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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 481 · 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 a job of the operating system? (a) draws a picture (b) shares memory among apps (c) adds up marks (d) plays a song
  2. 2.True or false: drawing a kite is done in a paint program. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🖥️ What is the software that starts and runs the whole computer? (a) a paint program (b) a word processor (c) an operating system (d) a web browser
  4. 4.🧰 Which program would you use for writing a story? (a) a paint program (b) a spreadsheet (c) a web browser (d) a word processor
  5. 5.Which of these is done in a presentation program? (a) making slides for a talk (b) colouring a picture (c) typing a letter (d) opening a website
  6. 6.🖥️ Who does this job: “adds up marks” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  7. 7.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) opens a website (b) types a letter (c) plays a game (d) starts up the computer
  8. 8.True or false: “talks to the devices” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is done in a web browser? (a) making a budget table (b) opening a website (c) typing a letter (d) adding up marks
  10. 10.True or false: writing a story is done in a word processor. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: “plays a game” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: typing a letter is done in a web browser. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: “manages all the files” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: “runs the other programs” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: typing a letter is done in a spreadsheet. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🖥️ Who does this job: “manages all the files” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  17. 17.True or false: drawing a kite is done in a presentation program. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a presentation program. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a web browser. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: “shares memory among apps” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) colouring a picture (b) writing a story (c) typing a letter (d) adding up marks
  22. 22.True or false: “opens a website” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) after we print (b) only at night (c) when we sneeze (d) as the computer starts
  24. 24.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) writing a story (b) opening a website (c) colouring a picture (d) drawing a kite
  25. 25.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) hardware (b) software
  26. 26.🖥️ Who does this job: “talks to the devices” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  27. 27.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) adds up marks (b) manages all the files (c) plays a game (d) draws a picture
  28. 28.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) adding up marks (b) making slides for a talk (c) opening a website (d) typing a letter
  29. 29.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a song” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  30. 30.🧰 Which program would you use for adding up marks? (a) a presentation program (b) a spreadsheet (c) a web browser (d) a word processor
  31. 31.True or false: opening a website is done in a spreadsheet. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: opening a website is done in a web browser. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🖥️ Who does this job: “types a letter” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  34. 34.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a game” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  35. 35.True or false: typing a letter is done in a presentation program. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧰 Which program would you use for drawing a kite? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a web browser (c) a word processor (d) a paint program
  37. 37.🧰 Which program would you use for typing a letter? (a) a web browser (b) a spreadsheet (c) a paint program (d) a word processor
  38. 38.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) making slides for a talk (b) colouring a picture (c) writing a story (d) typing a letter
  39. 39.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) typing a letter (b) opening a website (c) making a budget table (d) drawing a kite
  40. 40.True or false: writing a story is done in a paint program. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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