Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 229 · 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.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) starts up the computer (b) manages all the files (c) draws a picture (d) shows the desktop
2. 2.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) plays a song (b) opens a website (c) plays a game (d) runs the other programs
3. 3.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) as the computer starts (b) only at night (c) after we print (d) when we sneeze
4. 4.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) opens a website (b) types a letter (c) starts up the computer (d) plays a game
5. 5.True or false: “starts up the computer” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) types a letter (b) manages all the files (c) opens a website (d) draws a picture
7. 7.🧰 Which program would you use for writing a story? (a) a web browser (b) a word processor (c) a paint program (d) a spreadsheet
8. 8.🧰 Which program would you use for typing a letter? (a) a word processor (b) a presentation program (c) a web browser (d) a paint program
9. 9.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) software (b) hardware
10. 10.🖥️ Who does this job: “runs the other programs” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
11. 11.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) plays a song (b) types a letter (c) draws a picture (d) shows the desktop
12. 12.Which of these is done in a web browser? (a) adding up marks (b) opening a website (c) typing a letter (d) drawing a kite
13. 13.🖥️ Who does this job: “shows the desktop” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
14. 14.🧰 Which program would you use for making slides for a talk? (a) a presentation program (b) a web browser (c) a spreadsheet (d) a word processor
15. 15.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a presentation program. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧰 Which program would you use for drawing a kite? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a presentation program (c) a word processor (d) a paint program
17. 17.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a song” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
18. 18.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) opening a website (b) writing a story (c) colouring a picture (d) making a budget table
19. 19.🧰 Which program would you use for colouring a picture? (a) a web browser (b) a presentation program (c) a word processor (d) a paint program
20. 20.True or false: adding up marks is done in a word processor. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is done in a presentation program? (a) writing a story (b) drawing a kite (c) making slides for a talk (d) typing a letter
22. 22.🖥️ What is the software that starts and runs the whole computer? (a) a web browser (b) a paint program (c) a word processor (d) an operating system
23. 23.🧰 Which program would you use for adding up marks? (a) a web browser (b) a spreadsheet (c) a word processor (d) a paint program
24. 24.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) writing a story (b) typing a letter (c) drawing a kite (d) making slides for a talk
25. 25.True or false: making a budget table is done in a spreadsheet. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧰 Which program would you use for opening a website? (a) a web browser (b) a presentation program (c) a paint program (d) a spreadsheet
27. 27.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a game” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
28. 28.True or false: “runs the other programs” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🖥️ Who does this job: “starts up the computer” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
30. 30.True or false: “shares memory among apps” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: typing a letter is done in a word processor. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) colouring a picture (b) typing a letter (c) making a budget table (d) adding up marks
33. 33.True or false: typing a letter is done in a paint program. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “adds up marks” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “runs the other programs” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) writing a story (b) typing a letter (c) colouring a picture (d) opening a website
37. 37.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a paint program. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) starts up the computer (b) types a letter (c) shares memory among apps (d) talks to the devices
39. 39.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) manages all the files (b) plays a song (c) talks to the devices (d) shows the desktop
40. 40.🖥️ Who does this job: “opens a website” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app

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