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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 455 · 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 opening a website? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a paint program (c) a presentation program (d) a web browser
  2. 2.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) drawing a kite (b) typing a letter (c) making slides for a talk (d) opening a website
  3. 3.True or false: “adds up marks” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is done in a web browser? (a) typing a letter (b) opening a website (c) drawing a kite (d) making slides for a talk
  5. 5.🧰 Which program would you use for making slides for a talk? (a) a web browser (b) a paint program (c) a presentation program (d) a word processor
  6. 6.🖥️ 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
  7. 7.🖥️ Who does this job: “draws a picture” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  8. 8.Which of these is done in a presentation program? (a) making a budget table (b) drawing a kite (c) making slides for a talk (d) writing a story
  9. 9.True or false: “shares memory among apps” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a game” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  11. 11.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) opens a website (b) adds up marks (c) talks to the devices (d) types a letter
  12. 12.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a presentation program. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🖥️ Who does this job: “shares memory among apps” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  14. 14.🖥️ Who does this job: “adds up marks” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  15. 15.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) only at night (b) as the computer starts (c) when we sneeze (d) after we print
  16. 16.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) drawing a kite (b) colouring a picture (c) adding up marks (d) making slides for a talk
  17. 17.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) making slides for a talk (b) writing a story (c) colouring a picture (d) drawing a kite
  18. 18.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) hardware (b) software
  19. 19.🧰 Which program would you use for writing a story? (a) a presentation program (b) a word processor (c) a spreadsheet (d) a paint program
  20. 20.True or false: making a budget table is done in a spreadsheet. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧰 Which program would you use for colouring a picture? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a presentation program (c) a paint program (d) a word processor
  22. 22.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) shows the desktop (b) shares memory among apps (c) manages all the files (d) plays a game
  23. 23.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) opens a website (b) starts up the computer (c) shares memory among apps (d) manages all the files
  24. 24.🖥️ Who does this job: “talks to the devices” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  25. 25.True or false: “manages all the files” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) plays a song (b) runs the other programs (c) shows the desktop (d) talks to the devices
  27. 27.🧰 Which program would you use for typing a letter? (a) a word processor (b) a paint program (c) a web browser (d) a spreadsheet
  28. 28.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a song” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  29. 29.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) starts up the computer (b) plays a game (c) opens a website (d) adds up marks
  30. 30.🧰 Which program would you use for drawing a kite? (a) a word processor (b) a spreadsheet (c) a paint program (d) a web browser
  31. 31.True or false: opening a website is done in a web browser. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a word processor. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧰 Which program would you use for adding up marks? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a word processor (c) a web browser (d) a presentation program
  34. 34.🖥️ Who does this job: “types a letter” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  35. 35.True or false: “plays a game” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) manages all the files (b) draws a picture (c) plays a game (d) opens a website
  37. 37.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) manages all the files (b) shares memory among apps (c) draws a picture (d) runs the other programs
  38. 38.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) opening a website (b) making a budget table (c) colouring a picture (d) typing a letter
  39. 39.True or false: adding up marks is done in a paint program. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “draws a picture” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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