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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 464 · 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 writing a story? (a) a word processor (b) a paint program (c) a web browser (d) a presentation program
  2. 2.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) hardware (b) software
  3. 3.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a presentation program. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🧰 Which program would you use for drawing a kite? (a) a paint program (b) a spreadsheet (c) a presentation program (d) a word processor
  5. 5.🧰 Which program would you use for adding up marks? (a) a web browser (b) a presentation program (c) a word processor (d) a spreadsheet
  6. 6.🧰 Which program would you use for opening a website? (a) a presentation program (b) a paint program (c) a web browser (d) a word processor
  7. 7.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) draws a picture (b) runs the other programs (c) starts up the computer (d) shows the desktop
  8. 8.True or false: “talks to the devices” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: “adds up marks” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🖥️ Who does this job: “opens a website” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  11. 11.🧰 Which program would you use for making a budget table? (a) a word processor (b) a presentation program (c) a spreadsheet (d) a paint program
  12. 12.True or false: “talks to the devices” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) adds up marks (b) shows the desktop (c) shares memory among apps (d) manages all the files
  14. 14.True or false: “starts up the computer” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🖥️ Who does this job: “starts up the computer” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  16. 16.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) manages all the files (b) plays a game (c) shows the desktop (d) shares memory among apps
  17. 17.True or false: “draws a picture” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: “manages all the files” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) adding up marks (b) drawing a kite (c) making slides for a talk (d) typing a letter
  20. 20.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) draws a picture (b) plays a game (c) manages all the files (d) opens a website
  21. 21.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) types a letter (b) draws a picture (c) plays a song (d) talks to the devices
  22. 22.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) when we sneeze (b) only at night (c) after we print (d) as the computer starts
  23. 23.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) making a budget table (b) writing a story (c) opening a website (d) drawing a kite
  24. 24.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) colouring a picture (b) typing a letter (c) making slides for a talk (d) opening a website
  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 an app? (a) shares memory among apps (b) types a letter (c) starts up the computer (d) runs the other programs
  27. 27.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) draws a picture (b) shows the desktop (c) types a letter (d) adds up marks
  28. 28.Which of these is done in a presentation program? (a) colouring a picture (b) making slides for a talk (c) adding up marks (d) opening a website
  29. 29.🖥️ What is the software that starts and runs the whole computer? (a) a paint program (b) a web browser (c) a word processor (d) an operating system
  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.True or false: “draws a picture” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “plays a game” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: opening a website is done in a web browser. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is done in a web browser? (a) drawing a kite (b) colouring a picture (c) typing a letter (d) opening a website
  35. 35.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) starts up the computer (b) shares memory among apps (c) manages all the files (d) opens a website
  36. 36.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a word processor. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) colouring a picture (b) making a budget table (c) adding up marks (d) writing a story
  38. 38.True or false: “starts up the computer” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: making a budget table is done in a presentation program. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🖥️ Who does this job: “talks to the devices” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system

Answer key

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

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