SELF-ASSESSMENT EXERCISE

1 1. Carefully describe the structure of file system

2. List and identify the techniques of naming files and the importance of various
extensions
i. Files should be named consistently.
ii. File names should be short but descriptive
iii. Avoid special characters or spaces in a file name.
iv. Use capitals and underscores instead of periods or spaces or slashes.
v. Use date format ISO 8601: YYYYMMDD.
vi. Include a version number

3. Complete the table

Table A: Filename extension of Text related Files
e.g .html is a file extension for hypertext mark up language use for webpages, the
application that uses it Internet Browsers such as Mozilla, Internet explorer etc.
FILE TYPE CONTENT APPLICATION
.html HTML Viewer Pro.
Utilities,
EasyHTML. Utilities,
HTML & HTML5
Editor. Utilities,
The Document
Converter. Utilities,
HTML Reader Lite.
Utilities,
JavaScript Anywhere
JSAnywhere. Utilities
.pdf Adobe Acrobat Reader
DC
.rtf WordPad
.txt Notepad, Windows'
Editor or macOS'
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.doc COM 214 Assignment Doc Viewer, Microsoft
.dot Word, AbiWord or
.abw LibreOffice Writer,
.lwp KeyView for Lotus

Table b: Filename extension for Images related Files

FILE TYPE CONTENT APPLICATION
.gif Microsoft Photos
(Windows), Apple
Preview (macOS),
Adobe Photoshop
(Windows, Mac), and
GIMP (cross-platform)
.jpg Microsoft Photos,
.jpeg Microsoft Windows
Photo Viewer, Adobe
Photoshop 2023, Adobe
Photoshop Elements
.mpg Microsoft Windows
.mpeg Media Player
(Windows), Apple
QuickTime Player
(Mac), VideoLAN
VLC Media Player
(multiplatform)
.mov Apple QuickTime
Player (Mac)

Table c: Filename extension for Sound related Files

SOUND
FILE TYPE CONTENT APPLICATION
.mp3 Media Player

.wav VLC Media Player

.ra VLC Media Player
.aiff . Windows media player,
itunes, Quicktime and Vlc
 Table 4: Filename extension of Utility programme
FILE TYPE CONTENT APPLICATION
.ppt Power Point

.xls Microsoft Excel, Lotus 1-

.123 2-3
.mdb Microsoft Access

Table e: Filename extension for other types of files

FILE TYPE CONTENT APPLICATION
.dll Microsoft Windows
Visual Studio
.exe Microsoft Excel,
Microsoft Word,
Microsoft Access
.zip Winzip
.sit
.tar