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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 195 · 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) opens a website (b) plays a game (c) starts up the computer (d) draws a picture
  2. 2.Which of these is done in a presentation program? (a) opening a website (b) making slides for a talk (c) typing a letter (d) drawing a kite
  3. 3.🖥️ What is the software that starts and runs the whole computer? (a) a web browser (b) a word processor (c) a paint program (d) an operating system
  4. 4.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) types a letter (b) manages all the files (c) shares memory among apps (d) runs the other programs
  5. 5.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) plays a song (b) opens a website (c) talks to the devices (d) adds up marks
  6. 6.🧰 Which program would you use for adding up marks? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a paint program (c) a word processor (d) a presentation program
  7. 7.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) adds up marks (b) shows the desktop (c) plays a game (d) plays a song
  8. 8.🖥️ Who does this job: “manages all the files” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  9. 9.🧰 Which program would you use for colouring a picture? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a paint program (c) a web browser (d) a word processor
  10. 10.True or false: typing a letter is done in a web browser. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) manages all the files (b) plays a game (c) starts up the computer (d) shares memory among apps
  12. 12.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) opens a website (b) shares memory among apps (c) adds up marks (d) draws a picture
  13. 13.🖥️ Who does this job: “starts up the computer” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  14. 14.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) starts up the computer (b) shares memory among apps (c) manages all the files (d) draws a picture
  15. 15.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) when we sneeze (b) after we print (c) only at night (d) as the computer starts
  16. 16.🧰 Which program would you use for making slides for a talk? (a) a word processor (b) a paint program (c) a spreadsheet (d) a presentation program
  17. 17.🧰 Which program would you use for opening a website? (a) a word processor (b) a web browser (c) a presentation program (d) a spreadsheet
  18. 18.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) making slides for a talk (b) typing a letter (c) opening a website (d) making a budget table
  19. 19.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a presentation program. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🖥️ Who does this job: “shows the desktop” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  21. 21.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a song” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  22. 22.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) hardware (b) software
  23. 23.🧰 Which program would you use for writing a story? (a) a word processor (b) a web browser (c) a spreadsheet (d) a paint program
  24. 24.🖥️ Who does this job: “adds up marks” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  25. 25.🧰 Which program would you use for making a budget table? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a word processor (c) a web browser (d) a paint program
  26. 26.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) runs the other programs (b) types a letter (c) plays a song (d) plays a game
  27. 27.True or false: drawing a kite is done in a paint program. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🖥️ Who does this job: “talks to the devices” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  29. 29.🖥️ Who does this job: “runs the other programs” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  30. 30.True or false: “plays a song” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is done in a web browser? (a) adding up marks (b) opening a website (c) typing a letter (d) making a budget table
  32. 32.True or false: “adds up marks” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: drawing a kite is done in a web browser. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) adding up marks (b) drawing a kite (c) opening a website (d) typing a letter
  35. 35.🖥️ Who does this job: “types a letter” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  36. 36.True or false: making a budget table is done in a spreadsheet. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🖥️ Who does this job: “draws a picture” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  38. 38.🧰 Which program would you use for drawing a kite? (a) a presentation program (b) a word processor (c) a paint program (d) a spreadsheet
  39. 39.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a paint program. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) manages all the files (b) starts up the computer (c) adds up marks (d) shares memory among apps

Answer key

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

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