Which term describes the operating system function that controls who can use a computer and what each person is allowed to do?
User management
What is meant by file management?
Organising and using files and folders without knowing where data is stored
What is the name for the process where the operating system checks a user's identity when they log in, for example with a password, PIN or fingerprint?
Authentication
What is meant by access rights?
The permissions that decide what each user is allowed to do
What is the name for the part of a file name that shows the file type and tells the operating system which application opens the file, such as .docx or .jpg?
File extension
What is meant by 'saving' a file?
The file is written to secondary storage and its location is recorded
A pupil wants to leave their original file in their own folder and also put the same file into a shared folder. Which file management operation does this?
Copying
When an account is allocated for a new user on a shared computer, what does that user get?
Their own username, files and settings
An administrator creates a user account for a new employee, giving them a username, a password and their own home folder. What is the administrator doing?
Allocating a user account
What can an administrator account do that a standard user account cannot?
Install software and change system settings
A user places their finger on a scanner to log in to a computer. What is the operating system doing?
Authenticating the user's identity
Why does an operating system keep a log of which users logged in and when?
So activity on the computer can be traced to a user
A pupil saves work so that it sits inside Documents, then School, then Computer Science. What does this show?
Files being allocated to folders in a hierarchy
A shared worksheet is set so that pupils can open it but cannot change it. What does this describe?
File permissions that allow reading but not editing
A pupil moves files into new folders, renames them and deletes the ones they no longer need. Which function of the operating system are they using?
File management
A pupil can only remember part of a file's name. Which file management feature will find the file anyway?
Searching for the file by name
Two pupils share a computer, and each one logs in with their own account. Why can one pupil not open the other pupil's saved work?
User management keeps each user's files private
A pupil wants to find every image file saved in their folder. What should they search for?
The file extension used for images, such as .jpg
Why is user management important on a computer network shared by many pupils and staff?
It controls who can use the computer and what each can do
A pupil logs in with the correct password but still cannot open the folder of staff reports. What is the reason?
Their account has no access rights to that folder
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