megabyte (MB)?

  72. Question 68

    What is a kilobyte (KB)?

  73. Question 69

    What is file compression?

  74. Question 70

    Why compress files?

  75. Question 71

    Why organize files into folders?

  76. Question 72

    What is a good folder naming strategy?

  77. Question 73

    Should you use dates in filenames?

  78. Question 74

    What files belong on desktop?

  79. Question 75

    How deep should folder structure be?

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  81. Question 76

    Can you password protect a file?

  82. Question 77

    What is file encryption?

  83. Question 78

    Should you open email attachments from strangers?

  84. Question 79

    What is a virus?

  85. Question 80

    What is antivirus software?

  86. Question 81

    What is a file version?

  87. Question 82

    Do cloud services save file versions?

  88. Question 83

    Why keep file versions?

  89. Question 84

    What is the C: drive?

  90. Question 85

    What is the Program Files folder?

  91. Question 86

    What is the Users folder?

  92. Question 87

    Should you delete system folders?

  93. Question 88

    What if you cannot open a file?

  94. Question 89

    What if file disappeared?

  95. Question 90

    What is a corrupted file?

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  97. Question 91

    How do you fix corrupted file?

  98. Question 92

    What if hard drive is full?

  99. Question 93

    What program opens .docx files?

  100. Question 94

    What program opens .pdf files?

  101. Question 95

    What program opens .xlsx files?

  102. Question 96

    Can you change file extension?

  103. Question 97

    What is file metadata?

  104. Question 98

    What is a file system?

  105. Question 99

    What is formatting a drive?

  106. Question 100

    What is a partition?

  107. Question 101

    How often should you clean up files?

  108. Question 102

    Should you keep multiple copies of important files?

  109. Question 103

    What files should you always backup?

  110. Question 104

    Should you update operating system regularly?

  111. Question 105

    What is a good backup schedule?

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  113. Question 106

    Can you access cloud files from phone?

  114. Question 107

    Do phone photos backup automatically?

  115. Question 108

    What is offline mode in cloud storage?

  116. Question 109

    What is a .txt file?

  117. Question 110

    What is a .exe file?

  118. Question 111

    What is a .dmg file?

  119. Question 112

    How do you check available storage space?

  120. Question 113

    What uses the most storage space?

  121. Question 114

    What is Disk Cleanup?

  122. Question 115

    Can multiple people edit cloud file together?

  123. Question 116

    What is Google Docs?

  124. Question 117

    How do you restore from backup?

  125. Question 118

    What if you lost file before backing up?

  126. Question 119

    Are cloud files private?

  127. Question 120

    Should you backup sensitive personal information?

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