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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

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

Answer key

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

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