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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 374 · 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 done in a word processor? (a) adding up marks (b) writing a story (c) making a budget table (d) colouring a picture
  2. 2.🧰 Which program would you use for making a budget table? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a paint program (c) a word processor (d) a web browser
  3. 3.🖥️ Who does this job: “starts up the computer” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  4. 4.🖥️ What is the software that starts and runs the whole computer? (a) an operating system (b) a paint program (c) a web browser (d) a word processor
  5. 5.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a presentation program. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) hardware (b) software
  7. 7.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) plays a song (b) adds up marks (c) plays a game (d) shares memory among apps
  8. 8.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) draws a picture (b) adds up marks (c) manages all the files (d) plays a song
  9. 9.True or false: adding up marks is done in a spreadsheet. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) plays a song (b) talks to the devices (c) draws a picture (d) opens a website
  11. 11.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) types a letter (b) shows the desktop (c) manages all the files (d) runs the other programs
  12. 12.🧰 Which program would you use for typing a letter? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a web browser (c) a word processor (d) a paint program
  13. 13.🖥️ Who does this job: “shows the desktop” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  14. 14.True or false: “shows the desktop” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🖥️ Who does this job: “manages all the files” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  16. 16.True or false: drawing a kite is done in a paint program. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is done in a presentation program? (a) writing a story (b) colouring a picture (c) making slides for a talk (d) drawing a kite
  18. 18.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) talks to the devices (b) manages all the files (c) plays a song (d) runs the other programs
  19. 19.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) only at night (b) as the computer starts (c) when we sneeze (d) after we print
  20. 20.True or false: “shares memory among apps” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: typing a letter is done in a web browser. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🧰 Which program would you use for opening a website? (a) a web browser (b) a word processor (c) a paint program (d) a presentation program
  23. 23.Which of these is done in a web browser? (a) colouring a picture (b) drawing a kite (c) opening a website (d) typing a letter
  24. 24.🖥️ Who does this job: “runs the other programs” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  25. 25.True or false: making a budget table is done in a spreadsheet. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: “adds up marks” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧰 Which program would you use for drawing a kite? (a) a word processor (b) a presentation program (c) a paint program (d) a spreadsheet
  28. 28.True or false: “manages all the files” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) manages all the files (b) draws a picture (c) shows the desktop (d) shares memory among apps
  30. 30.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) making a budget table (b) colouring a picture (c) opening a website (d) typing a letter
  31. 31.🖥️ Who does this job: “talks to the devices” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  32. 32.🖥️ Who does this job: “opens a website” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  33. 33.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) talks to the devices (b) shares memory among apps (c) adds up marks (d) runs the other programs
  34. 34.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) drawing a kite (b) adding up marks (c) opening a website (d) colouring a picture
  35. 35.True or false: “types a letter” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) typing a letter (b) making slides for a talk (c) adding up marks (d) colouring a picture
  37. 37.🧰 Which program would you use for colouring a picture? (a) a paint program (b) a web browser (c) a spreadsheet (d) a word processor
  38. 38.🖥️ Who does this job: “draws a picture” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  39. 39.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) starts up the computer (b) types a letter (c) plays a game (d) draws a picture
  40. 40.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a song” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system

Answer key

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

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