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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 134 · 40 questions
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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. 1.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) types a letter (b) adds up marks (c) shares memory among apps (d) opens a website
  2. 2.🖥️ What is the software that starts and runs the whole computer? (a) an operating system (b) a paint program (c) a word processor (d) a web browser
  3. 3.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) typing a letter (b) drawing a kite (c) adding up marks (d) making slides for a talk
  4. 4.True or false: “talks to the devices” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧰 Which program would you use for typing a letter? (a) a word processor (b) a presentation program (c) a spreadsheet (d) a paint program
  6. 6.🧰 Which program would you use for making slides for a talk? (a) a web browser (b) a paint program (c) a spreadsheet (d) a presentation program
  7. 7.🖥️ Who does this job: “runs the other programs” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  8. 8.True or false: “shares memory among apps” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🖥️ Who does this job: “shares memory among apps” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  10. 10.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) after we print (b) when we sneeze (c) only at night (d) as the computer starts
  11. 11.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) software (b) hardware
  12. 12.True or false: “plays a song” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) plays a song (b) talks to the devices (c) adds up marks (d) draws a picture
  14. 14.True or false: making a budget table is done in a paint program. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) starts up the computer (b) runs the other programs (c) adds up marks (d) talks to the devices
  16. 16.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) starts up the computer (b) manages all the files (c) types a letter (d) runs the other programs
  17. 17.True or false: “shows the desktop” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
  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.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a spreadsheet. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) opens a website (b) shows the desktop (c) draws a picture (d) adds up marks
  21. 21.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) draws a picture (b) starts up the computer (c) runs the other programs (d) talks to the devices
  22. 22.True or false: “adds up marks” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: opening a website is done in a web browser. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧰 Which program would you use for making a budget table? (a) a paint program (b) a presentation program (c) a spreadsheet (d) a word processor
  25. 25.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) opening a website (b) making slides for a talk (c) typing a letter (d) drawing a kite
  26. 26.🖥️ Who does this job: “opens a website” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  27. 27.Which of these is done in a presentation program? (a) making slides for a talk (b) drawing a kite (c) colouring a picture (d) writing a story
  28. 28.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a presentation program. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “plays a game” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) making a budget table (b) writing a story (c) colouring a picture (d) typing a letter
  31. 31.True or false: “starts up the computer” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🖥️ Who does this job: “adds up marks” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  33. 33.True or false: writing a story is done in a word processor. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🖥️ Who does this job: “draws a picture” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  35. 35.True or false: “shares memory among apps” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: adding up marks is done in a spreadsheet. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: typing a letter is done in a word processor. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “draws a picture” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) shows the desktop (b) talks to the devices (c) manages all the files (d) plays a song
  40. 40.🧰 Which program would you use for drawing a kite? (a) a word processor (b) a spreadsheet (c) a paint program (d) a presentation program

Answer key

  1. shares memory among apps
  2. an operating system
  3. adding up marks
  4. False
  5. a word processor
  6. a presentation program
  7. the operating system
  8. True
  9. the operating system
  10. as the computer starts
  11. software
  12. True
  13. talks to the devices
  14. False
  15. adds up marks
  16. types a letter
  17. False
  18. the operating system
  19. False
  20. shows the desktop
  21. draws a picture
  22. False
  23. True
  24. a spreadsheet
  25. typing a letter
  26. an app
  27. making slides for a talk
  28. True
  29. True
  30. colouring a picture
  31. True
  32. an app
  33. True
  34. an app
  35. False
  36. True
  37. True
  38. True
  39. plays a song
  40. a paint program

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