Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 10 · 40 questions

Remember (Manager or worker?): The operating system starts the computer, shows the desktop, manages files and memory and runs other programs. Apps do one job each: word processor = typing, paint program = drawing, web browser = websites. Spreadsheet = number tables and marks; presentation program = slides for a talk.

1. 1.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) software (b) hardware
2. 2.True or false: typing a letter is done in a word processor. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧰 Which program would you use for making a budget table? (a) a web browser (b) a word processor (c) a paint program (d) a spreadsheet
4. 4.🧰 Which program would you use for adding up marks? (a) a presentation program (b) a word processor (c) a web browser (d) a spreadsheet
5. 5.🖥️ What is the software that starts and runs the whole computer? (a) a web browser (b) a word processor (c) a paint program (d) an operating system
6. 6.🖥️ Who does this job: “starts up the computer” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
7. 7.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) plays a game (b) draws a picture (c) talks to the devices (d) opens a website
8. 8.True or false: “shows the desktop” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🖥️ Who does this job: “shows the desktop” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
10. 10.True or false: “types a letter” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) writing a story (b) adding up marks (c) colouring a picture (d) drawing a kite
12. 12.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) making a budget table (b) adding up marks (c) typing a letter (d) colouring a picture
13. 13.True or false: opening a website is done in a paint program. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: adding up marks is done in a spreadsheet. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: “shares memory among apps” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) drawing a kite (b) making slides for a talk (c) typing a letter (d) adding up marks
17. 17.Which of these is done in a presentation program? (a) drawing a kite (b) adding up marks (c) making slides for a talk (d) typing a letter
18. 18.True or false: “manages all the files” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) after we print (b) when we sneeze (c) only at night (d) as the computer starts
20. 20.🧰 Which program would you use for opening a website? (a) a paint program (b) a web browser (c) a presentation program (d) a word processor
21. 21.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) manages all the files (b) adds up marks (c) plays a game (d) types a letter
22. 22.True or false: “starts up the computer” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) runs the other programs (b) adds up marks (c) manages all the files (d) shows the desktop
24. 24.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) shows the desktop (b) types a letter (c) plays a game (d) opens a website
25. 25.True or false: “plays a song” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) opens a website (b) starts up the computer (c) plays a game (d) draws a picture
27. 27.🧰 Which program would you use for writing a story? (a) a paint program (b) a presentation program (c) a web browser (d) a word processor
28. 28.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) starts up the computer (b) runs the other programs (c) plays a song (d) talks to the devices
29. 29.True or false: drawing a kite is done in a paint program. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “shows the desktop” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) adding up marks (b) drawing a kite (c) making slides for a talk (d) typing a letter
32. 32.🧰 Which program would you use for typing a letter? (a) a web browser (b) a spreadsheet (c) a paint program (d) a word processor
33. 33.True or false: “adds up marks” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) talks to the devices (b) shares memory among apps (c) plays a game (d) manages all the files
35. 35.🖥️ Who does this job: “draws a picture” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
36. 36.True or false: “shares memory among apps” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧰 Which program would you use for drawing a kite? (a) a word processor (b) a paint program (c) a web browser (d) a presentation program
38. 38.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) opening a website (b) colouring a picture (c) making a budget table (d) typing a letter
39. 39.🖥️ Who does this job: “talks to the devices” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
40. 40.True or false: writing a story is done in a presentation program. (a) False (b) True

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