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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 344 · 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 an app? (a) runs the other programs (b) talks to the devices (c) shares memory among apps (d) plays a song
  2. 2.True or false: drawing a kite is done in a paint program. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🧰 Which program would you use for writing a story? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a presentation program (c) a word processor (d) a paint program
  4. 4.True or false: “plays a song” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: “shows the desktop” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) software (b) hardware
  7. 7.True or false: “plays a game” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) starts up the computer (b) talks to the devices (c) plays a game (d) shares memory among apps
  9. 9.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) colouring a picture (b) writing a story (c) opening a website (d) making a budget table
  10. 10.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a spreadsheet. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🖥️ Who does this job: “draws a picture” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  12. 12.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) shows the desktop (b) types a letter (c) draws a picture (d) opens a website
  13. 13.🖥️ 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
  14. 14.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) opens a website (b) shares memory among apps (c) starts up the computer (d) runs the other programs
  15. 15.True or false: “manages all the files” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: opening a website is done in a web browser. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: drawing a kite is done in a word processor. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is done in a presentation program? (a) colouring a picture (b) adding up marks (c) making slides for a talk (d) writing a story
  19. 19.True or false: writing a story is done in a paint program. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧰 Which program would you use for opening a website? (a) a web browser (b) a paint program (c) a spreadsheet (d) a word processor
  21. 21.True or false: making a budget table is done in a spreadsheet. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) adds up marks (b) types a letter (c) starts up the computer (d) draws a picture
  23. 23.True or false: making a budget table is done in a word processor. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) runs the other programs (b) types a letter (c) draws a picture (d) adds up marks
  25. 25.Which of these is done in a web browser? (a) making a budget table (b) writing a story (c) adding up marks (d) opening a website
  26. 26.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) opening a website (b) typing a letter (c) drawing a kite (d) making slides for a talk
  27. 27.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) only at night (b) as the computer starts (c) after we print (d) when we sneeze
  28. 28.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) draws a picture (b) opens a website (c) adds up marks (d) manages all the files
  29. 29.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a paint program. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) typing a letter (b) colouring a picture (c) opening a website (d) adding up marks
  31. 31.🖥️ Who does this job: “shows the desktop” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  32. 32.🧰 Which program would you use for drawing a kite? (a) a word processor (b) a presentation program (c) a spreadsheet (d) a paint program
  33. 33.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a paint program. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: “adds up marks” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) shares memory among apps (b) manages all the files (c) starts up the computer (d) draws a picture
  36. 36.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) draws a picture (b) plays a song (c) adds up marks (d) talks to the devices
  37. 37.True or false: “starts up the computer” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a song” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  39. 39.True or false: “starts up the computer” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧰 Which program would you use for typing a letter? (a) a presentation program (b) a word processor (c) a web browser (d) a paint program

Answer key

  1. plays a song
  2. True
  3. a word processor
  4. True
  5. False
  6. software
  7. True
  8. plays a game
  9. writing a story
  10. False
  11. an app
  12. shows the desktop
  13. an operating system
  14. opens a website
  15. False
  16. True
  17. False
  18. making slides for a talk
  19. False
  20. a web browser
  21. True
  22. starts up the computer
  23. False
  24. runs the other programs
  25. opening a website
  26. drawing a kite
  27. as the computer starts
  28. manages all the files
  29. False
  30. typing a letter
  31. the operating system
  32. a paint program
  33. True
  34. True
  35. draws a picture
  36. talks to the devices
  37. True
  38. an app
  39. False
  40. a word processor

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