Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 153 · 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.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) when we sneeze (b) as the computer starts (c) only at night (d) after we print
2. 2.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) opening a website (b) typing a letter (c) colouring a picture (d) making a budget table
3. 3.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) runs the other programs (b) talks to the devices (c) shows the desktop (d) types a letter
4. 4.True or false: “manages all the files” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) manages all the files (b) plays a game (c) adds up marks (d) types a letter
6. 6.🖥️ Who does this job: “adds up marks” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
7. 7.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) colouring a picture (b) opening a website (c) making a budget table (d) writing a story
8. 8.🖥️ Who does this job: “shows the desktop” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
9. 9.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) opens a website (b) plays a song (c) draws a picture (d) starts up the computer
10. 10.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a paint program. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) adding up marks (b) typing a letter (c) opening a website (d) making slides for a talk
12. 12.🧰 Which program would you use for drawing a kite? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a presentation program (c) a web browser (d) a paint program
13. 13.True or false: “shares memory among apps” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) opening a website (b) colouring a picture (c) making slides for a talk (d) making a budget table
15. 15.True or false: adding up marks is done in a spreadsheet. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧰 Which program would you use for writing a story? (a) a paint program (b) a word processor (c) a web browser (d) a spreadsheet
17. 17.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a presentation program. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧰 Which program would you use for colouring a picture? (a) a presentation program (b) a paint program (c) a web browser (d) a word processor
19. 19.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) runs the other programs (b) adds up marks (c) shows the desktop (d) manages all the files
20. 20.🖥️ What is the software that starts and runs the whole computer? (a) a web browser (b) a paint program (c) an operating system (d) a word processor
21. 21.🧰 Which program would you use for typing a letter? (a) a paint program (b) a word processor (c) a web browser (d) a spreadsheet
22. 22.🖥️ Who does this job: “opens a website” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
23. 23.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) opens a website (b) plays a game (c) shares memory among apps (d) draws a picture
24. 24.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) drawing a kite (b) writing a story (c) opening a website (d) making a budget table
25. 25.True or false: “plays a game” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🖥️ Who does this job: “talks to the devices” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
27. 27.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a game” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
28. 28.Which of these is done in a web browser? (a) making a budget table (b) colouring a picture (c) opening a website (d) adding up marks
29. 29.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a paint program. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🖥️ Who does this job: “draws a picture” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
31. 31.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) hardware (b) software
32. 32.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) manages all the files (b) runs the other programs (c) starts up the computer (d) opens a website
33. 33.True or false: “shares memory among apps” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “opens a website” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) types a letter (b) opens a website (c) talks to the devices (d) draws a picture
36. 36.True or false: “draws a picture” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) talks to the devices (b) manages all the files (c) starts up the computer (d) plays a song
38. 38.Which of these is done in a presentation program? (a) adding up marks (b) colouring a picture (c) opening a website (d) making slides for a talk
39. 39.🖥️ Who does this job: “starts up the computer” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
40. 40.True or false: opening a website is done in a word processor. (a) True (b) False

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