Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 514 · 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.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) adds up marks (b) runs the other programs (c) opens a website (d) types a letter
2. 2.🖥️ What is the software that starts and runs the whole computer? (a) an operating system (b) a web browser (c) a word processor (d) a paint program
3. 3.🖥️ Who does this job: “starts up the computer” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
4. 4.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a spreadsheet. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧰 Which program would you use for writing a story? (a) a presentation program (b) a spreadsheet (c) a paint program (d) a word processor
6. 6.True or false: “plays a song” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) colouring a picture (b) making slides for a talk (c) writing a story (d) typing a letter
8. 8.True or false: opening a website is done in a word processor. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) after we print (b) only at night (c) when we sneeze (d) as the computer starts
10. 10.🧰 Which program would you use for making slides for a talk? (a) a web browser (b) a spreadsheet (c) a presentation program (d) a word processor
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) adds up marks (b) plays a game (c) manages all the files (d) plays a song
13. 13.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) plays a song (b) talks to the devices (c) adds up marks (d) opens a website
14. 14.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) writing a story (b) colouring a picture (c) drawing a kite (d) opening a website
15. 15.True or false: “manages all the files” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “shares memory among apps” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) talks to the devices (b) shows the desktop (c) plays a game (d) starts up the computer
18. 18.True or false: “adds up marks” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “shows the desktop” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧰 Which program would you use for adding up marks? (a) a paint program (b) a web browser (c) a word processor (d) a spreadsheet
21. 21.🖥️ Who does this job: “types a letter” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
22. 22.True or false: drawing a kite is done in a paint program. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “starts up the computer” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: writing a story is done in a word processor. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is done in a presentation program? (a) colouring a picture (b) opening a website (c) making slides for a talk (d) making a budget table
26. 26.🧰 Which program would you use for colouring a picture? (a) a presentation program (b) a word processor (c) a paint program (d) a spreadsheet
27. 27.True or false: “types a letter” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🖥️ Who does this job: “shows the desktop” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
29. 29.🧰 Which program would you use for making a budget table? (a) a word processor (b) a spreadsheet (c) a web browser (d) a presentation program
30. 30.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) runs the other programs (b) starts up the computer (c) shares memory among apps (d) types a letter
31. 31.🖥️ Who does this job: “draws a picture” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
32. 32.🧰 Which program would you use for typing a letter? (a) a web browser (b) a spreadsheet (c) a presentation program (d) a word processor
33. 33.🖥️ Who does this job: “opens a website” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
34. 34.True or false: “types a letter” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) runs the other programs (b) adds up marks (c) shows the desktop (d) manages all the files
36. 36.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) adds up marks (b) opens a website (c) draws a picture (d) starts up the computer
37. 37.True or false: “plays a song” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a paint program. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) adding up marks (b) drawing a kite (c) colouring a picture (d) typing a letter
40. 40.🖥️ Who does this job: “talks to the devices” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system

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