Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 524 · 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) a paint program (b) an operating system (c) a word processor (d) a web browser
2. 2.🖥️ Who does this job: “opens a website” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
3. 3.True or false: “talks to the devices” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧰 Which program would you use for adding up marks? (a) a word processor (b) a web browser (c) a paint program (d) a spreadsheet
5. 5.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) shares memory among apps (b) talks to the devices (c) manages all the files (d) plays a song
6. 6.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) drawing a kite (b) adding up marks (c) colouring a picture (d) writing a story
7. 7.🖥️ Who does this job: “runs the other programs” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
8. 8.🖥️ Who does this job: “draws a picture” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
9. 9.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a game” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
10. 10.True or false: “talks to the devices” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “shares memory among apps” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) only at night (b) as the computer starts (c) after we print (d) when we sneeze
13. 13.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) adding up marks (b) drawing a kite (c) making a budget table (d) writing a story
14. 14.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) hardware (b) software
15. 15.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a song” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
16. 16.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) adding up marks (b) making slides for a talk (c) drawing a kite (d) opening a website
17. 17.True or false: “shares memory among apps” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) opening a website (b) adding up marks (c) typing a letter (d) colouring a picture
19. 19.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) plays a song (b) types a letter (c) starts up the computer (d) plays a game
20. 20.🧰 Which program would you use for writing a story? (a) a presentation program (b) a spreadsheet (c) a word processor (d) a paint program
21. 21.🖥️ Who does this job: “shares memory among apps” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
22. 22.🖥️ Who does this job: “talks to the devices” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
23. 23.Which of these is done in a presentation program? (a) typing a letter (b) making slides for a talk (c) adding up marks (d) drawing a kite
24. 24.True or false: “starts up the computer” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🖥️ Who does this job: “types a letter” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
26. 26.True or false: typing a letter is done in a web browser. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🖥️ Who does this job: “adds up marks” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
28. 28.🧰 Which program would you use for colouring a picture? (a) a web browser (b) a word processor (c) a spreadsheet (d) a paint program
29. 29.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) plays a song (b) shares memory among apps (c) adds up marks (d) plays a game
30. 30.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) draws a picture (b) plays a game (c) types a letter (d) runs the other programs
31. 31.True or false: “shows the desktop” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a presentation program. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “types a letter” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧰 Which program would you use for making slides for a talk? (a) a presentation program (b) a word processor (c) a spreadsheet (d) a paint program
35. 35.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) draws a picture (b) manages all the files (c) plays a song (d) plays a game
36. 36.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) starts up the computer (b) opens a website (c) runs the other programs (d) manages all the files
37. 37.True or false: making a budget table is done in a spreadsheet. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧰 Which program would you use for opening a website? (a) a web browser (b) a spreadsheet (c) a presentation program (d) a word processor
39. 39.True or false: “adds up marks” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is done in a web browser? (a) typing a letter (b) opening a website (c) adding up marks (d) writing a story

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