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