FC0-U61 · Question #124
Which of the following will allow a user to move a file from one folder to another using the LEAST number of steps, while ensuring that the file is removed from its original location?
The correct answer is B. Cut the file from its original location and paste it to the new location. The 'cut and paste' operation is the most efficient method to move a file from one location to another while ensuring it is removed from its original directory.
Question
Which of the following will allow a user to move a file from one folder to another using the LEAST number of steps, while ensuring that the file is removed from its original location?
Options
- AOpen the file from its original location, save it to the new location, and delete it from the original
- BCut the file from its original location and paste it to the new location.
- CRename the file in its original location to a name that is not already taken in the new location.
- DCopy the file from its original location and paste it to the new location.
How the community answered
(39 responses)- A3% (1)
- B92% (36)
- D5% (2)
Why each option
The 'cut and paste' operation is the most efficient method to move a file from one location to another while ensuring it is removed from its original directory.
This method involves three distinct steps (open, save, delete), which is more cumbersome and takes more steps than the cut and paste operation.
Cutting a file removes it from its original location and places it into a temporary clipboard, from which it can then be pasted to a new destination, completing the move in two distinct steps. This is the most direct method to move a file while ensuring its removal from the source and minimizing steps.
Renaming a file only changes its name within the same directory and does not move it to a new location as required by the question.
Copying a file creates a duplicate in the new location but leaves the original file untouched, failing to remove it from its original location.
Concept tested: File management - move operation
Source: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/cut-copy-and-paste-ef5c441b-8515-4603-bdc1-1e96a40c6c7b
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