Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 47 · 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.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a game” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
2. 2.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) opening a website (b) drawing a kite (c) adding up marks (d) making slides for a talk
3. 3.🖥️ What is the software that starts and runs the whole computer? (a) a web browser (b) a paint program (c) an operating system (d) a word processor
4. 4.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) after we print (b) only at night (c) as the computer starts (d) when we sneeze
5. 5.🖥️ Who does this job: “opens a website” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
6. 6.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) adding up marks (b) drawing a kite (c) making slides for a talk (d) writing a story
7. 7.True or false: opening a website is done in a spreadsheet. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧰 Which program would you use for drawing a kite? (a) a presentation program (b) a web browser (c) a word processor (d) a paint program
9. 9.🖥️ Who does this job: “types a letter” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
10. 10.True or false: “manages all the files” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) hardware (b) software
12. 12.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) types a letter (b) opens a website (c) runs the other programs (d) plays a game
13. 13.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) draws a picture (b) talks to the devices (c) opens a website (d) types a letter
14. 14.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) talks to the devices (b) shares memory among apps (c) opens a website (d) runs the other programs
15. 15.Which of these is done in a presentation program? (a) adding up marks (b) colouring a picture (c) making slides for a talk (d) writing a story
16. 16.True or false: “runs the other programs” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🖥️ Who does this job: “draws a picture” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
18. 18.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) talks to the devices (b) adds up marks (c) manages all the files (d) shows the desktop
19. 19.🧰 Which program would you use for making slides for a talk? (a) a paint program (b) a spreadsheet (c) a word processor (d) a presentation program
20. 20.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a song” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
21. 21.True or false: “shares memory among apps” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is done in a web browser? (a) opening a website (b) making a budget table (c) colouring a picture (d) drawing a kite
23. 23.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) drawing a kite (b) writing a story (c) opening a website (d) making a budget table
24. 24.True or false: making a budget table is done in a word processor. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🧰 Which program would you use for adding up marks? (a) a word processor (b) a paint program (c) a spreadsheet (d) a presentation program
26. 26.🖥️ Who does this job: “starts up the computer” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
27. 27.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) drawing a kite (b) writing a story (c) typing a letter (d) adding up marks
28. 28.True or false: “runs the other programs” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧰 Which program would you use for making a budget table? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a presentation program (c) a word processor (d) a web browser
30. 30.🧰 Which program would you use for colouring a picture? (a) a web browser (b) a spreadsheet (c) a word processor (d) a paint program
31. 31.True or false: “shows the desktop” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧰 Which program would you use for writing a story? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a word processor (c) a paint program (d) a presentation program
33. 33.True or false: “opens a website” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🖥️ Who does this job: “shows the desktop” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
35. 35.True or false: adding up marks is done in a paint program. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: typing a letter is done in a web browser. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “starts up the computer” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a word processor. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) making slides for a talk (b) opening a website (c) colouring a picture (d) adding up marks
40. 40.True or false: opening a website is done in a web browser. (a) False (b) True

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