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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 507 · 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.🖥️ Who does this job: “types a letter” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  2. 2.🧰 Which program would you use for adding up marks? (a) a web browser (b) a spreadsheet (c) a word processor (d) a paint program
  3. 3.True or false: “shares memory among apps” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🖥️ What is the software that starts and runs the whole computer? (a) a word processor (b) a web browser (c) an operating system (d) a paint program
  5. 5.Which of these is done in a presentation program? (a) writing a story (b) making a budget table (c) making slides for a talk (d) typing a letter
  6. 6.True or false: making a budget table is done in a presentation program. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🖥️ Who does this job: “manages all the files” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  8. 8.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) runs the other programs (b) starts up the computer (c) manages all the files (d) plays a game
  9. 9.🧰 Which program would you use for drawing a kite? (a) a paint program (b) a word processor (c) a presentation program (d) a spreadsheet
  10. 10.True or false: typing a letter is done in a web browser. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) typing a letter (b) colouring a picture (c) adding up marks (d) opening a website
  12. 12.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) draws a picture (b) manages all the files (c) opens a website (d) types a letter
  13. 13.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) colouring a picture (b) typing a letter (c) adding up marks (d) opening a website
  14. 14.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) hardware (b) software
  15. 15.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) types a letter (b) adds up marks (c) shares memory among apps (d) draws a picture
  16. 16.True or false: “draws a picture” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🖥️ Who does this job: “runs the other programs” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  18. 18.True or false: “starts up the computer” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: making a budget table is done in a web browser. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: making a budget table is done in a spreadsheet. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🖥️ Who does this job: “talks to the devices” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  22. 22.Which of these is done in a web browser? (a) opening a website (b) adding up marks (c) making slides for a talk (d) typing a letter
  23. 23.True or false: writing a story is done in a word processor. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧰 Which program would you use for opening a website? (a) a web browser (b) a paint program (c) a spreadsheet (d) a presentation program
  25. 25.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) typing a letter (b) making a budget table (c) making slides for a talk (d) opening a website
  26. 26.True or false: opening a website is done in a paint program. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: “manages all the files” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: drawing a kite is done in a paint program. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) when we sneeze (b) as the computer starts (c) only at night (d) after we print
  30. 30.True or false: typing a letter is done in a word processor. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🖥️ Who does this job: “starts up the computer” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  32. 32.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) types a letter (b) plays a song (c) shows the desktop (d) draws a picture
  33. 33.🧰 Which program would you use for colouring a picture? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a presentation program (c) a paint program (d) a word processor
  34. 34.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) runs the other programs (b) types a letter (c) adds up marks (d) opens a website
  35. 35.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) shares memory among apps (b) manages all the files (c) shows the desktop (d) opens a website
  36. 36.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) draws a picture (b) adds up marks (c) talks to the devices (d) types a letter
  37. 37.True or false: “plays a song” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “plays a game” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🖥️ Who does this job: “draws a picture” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  40. 40.True or false: adding up marks is done in a presentation program. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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