Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 279 · 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 done in a spreadsheet? (a) colouring a picture (b) adding up marks (c) making slides for a talk (d) writing a story
2. 2.🧰 Which program would you use for drawing a kite? (a) a paint program (b) a presentation program (c) a word processor (d) a web browser
3. 3.True or false: “types a letter” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.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
5. 5.True or false: “manages all the files” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “starts up the computer” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is done in a web browser? (a) adding up marks (b) typing a letter (c) opening a website (d) making a budget table
8. 8.🖥️ Who does this job: “types a letter” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
9. 9.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) colouring a picture (b) drawing a kite (c) writing a story (d) making a budget table
10. 10.🖥️ What is the software that starts and runs the whole computer? (a) an operating system (b) a web browser (c) a word processor (d) a paint program
11. 11.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) after we print (b) as the computer starts (c) only at night (d) when we sneeze
12. 12.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) software (b) hardware
13. 13.🧰 Which program would you use for making a budget table? (a) a paint program (b) a presentation program (c) a spreadsheet (d) a web browser
14. 14.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) starts up the computer (b) types a letter (c) plays a game (d) opens a website
15. 15.Which of these is done in a presentation program? (a) drawing a kite (b) adding up marks (c) making slides for a talk (d) writing a story
16. 16.True or false: “shares memory among apps” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “talks to the devices” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) typing a letter (b) writing a story (c) drawing a kite (d) opening a website
19. 19.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) drawing a kite (b) opening a website (c) colouring a picture (d) typing a letter
20. 20.🧰 Which program would you use for writing a story? (a) a paint program (b) a web browser (c) a presentation program (d) a word processor
21. 21.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a game” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
22. 22.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) shows the desktop (b) manages all the files (c) runs the other programs (d) draws a picture
23. 23.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a paint program. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) plays a song (b) adds up marks (c) types a letter (d) manages all the files
25. 25.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) opening a website (b) writing a story (c) colouring a picture (d) drawing a kite
26. 26.True or false: making a budget table is done in a presentation program. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧰 Which program would you use for colouring a picture? (a) a paint program (b) a spreadsheet (c) a web browser (d) a word processor
28. 28.🖥️ Who does this job: “opens a website” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
29. 29.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a presentation program. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🖥️ Who does this job: “shares memory among apps” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
31. 31.True or false: writing a story is done in a spreadsheet. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) opens a website (b) shows the desktop (c) types a letter (d) draws a picture
33. 33.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a paint program. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🖥️ Who does this job: “shows the desktop” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
35. 35.🧰 Which program would you use for making slides for a talk? (a) a paint program (b) a web browser (c) a spreadsheet (d) a presentation program
36. 36.True or false: “starts up the computer” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “manages all the files” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🖥️ Who does this job: “manages all the files” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
39. 39.True or false: “shares memory among apps” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🖥️ Who does this job: “starts up the computer” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app

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