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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 416 · 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 program would you use for drawing a kite? (a) a word processor (b) a spreadsheet (c) a presentation program (d) a paint program
  2. 2.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a spreadsheet. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) opening a website (b) writing a story (c) making slides for a talk (d) colouring a picture
  4. 4.🖥️ Who does this job: “shows the desktop” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  5. 5.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) manages all the files (b) opens a website (c) starts up the computer (d) shares memory among apps
  6. 6.True or false: writing a story is done in a paint program. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: “draws a picture” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) making slides for a talk (b) opening a website (c) typing a letter (d) colouring a picture
  9. 9.🖥️ Who does this job: “draws a picture” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  10. 10.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) hardware (b) software
  11. 11.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) talks to the devices (b) shares memory among apps (c) manages all the files (d) plays a game
  12. 12.🖥️ What is the software that starts and runs the whole computer? (a) a web browser (b) an operating system (c) a paint program (d) a word processor
  13. 13.🖥️ Who does this job: “shares memory among apps” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  14. 14.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) talks to the devices (b) runs the other programs (c) manages all the files (d) draws a picture
  15. 15.🧰 Which program would you use for writing a story? (a) a word processor (b) a presentation program (c) a web browser (d) a spreadsheet
  16. 16.True or false: typing a letter is done in a word processor. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: “starts up the computer” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a web browser. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: adding up marks is done in a spreadsheet. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧰 Which program would you use for typing a letter? (a) a presentation program (b) a word processor (c) a paint program (d) a spreadsheet
  21. 21.True or false: “plays a song” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) opening a website (b) writing a story (c) adding up marks (d) colouring a picture
  23. 23.🖥️ Who does this job: “adds up marks” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  24. 24.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) starts up the computer (b) manages all the files (c) types a letter (d) shares memory among apps
  25. 25.True or false: “runs the other programs” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: typing a letter is done in a web browser. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧰 Which program would you use for colouring a picture? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a word processor (c) a presentation program (d) a paint program
  28. 28.True or false: drawing a kite is done in a word processor. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) after we print (b) only at night (c) as the computer starts (d) when we sneeze
  30. 30.🖥️ Who does this job: “manages all the files” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  31. 31.True or false: “shows the desktop” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧰 Which program would you use for making a budget table? (a) a paint program (b) a spreadsheet (c) a word processor (d) a web browser
  33. 33.True or false: “manages all the files” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “types a letter” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🖥️ Who does this job: “starts up the computer” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  36. 36.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) plays a game (b) runs the other programs (c) types a letter (d) adds up marks
  37. 37.🖥️ Who does this job: “opens a website” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  38. 38.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a presentation program. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) shares memory among apps (b) draws a picture (c) plays a song (d) plays a game
  40. 40.Which of these is done in a presentation program? (a) colouring a picture (b) adding up marks (c) making slides for a talk (d) making a budget table

Answer key

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

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