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