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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 528 · 40 questions
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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. 1.True or false: “talks to the devices” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) after we print (b) as the computer starts (c) only at night (d) when we sneeze
  3. 3.Which of these is done in a presentation program? (a) typing a letter (b) colouring a picture (c) making slides for a talk (d) drawing a kite
  4. 4.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a presentation program. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🖥️ 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
  6. 6.🧰 Which program would you use for adding up marks? (a) a presentation program (b) a paint program (c) a spreadsheet (d) a word processor
  7. 7.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) software (b) hardware
  8. 8.🖥️ Who does this job: “shows the desktop” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  9. 9.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) plays a song (b) shares memory among apps (c) starts up the computer (d) manages all the files
  10. 10.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a spreadsheet. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) draws a picture (b) types a letter (c) starts up the computer (d) plays a game
  12. 12.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a song” — 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) plays a song (c) runs the other programs (d) opens a website
  14. 14.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) shows the desktop (b) types a letter (c) adds up marks (d) draws a picture
  15. 15.🖥️ Who does this job: “shares memory among apps” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  16. 16.🧰 Which program would you use for typing a letter? (a) a web browser (b) a paint program (c) a spreadsheet (d) a word processor
  17. 17.🖥️ Who does this job: “manages all the files” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  18. 18.True or false: “shares memory among apps” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🖥️ Who does this job: “draws a picture” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  20. 20.True or false: “manages all the files” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: adding up marks is done in a word processor. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “manages all the files” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a game” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  24. 24.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) plays a game (b) opens a website (c) manages all the files (d) types a letter
  25. 25.True or false: “opens a website” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧰 Which program would you use for colouring a picture? (a) a web browser (b) a word processor (c) a paint program (d) a presentation program
  27. 27.True or false: “plays a game” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧰 Which program would you use for opening a website? (a) a paint program (b) a word processor (c) a web browser (d) a spreadsheet
  29. 29.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) adding up marks (b) typing a letter (c) drawing a kite (d) making slides for a talk
  30. 30.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a paint program. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “runs the other programs” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) runs the other programs (b) shares memory among apps (c) shows the desktop (d) opens a website
  33. 33.🧰 Which program would you use for making slides for a talk? (a) a web browser (b) a paint program (c) a spreadsheet (d) a presentation program
  34. 34.🧰 Which program would you use for drawing a kite? (a) a paint program (b) a spreadsheet (c) a word processor (d) a web browser
  35. 35.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) adding up marks (b) drawing a kite (c) typing a letter (d) making slides for a talk
  36. 36.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) types a letter (b) opens a website (c) plays a game (d) shares memory among apps
  37. 37.🧰 Which program would you use for writing a story? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a word processor (c) a presentation program (d) a paint program
  38. 38.Which of these is done in a web browser? (a) adding up marks (b) drawing a kite (c) making slides for a talk (d) opening a website
  39. 39.True or false: “shows the desktop” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🖥️ Who does this job: “starts up the computer” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system

Answer key

  1. True
  2. as the computer starts
  3. making slides for a talk
  4. False
  5. an operating system
  6. a spreadsheet
  7. software
  8. the operating system
  9. plays a song
  10. False
  11. starts up the computer
  12. an app
  13. runs the other programs
  14. shows the desktop
  15. the operating system
  16. a word processor
  17. the operating system
  18. True
  19. an app
  20. False
  21. False
  22. True
  23. an app
  24. manages all the files
  25. False
  26. a paint program
  27. False
  28. a web browser
  29. typing a letter
  30. True
  31. True
  32. opens a website
  33. a presentation program
  34. a paint program
  35. drawing a kite
  36. shares memory among apps
  37. a word processor
  38. opening a website
  39. True
  40. the operating system

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