Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 543 · 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.True or false: “talks to the devices” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) software (b) hardware
3. 3.🖥️ What is the software that starts and runs the whole computer? (a) a web browser (b) a paint program (c) a word processor (d) an operating system
4. 4.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) opening a website (b) colouring a picture (c) making a budget table (d) typing a letter
5. 5.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) plays a game (b) starts up the computer (c) adds up marks (d) opens a website
6. 6.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a spreadsheet. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is done in a web browser? (a) colouring a picture (b) typing a letter (c) opening a website (d) making a budget table
8. 8.🖥️ Who does this job: “draws a picture” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
9. 9.🧰 Which program would you use for making slides for a talk? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a paint program (c) a presentation program (d) a web browser
10. 10.True or false: “starts up the computer” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) as the computer starts (b) after we print (c) only at night (d) when we sneeze
12. 12.True or false: adding up marks is done in a web browser. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “shares memory among apps” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) types a letter (b) starts up the computer (c) runs the other programs (d) shares memory among apps
15. 15.True or false: opening a website is done in a web browser. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🖥️ Who does this job: “types a letter” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
17. 17.🧰 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
18. 18.True or false: adding up marks is done in a spreadsheet. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧰 Which program would you use for writing a story? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a paint program (c) a web browser (d) a word processor
20. 20.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) starts up the computer (b) shows the desktop (c) runs the other programs (d) plays a game
21. 21.True or false: “adds up marks” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧰 Which program would you use for opening a website? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a word processor (c) a paint program (d) a web browser
23. 23.Which of these is done in a presentation program? (a) making a budget table (b) writing a story (c) opening a website (d) making slides for a talk
24. 24.True or false: typing a letter is done in a paint program. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “opens a website” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: typing a letter is done in a word processor. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) adds up marks (b) runs the other programs (c) shows the desktop (d) starts up the computer
28. 28.True or false: making a budget table is done in a spreadsheet. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) writing a story (b) typing a letter (c) drawing a kite (d) opening a website
30. 30.🧰 Which program would you use for drawing a kite? (a) a word processor (b) a paint program (c) a web browser (d) a spreadsheet
31. 31.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) colouring a picture (b) typing a letter (c) making slides for a talk (d) drawing a kite
32. 32.🧰 Which program would you use for typing a letter? (a) a presentation program (b) a web browser (c) a word processor (d) a paint program
33. 33.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a game” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
34. 34.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) typing a letter (b) writing a story (c) making a budget table (d) colouring a picture
35. 35.🖥️ Who does this job: “shows the desktop” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
36. 36.True or false: “runs the other programs” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🖥️ Who does this job: “starts up the computer” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
38. 38.🖥️ Who does this job: “shares memory among apps” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
39. 39.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) runs the other programs (b) plays a song (c) starts up the computer (d) talks to the devices
40. 40.🖥️ Who does this job: “runs the other programs” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system

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