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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 284 · 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) adds up marks (c) runs the other programs (d) plays a game
  2. 2.True or false: “shows the desktop” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: “manages all the files” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is done in a presentation program? (a) typing a letter (b) adding up marks (c) writing a story (d) making slides for a talk
  5. 5.🖥️ What is the software that starts and runs the whole computer? (a) a web browser (b) an operating system (c) a word processor (d) a paint program
  6. 6.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) writing a story (b) opening a website (c) making a budget table (d) making slides for a talk
  7. 7.🧰 Which program would you use for opening a website? (a) a presentation program (b) a spreadsheet (c) a word processor (d) a web browser
  8. 8.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) shares memory among apps (b) opens a website (c) runs the other programs (d) manages all the files
  9. 9.True or false: “shares memory among apps” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: “plays a game” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧰 Which program would you use for making slides for a talk? (a) a word processor (b) a web browser (c) a spreadsheet (d) a presentation program
  12. 12.🖥️ Who does this job: “manages all the files” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  13. 13.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) starts up the computer (b) runs the other programs (c) shows the desktop (d) draws a picture
  14. 14.🧰 Which program would you use for writing a story? (a) a web browser (b) a paint program (c) a presentation program (d) a word processor
  15. 15.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) hardware (b) software
  16. 16.🖥️ Who does this job: “adds up marks” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  17. 17.True or false: “plays a song” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧰 Which program would you use for colouring a picture? (a) a word processor (b) a presentation program (c) a web browser (d) a paint program
  19. 19.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) typing a letter (b) writing a story (c) making slides for a talk (d) adding up marks
  20. 20.True or false: typing a letter is done in a paint program. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) opening a website (b) making slides for a talk (c) making a budget table (d) typing a letter
  22. 22.True or false: drawing a kite is done in a paint program. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧰 Which program would you use for typing a letter? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a paint program (c) a word processor (d) a web browser
  24. 24.Which of these is done in a web browser? (a) opening a website (b) colouring a picture (c) drawing a kite (d) writing a story
  25. 25.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a song” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  26. 26.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) manages all the files (b) plays a game (c) opens a website (d) draws a picture
  27. 27.True or false: “shares memory among apps” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: writing a story is done in a presentation program. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: writing a story is done in a paint program. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧰 Which program would you use for making a budget table? (a) a web browser (b) a paint program (c) a spreadsheet (d) a presentation program
  31. 31.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) shares memory among apps (b) runs the other programs (c) talks to the devices (d) types a letter
  32. 32.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a game” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  33. 33.🖥️ Who does this job: “shows the desktop” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  34. 34.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) starts up the computer (b) adds up marks (c) plays a song (d) plays a game
  35. 35.🖥️ Who does this job: “starts up the computer” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  36. 36.True or false: typing a letter is done in a presentation program. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) shares memory among apps (b) types a letter (c) plays a song (d) adds up marks
  38. 38.True or false: “adds up marks” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: drawing a kite is done in a web browser. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🖥️ Who does this job: “draws a picture” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system

Answer key

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

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