Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 128 · 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.🧰 Which program would you use for making a budget table? (a) a presentation program (b) a spreadsheet (c) a web browser (d) a word processor
2. 2.Which of these is done in a presentation program? (a) making a budget table (b) making slides for a talk (c) adding up marks (d) colouring a picture
3. 3.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) draws a picture (b) opens a website (c) starts up the computer (d) plays a game
4. 4.True or false: “opens a website” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: opening a website is done in a word processor. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “plays a game” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a game” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
8. 8.🧰 Which program would you use for typing a letter? (a) a word processor (b) a web browser (c) a presentation program (d) a paint program
9. 9.🖥️ What is the software that starts and runs the whole computer? (a) a paint program (b) a web browser (c) an operating system (d) a word processor
10. 10.🧰 Which program would you use for making slides for a talk? (a) a word processor (b) a spreadsheet (c) a paint program (d) a presentation program
11. 11.🧰 Which program would you use for opening a website? (a) a paint program (b) a spreadsheet (c) a web browser (d) a word processor
12. 12.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a spreadsheet. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) draws a picture (b) starts up the computer (c) shares memory among apps (d) manages all the files
14. 14.True or false: typing a letter is done in a word processor. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) making a budget table (b) adding up marks (c) drawing a kite (d) writing a story
16. 16.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) runs the other programs (b) talks to the devices (c) plays a game (d) manages all the files
17. 17.🖥️ Who does this job: “starts up the computer” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
18. 18.🖥️ Who does this job: “talks to the devices” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
19. 19.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) types a letter (b) draws a picture (c) runs the other programs (d) plays a game
20. 20.🖥️ Who does this job: “shows the desktop” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
21. 21.True or false: “plays a song” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “talks to the devices” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) hardware (b) software
24. 24.True or false: making a budget table is done in a presentation program. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: adding up marks is done in a paint program. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “starts up the computer” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) draws a picture (b) plays a song (c) types a letter (d) talks to the devices
28. 28.Which of these is done in a web browser? (a) drawing a kite (b) colouring a picture (c) opening a website (d) adding up marks
29. 29.🧰 Which program would you use for colouring a picture? (a) a paint program (b) a spreadsheet (c) a web browser (d) a word processor
30. 30.🖥️ Who does this job: “manages all the files” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
31. 31.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) typing a letter (b) drawing a kite (c) opening a website (d) making slides for a talk
32. 32.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) adds up marks (b) draws a picture (c) types a letter (d) manages all the files
33. 33.🧰 Which program would you use for adding up marks? (a) a presentation program (b) a paint program (c) a web browser (d) a spreadsheet
34. 34.True or false: making a budget table is done in a paint program. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) opens a website (b) shows the desktop (c) starts up the computer (d) shares memory among apps
36. 36.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) shares memory among apps (b) plays a game (c) draws a picture (d) types a letter
37. 37.🖥️ Who does this job: “draws a picture” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
38. 38.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) only at night (b) when we sneeze (c) as the computer starts (d) after we print
39. 39.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a song” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
40. 40.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) adding up marks (b) writing a story (c) colouring a picture (d) opening a website

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