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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 199 · 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) draws a picture (b) adds up marks (c) starts up the computer (d) opens a website
  2. 2.True or false: “runs the other programs” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🖥️ Who does this job: “runs the other programs” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  4. 4.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a presentation program. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: adding up marks is done in a spreadsheet. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🧰 Which program would you use for opening a website? (a) a web browser (b) a presentation program (c) a word processor (d) a paint program
  7. 7.🧰 Which program would you use for drawing a kite? (a) a word processor (b) a presentation program (c) a spreadsheet (d) a paint program
  8. 8.🧰 Which program would you use for colouring a picture? (a) a paint program (b) a spreadsheet (c) a presentation program (d) a word processor
  9. 9.True or false: “talks to the devices” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🖥️ Who does this job: “talks to the devices” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  11. 11.True or false: writing a story is done in a word processor. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) colouring a picture (b) typing a letter (c) drawing a kite (d) making a budget table
  13. 13.🧰 Which program would you use for adding up marks? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a paint program (c) a web browser (d) a word processor
  14. 14.🧰 Which program would you use for typing a letter? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a web browser (c) a paint program (d) a word processor
  15. 15.🖥️ Who does this job: “opens a website” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  16. 16.Which of these is done in a presentation program? (a) writing a story (b) making slides for a talk (c) opening a website (d) adding up marks
  17. 17.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) shares memory among apps (b) opens a website (c) runs the other programs (d) talks to the devices
  18. 18.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) shows the desktop (b) adds up marks (c) talks to the devices (d) runs the other programs
  19. 19.True or false: “plays a game” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🖥️ Who does this job: “manages all the files” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  21. 21.🧰 Which program would you use for making slides for a talk? (a) a presentation program (b) a web browser (c) a spreadsheet (d) a paint program
  22. 22.🧰 Which program would you use for writing a story? (a) a word processor (b) a spreadsheet (c) a paint program (d) a presentation program
  23. 23.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) adding up marks (b) opening a website (c) making slides for a talk (d) drawing a kite
  24. 24.True or false: typing a letter is done in a word processor. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🖥️ What is the software that starts and runs the whole computer? (a) a word processor (b) a paint program (c) a web browser (d) an operating system
  26. 26.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) only at night (b) as the computer starts (c) after we print (d) when we sneeze
  27. 27.True or false: “shares memory among apps” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: writing a story is done in a web browser. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “types a letter” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “manages all the files” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “plays a song” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is done in a web browser? (a) writing a story (b) colouring a picture (c) typing a letter (d) opening a website
  33. 33.🖥️ Who does this job: “draws a picture” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  34. 34.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a word processor. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a word processor. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧰 Which program would you use for making a budget table? (a) a word processor (b) a spreadsheet (c) a web browser (d) a paint program
  37. 37.🖥️ Who does this job: “shows the desktop” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  38. 38.True or false: adding up marks is done in a web browser. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “types a letter” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a song” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app

Answer key

  1. starts up the computer
  2. True
  3. the operating system
  4. True
  5. True
  6. a web browser
  7. a paint program
  8. a paint program
  9. False
  10. the operating system
  11. True
  12. typing a letter
  13. a spreadsheet
  14. a word processor
  15. an app
  16. making slides for a talk
  17. opens a website
  18. adds up marks
  19. False
  20. the operating system
  21. a presentation program
  22. a word processor
  23. drawing a kite
  24. True
  25. an operating system
  26. as the computer starts
  27. False
  28. False
  29. False
  30. True
  31. False
  32. opening a website
  33. an app
  34. False
  35. False
  36. a spreadsheet
  37. the operating system
  38. False
  39. True
  40. an app

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