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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 193 · 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) adds up marks (b) opens a website (c) runs the other programs (d) draws a picture
  2. 2.🧰 Which program would you use for making slides for a talk? (a) a presentation program (b) a word processor (c) a paint program (d) a web browser
  3. 3.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) plays a song (b) types a letter (c) plays a game (d) talks to the devices
  4. 4.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) shares memory among apps (b) runs the other programs (c) starts up the computer (d) plays a song
  5. 5.True or false: “types a letter” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🖥️ Who does this job: “shows the desktop” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  7. 7.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) software (b) hardware
  8. 8.Which of these is done in a presentation program? (a) colouring a picture (b) writing a story (c) typing a letter (d) making slides for a talk
  9. 9.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) opens a website (b) starts up the computer (c) shares memory among apps (d) talks to the devices
  10. 10.🖥️ What is the software that starts and runs the whole computer? (a) a web browser (b) an operating system (c) a paint program (d) a word processor
  11. 11.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a presentation program. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) shares memory among apps (b) draws a picture (c) starts up the computer (d) runs the other programs
  13. 13.True or false: “shares memory among apps” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) manages all the files (b) types a letter (c) adds up marks (d) plays a song
  15. 15.True or false: “opens a website” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🖥️ Who does this job: “types a letter” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  17. 17.🧰 Which program would you use for adding up marks? (a) a paint program (b) a web browser (c) a presentation program (d) a spreadsheet
  18. 18.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) types a letter (b) plays a game (c) starts up the computer (d) draws a picture
  19. 19.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) making a budget table (b) opening a website (c) colouring a picture (d) writing a story
  20. 20.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) draws a picture (b) plays a song (c) adds up marks (d) shows the desktop
  21. 21.🧰 Which program would you use for drawing a kite? (a) a word processor (b) a web browser (c) a spreadsheet (d) a paint program
  22. 22.True or false: opening a website is done in a web browser. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) making a budget table (b) opening a website (c) drawing a kite (d) typing a letter
  24. 24.🧰 Which program would you use for opening a website? (a) a web browser (b) a paint program (c) a word processor (d) a presentation program
  25. 25.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a paint program. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a song” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  27. 27.True or false: opening a website is done in a word processor. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🖥️ Who does this job: “manages all the files” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  29. 29.True or false: “adds up marks” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🖥️ Who does this job: “opens a website” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  31. 31.True or false: “runs the other programs” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) writing a story (b) opening a website (c) adding up marks (d) typing a letter
  33. 33.True or false: typing a letter is done in a word processor. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: writing a story is done in a presentation program. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “adds up marks” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🖥️ Who does this job: “shares memory among apps” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  37. 37.True or false: “talks to the devices” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “shows the desktop” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “starts up the computer” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “draws a picture” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. runs the other programs
  2. a presentation program
  3. talks to the devices
  4. plays a song
  5. True
  6. the operating system
  7. software
  8. making slides for a talk
  9. opens a website
  10. an operating system
  11. True
  12. draws a picture
  13. True
  14. manages all the files
  15. False
  16. an app
  17. a spreadsheet
  18. starts up the computer
  19. colouring a picture
  20. shows the desktop
  21. a paint program
  22. True
  23. drawing a kite
  24. a web browser
  25. True
  26. an app
  27. False
  28. the operating system
  29. False
  30. an app
  31. True
  32. adding up marks
  33. True
  34. False
  35. True
  36. the operating system
  37. True
  38. False
  39. True
  40. False

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