A hard disk drive stores files in pieces in different places on the disk, so the files take longer to open.
Name the utility software that can be used to improve this.
Mark scheme
Award one mark for:
- Disk defragmentation (software) (1)
Allow defragmentation software, defragmenter, defrag.
Do not accept disk cleanup, disk formatter, file repair software or backup software.
Example answers and how they were marked
Full marks1/1
Disk defragmentation software.
Why: Names the correct utility software (1).
No marks0/1
Disk cleanup software.
Why: Disk cleanup is a near-miss: it is not the utility that rearranges files stored in pieces, so no mark is awarded.
No marks0/1
File repair software.
Why: File repair fixes damaged files and does not bring the pieces of a file back together, so no mark is awarded.