Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 252 · 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 the operating system? (a) types a letter (b) plays a game (c) opens a website (d) starts up the computer
2. 2.🧰 Which program would you use for colouring a picture? (a) a paint program (b) a word processor (c) a web browser (d) a spreadsheet
3. 3.🖥️ Who does this job: “shows the desktop” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
4. 4.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) shows the desktop (b) types a letter (c) plays a song (d) adds up marks
5. 5.True or false: “talks to the devices” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.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) plays a song
7. 7.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) software (b) hardware
8. 8.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) starts up the computer (b) types a letter (c) shows the desktop (d) talks to the devices
9. 9.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) adding up marks (b) typing a letter (c) making slides for a talk (d) drawing a kite
10. 10.🖥️ What is the software that starts and runs the whole computer? (a) a paint program (b) a web browser (c) an operating system (d) a word processor
11. 11.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) opening a website (b) writing a story (c) making a budget table (d) drawing a kite
12. 12.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) drawing a kite (b) adding up marks (c) making a budget table (d) typing a letter
13. 13.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a paint program. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: adding up marks is done in a spreadsheet. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) adds up marks (b) talks to the devices (c) types a letter (d) draws a picture
16. 16.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) plays a game (b) manages all the files (c) plays a song (d) draws a picture
17. 17.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) writing a story (b) making slides for a talk (c) colouring a picture (d) making a budget table
18. 18.🧰 Which program would you use for typing a letter? (a) a web browser (b) a presentation program (c) a spreadsheet (d) a word processor
19. 19.True or false: writing a story is done in a word processor. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🖥️ Who does this job: “starts up the computer” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
21. 21.🖥️ Who does this job: “talks to the devices” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
22. 22.🧰 Which program would you use for opening a website? (a) a web browser (b) a presentation program (c) a paint program (d) a word processor
23. 23.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) shows the desktop (b) talks to the devices (c) opens a website (d) shares memory among apps
24. 24.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) types a letter (b) opens a website (c) shares memory among apps (d) adds up marks
25. 25.🖥️ Who does this job: “runs the other programs” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
26. 26.Which of these is done in a presentation program? (a) making slides for a talk (b) opening a website (c) colouring a picture (d) typing a letter
27. 27.True or false: opening a website is done in a web browser. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a spreadsheet. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧰 Which program would you use for adding up marks? (a) a presentation program (b) a spreadsheet (c) a web browser (d) a word processor
30. 30.Which of these is done in a web browser? (a) adding up marks (b) writing a story (c) opening a website (d) making slides for a talk
31. 31.🖥️ Who does this job: “adds up marks” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
32. 32.True or false: “shows the desktop” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🖥️ Who does this job: “manages all the files” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
34. 34.True or false: “manages all the files” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) starts up the computer (b) manages all the files (c) runs the other programs (d) draws a picture
36. 36.True or false: “runs the other programs” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “starts up the computer” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🖥️ Who does this job: “draws a picture” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
39. 39.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a word processor. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) plays a song (b) plays a game (c) runs the other programs (d) draws a picture

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