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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 354 · 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.🖥️ Who does this job: “talks to the devices” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  2. 2.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) making slides for a talk (b) opening a website (c) adding up marks (d) colouring a picture
  3. 3.True or false: “talks to the devices” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a presentation program. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) making a budget table (b) colouring a picture (c) typing a letter (d) writing a story
  6. 6.🖥️ Who does this job: “shows the desktop” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  7. 7.🖥️ What is the software that starts and runs the whole computer? (a) a paint program (b) a word processor (c) an operating system (d) a web browser
  8. 8.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) opens a website (b) plays a game (c) runs the other programs (d) plays a song
  9. 9.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) shares memory among apps (b) starts up the computer (c) talks to the devices (d) types a letter
  10. 10.Which of these is done in a presentation program? (a) making slides for a talk (b) typing a letter (c) opening a website (d) adding up marks
  11. 11.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a paint program. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) only at night (b) after we print (c) when we sneeze (d) as the computer starts
  13. 13.True or false: “shares memory among apps” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: “opens a website” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) software (b) hardware
  16. 16.True or false: adding up marks is done in a presentation program. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🖥️ Who does this job: “manages all the files” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  18. 18.🖥️ Who does this job: “opens a website” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  19. 19.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a web browser. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a presentation program. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🖥️ Who does this job: “draws a picture” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  22. 22.True or false: drawing a kite is done in a paint program. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.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
  24. 24.True or false: “manages all the files” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) typing a letter (b) colouring a picture (c) drawing a kite (d) making a budget table
  26. 26.True or false: typing a letter is done in a presentation program. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🖥️ Who does this job: “types a letter” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  28. 28.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) opens a website (b) adds up marks (c) plays a game (d) manages all the files
  29. 29.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) plays a game (b) starts up the computer (c) plays a song (d) types a letter
  30. 30.🖥️ Who does this job: “runs the other programs” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  31. 31.True or false: “plays a game” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🧰 Which program would you use for making slides for a talk? (a) a word processor (b) a spreadsheet (c) a paint program (d) a presentation program
  33. 33.🧰 Which program would you use for adding up marks? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a web browser (c) a word processor (d) a presentation program
  34. 34.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a song” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  35. 35.True or false: “adds up marks” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) plays a song (b) opens a website (c) shows the desktop (d) plays a game
  37. 37.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a game” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  38. 38.True or false: typing a letter is done in a word processor. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a spreadsheet. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧰 Which program would you use for making a budget table? (a) a word processor (b) a presentation program (c) a spreadsheet (d) a paint program

Answer key

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

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