Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 523 · 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.🖥️ What is the software that starts and runs the whole computer? (a) an operating system (b) a word processor (c) a web browser (d) a paint program
2. 2.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) opening a website (b) drawing a kite (c) making a budget table (d) writing a story
3. 3.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) opens a website (b) plays a song (c) plays a game (d) manages all the files
4. 4.🖥️ Who does this job: “starts up the computer” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
5. 5.True or false: writing a story is done in a web browser. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧰 Which program would you use for making slides for a talk? (a) a word processor (b) a spreadsheet (c) a presentation program (d) a paint program
7. 7.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) when we sneeze (b) as the computer starts (c) after we print (d) only at night
8. 8.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) typing a letter (b) colouring a picture (c) making a budget table (d) writing a story
9. 9.Which of these is done in a web browser? (a) colouring a picture (b) making slides for a talk (c) opening a website (d) drawing a kite
10. 10.True or false: “shares memory among apps” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧰 Which program would you use for drawing a kite? (a) a web browser (b) a paint program (c) a presentation program (d) a word processor
12. 12.🖥️ Who does this job: “manages all the files” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
13. 13.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) draws a picture (b) shares memory among apps (c) plays a song (d) adds up marks
14. 14.🧰 Which program would you use for colouring a picture? (a) a word processor (b) a web browser (c) a presentation program (d) a paint program
15. 15.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) making slides for a talk (b) adding up marks (c) making a budget table (d) drawing a kite
16. 16.True or false: making a budget table is done in a spreadsheet. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “talks to the devices” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) adds up marks (b) draws a picture (c) plays a game (d) starts up the computer
19. 19.True or false: “types a letter” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: typing a letter is done in a word processor. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a game” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
22. 22.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) talks to the devices (b) opens a website (c) plays a game (d) plays a song
23. 23.True or false: opening a website is done in a web browser. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is done in a presentation program? (a) making a budget table (b) making slides for a talk (c) drawing a kite (d) adding up marks
25. 25.True or false: writing a story is done in a word processor. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧰 Which program would you use for adding up marks? (a) a word processor (b) a paint program (c) a web browser (d) a spreadsheet
27. 27.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) hardware (b) software
28. 28.True or false: “draws a picture” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) talks to the devices (b) starts up the computer (c) shows the desktop (d) draws a picture
30. 30.True or false: adding up marks is done in a spreadsheet. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “shares memory among apps” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a song” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
33. 33.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) talks to the devices (b) plays a song (c) runs the other programs (d) manages all the files
34. 34.True or false: opening a website is done in a paint program. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) draws a picture (b) shows the desktop (c) plays a game (d) opens a website
36. 36.🧰 Which program would you use for typing a letter? (a) a presentation program (b) a word processor (c) a spreadsheet (d) a paint program
37. 37.True or false: “plays a game” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “manages all the files” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.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) opens a website
40. 40.True or false: “opens a website” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False

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