Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 525 · 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 word processor (b) a web browser (c) an operating system (d) a paint program
2. 2.Which of these is done in a presentation program? (a) typing a letter (b) drawing a kite (c) colouring a picture (d) making slides for a talk
3. 3.🧰 Which program would you use for making a budget table? (a) a word processor (b) a spreadsheet (c) a presentation program (d) a paint program
4. 4.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) adds up marks (b) talks to the devices (c) plays a song (d) types a letter
5. 5.True or false: “types a letter” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) opens a website (b) manages all the files (c) types a letter (d) adds up marks
7. 7.🖥️ Who does this job: “starts up the computer” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
8. 8.Which of these is done in a web browser? (a) making slides for a talk (b) colouring a picture (c) opening a website (d) making a budget table
9. 9.True or false: “starts up the computer” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) adding up marks (b) colouring a picture (c) drawing a kite (d) opening a website
11. 11.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) plays a game (b) opens a website (c) draws a picture (d) starts up the computer
12. 12.🧰 Which program would you use for adding up marks? (a) a paint program (b) a presentation program (c) a web browser (d) a spreadsheet
13. 13.🧰 Which program would you use for typing a letter? (a) a word processor (b) a web browser (c) a spreadsheet (d) a presentation program
14. 14.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) types a letter (b) shares memory among apps (c) opens a website (d) plays a game
15. 15.🧰 Which program would you use for making slides for a talk? (a) a paint program (b) a spreadsheet (c) a web browser (d) a presentation program
16. 16.🖥️ Who does this job: “opens a website” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
17. 17.True or false: “manages all the files” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “types a letter” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🖥️ Who does this job: “shows the desktop” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
20. 20.True or false: adding up marks is done in a paint program. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “shows the desktop” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) shows the desktop (b) runs the other programs (c) plays a song (d) shares memory among apps
23. 23.True or false: drawing a kite is done in a word processor. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🖥️ Who does this job: “shares memory among apps” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
25. 25.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) making slides for a talk (b) opening a website (c) typing a letter (d) adding up marks
26. 26.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) draws a picture (b) runs the other programs (c) plays a game (d) types a letter
27. 27.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) software (b) hardware
28. 28.🖥️ Who does this job: “draws a picture” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
29. 29.🖥️ Who does this job: “runs the other programs” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
30. 30.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a game” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
31. 31.True or false: “plays a game” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: drawing a kite is done in a spreadsheet. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) adding up marks (b) opening a website (c) drawing a kite (d) making slides for a talk
34. 34.🖥️ Who does this job: “manages all the files” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
35. 35.🧰 Which program would you use for colouring a picture? (a) a word processor (b) a paint program (c) a presentation program (d) a web browser
36. 36.True or false: “manages all the files” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “runs the other programs” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧰 Which program would you use for writing a story? (a) a presentation program (b) a word processor (c) a paint program (d) a spreadsheet
39. 39.True or false: writing a story is done in a word processor. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) colouring a picture (b) making slides for a talk (c) typing a letter (d) making a budget table

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