Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 389 · 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.🖥️ What is the software that starts and runs the whole computer? (a) a paint program (b) a web browser (c) an operating system (d) a word processor
2. 2.🧰 Which program would you use for making slides for a talk? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a web browser (c) a presentation program (d) a word processor
3. 3.🖥️ Who does this job: “draws a picture” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
4. 4.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) writing a story (b) colouring a picture (c) making a budget table (d) making slides for a talk
5. 5.True or false: “shares memory among apps” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧰 Which program would you use for writing a story? (a) a presentation program (b) a web browser (c) a spreadsheet (d) a word processor
7. 7.True or false: making a budget table is done in a spreadsheet. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧰 Which program would you use for opening a website? (a) a web browser (b) a spreadsheet (c) a paint program (d) a word processor
9. 9.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) adds up marks (b) shows the desktop (c) plays a song (d) plays a game
10. 10.🖥️ Who does this job: “opens a website” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
11. 11.🖥️ Who does this job: “manages all the files” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
12. 12.🖥️ Who does this job: “shows the desktop” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
13. 13.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) writing a story (b) drawing a kite (c) typing a letter (d) opening a website
14. 14.True or false: “manages all the files” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: typing a letter is done in a spreadsheet. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) when we sneeze (b) after we print (c) only at night (d) as the computer starts
17. 17.Which of these is done in a presentation program? (a) making slides for a talk (b) adding up marks (c) typing a letter (d) opening a website
18. 18.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) drawing a kite (b) colouring a picture (c) making slides for a talk (d) typing a letter
19. 19.True or false: “types a letter” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “plays a song” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) software (b) hardware
22. 22.🧰 Which program would you use for typing a letter? (a) a word processor (b) a presentation program (c) a spreadsheet (d) a web browser
23. 23.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a presentation program. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) plays a game (b) draws a picture (c) runs the other programs (d) opens a website
25. 25.Which of these is done in a web browser? (a) drawing a kite (b) colouring a picture (c) opening a website (d) writing a story
26. 26.True or false: “runs the other programs” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “shares memory among apps” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
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.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) opening a website (b) making slides for a talk (c) writing a story (d) making a budget table
30. 30.🖥️ Who does this job: “shares memory among apps” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
31. 31.🖥️ Who does this job: “types a letter” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
32. 32.🧰 Which program would you use for drawing a kite? (a) a word processor (b) a web browser (c) a paint program (d) a spreadsheet
33. 33.True or false: typing a letter is done in a word processor. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) talks to the devices (b) opens a website (c) adds up marks (d) draws a picture
35. 35.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) starts up the computer (b) plays a game (c) types a letter (d) adds up marks
36. 36.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) runs the other programs (b) talks to the devices (c) plays a song (d) shares memory among apps
37. 37.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) talks to the devices (b) shares memory among apps (c) adds up marks (d) manages all the files
38. 38.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) starts up the computer (b) runs the other programs (c) plays a game (d) shares memory among apps
39. 39.True or false: “draws a picture” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “starts up the computer” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False

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