Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 332 · 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) manages all the files (b) talks to the devices (c) shows the desktop (d) types a letter
2. 2.🖥️ Who does this job: “shares memory among apps” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
3. 3.🧰 Which program would you use for making slides for a talk? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a presentation program (c) a web browser (d) a paint program
4. 4.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) manages all the files (b) talks to the devices (c) draws a picture (d) shares memory among apps
5. 5.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) plays a song (b) draws a picture (c) adds up marks (d) runs the other programs
6. 6.🖥️ Who does this job: “manages all the files” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
7. 7.Which of these is done in a presentation program? (a) adding up marks (b) opening a website (c) writing a story (d) making slides for a talk
8. 8.True or false: “adds up marks” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) hardware (b) software
10. 10.🖥️ Who does this job: “shows the desktop” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
11. 11.True or false: “shows the desktop” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: typing a letter is done in a word processor. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a song” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
14. 14.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a presentation program. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🖥️ 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
16. 16.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) shares memory among apps (b) runs the other programs (c) shows the desktop (d) adds up marks
17. 17.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) draws a picture (b) opens a website (c) starts up the computer (d) plays a game
18. 18.True or false: “starts up the computer” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is done in a web browser? (a) opening a website (b) making slides for a talk (c) drawing a kite (d) typing a letter
20. 20.True or false: “draws a picture” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🖥️ Who does this job: “types a letter” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
22. 22.🧰 Which program would you use for drawing a kite? (a) a web browser (b) a paint program (c) a presentation program (d) a word processor
23. 23.True or false: drawing a kite is done in a web browser. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🧰 Which program would you use for making a budget table? (a) a presentation program (b) a paint program (c) a spreadsheet (d) a web browser
25. 25.🖥️ Who does this job: “adds up marks” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
26. 26.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) as the computer starts (b) after we print (c) when we sneeze (d) only at night
27. 27.🖥️ Who does this job: “starts up the computer” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
28. 28.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) starts up the computer (b) talks to the devices (c) shows the desktop (d) plays a song
29. 29.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a word processor. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) typing a letter (b) colouring a picture (c) making a budget table (d) making slides for a talk
31. 31.🧰 Which program would you use for writing a story? (a) a paint program (b) a web browser (c) a word processor (d) a spreadsheet
32. 32.True or false: “plays a song” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🖥️ Who does this job: “talks to the devices” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
34. 34.True or false: “runs the other programs” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) runs the other programs (b) talks to the devices (c) starts up the computer (d) opens a website
36. 36.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) adding up marks (b) making slides for a talk (c) typing a letter (d) drawing a kite
37. 37.🧰 Which program would you use for colouring a picture? (a) a word processor (b) a presentation program (c) a paint program (d) a spreadsheet
38. 38.True or false: “plays a game” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: opening a website is done in a word processor. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: making a budget table is done in a word processor. (a) False (b) True

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