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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 422 · 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) making a budget table (c) writing a story (d) colouring a picture
  2. 2.True or false: “manages all the files” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: “plays a song” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) opens a website (b) types a letter (c) runs the other programs (d) draws a picture
  5. 5.True or false: “opens a website” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🧰 Which program would you use for making slides for a talk? (a) a web browser (b) a presentation program (c) a word processor (d) a paint program
  7. 7.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) draws a picture (b) opens a website (c) manages all the files (d) adds up marks
  8. 8.🖥️ Who does this job: “opens a website” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  9. 9.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) making slides for a talk (b) typing a letter (c) opening a website (d) adding up marks
  10. 10.True or false: “runs the other programs” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🖥️ What is the software that starts and runs the whole computer? (a) a paint program (b) a word processor (c) a web browser (d) an operating system
  12. 12.True or false: “starts up the computer” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) adding up marks (b) colouring a picture (c) opening a website (d) making a budget table
  14. 14.🖥️ Who does this job: “manages all the files” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  15. 15.🖥️ Who does this job: “types a letter” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  16. 16.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) after we print (b) as the computer starts (c) when we sneeze (d) only at night
  17. 17.Which of these is done in a presentation program? (a) colouring a picture (b) making slides for a talk (c) making a budget table (d) opening a website
  18. 18.Which of these is done in a web browser? (a) making slides for a talk (b) typing a letter (c) adding up marks (d) opening a website
  19. 19.🧰 Which program would you use for drawing a kite? (a) a paint program (b) a web browser (c) a word processor (d) a presentation program
  20. 20.True or false: “plays a game” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a song” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  22. 22.🧰 Which program would you use for opening a website? (a) a word processor (b) a presentation program (c) a web browser (d) a paint program
  23. 23.True or false: “manages all the files” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: typing a letter is done in a word processor. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🖥️ Who does this job: “adds up marks” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  26. 26.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) types a letter (b) adds up marks (c) draws a picture (d) shows the desktop
  27. 27.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a presentation program. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) shares memory among apps (b) plays a song (c) talks to the devices (d) runs the other programs
  29. 29.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a web browser. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “talks to the devices” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧰 Which program would you use for colouring a picture? (a) a presentation program (b) a paint program (c) a word processor (d) a web browser
  32. 32.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) drawing a kite (b) writing a story (c) adding up marks (d) typing a letter
  33. 33.🧰 Which program would you use for writing a story? (a) a paint program (b) a spreadsheet (c) a word processor (d) a web browser
  34. 34.🧰 Which program would you use for typing a letter? (a) a web browser (b) a word processor (c) a presentation program (d) a spreadsheet
  35. 35.True or false: typing a letter is done in a spreadsheet. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “plays a game” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: drawing a kite is done in a paint program. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🖥️ Who does this job: “shares memory among apps” — 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) talks to the devices (b) opens a website (c) draws a picture (d) types a letter
  40. 40.True or false: writing a story is done in a web browser. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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