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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 544 · 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: “draws a picture” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: adding up marks is done in a spreadsheet. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: making a budget table is done in a presentation program. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🖥️ What is the software that starts and runs the whole computer? (a) a paint program (b) a web browser (c) a word processor (d) an operating system
  5. 5.True or false: “types a letter” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🖥️ Who does this job: “shows the desktop” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  7. 7.True or false: typing a letter is done in a presentation program. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) drawing a kite (b) typing a letter (c) making slides for a talk (d) making a budget table
  9. 9.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) after we print (b) when we sneeze (c) only at night (d) as the computer starts
  10. 10.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) plays a song (b) adds up marks (c) starts up the computer (d) plays a game
  11. 11.True or false: adding up marks is done in a web browser. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) manages all the files (b) talks to the devices (c) plays a song (d) starts up the computer
  13. 13.🧰 Which program would you use for drawing a kite? (a) a paint program (b) a web browser (c) a presentation program (d) a spreadsheet
  14. 14.🖥️ Who does this job: “starts up the computer” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  15. 15.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) software (b) hardware
  16. 16.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a song” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  17. 17.True or false: “plays a song” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🖥️ Who does this job: “talks to the devices” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  19. 19.Which of these is done in a presentation program? (a) opening a website (b) making slides for a talk (c) making a budget table (d) drawing a kite
  20. 20.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) adds up marks (b) types a letter (c) shows the desktop (d) draws a picture
  21. 21.🧰 Which program would you use for typing a letter? (a) a presentation program (b) a spreadsheet (c) a word processor (d) a paint program
  22. 22.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) types a letter (b) manages all the files (c) adds up marks (d) plays a song
  23. 23.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) draws a picture (b) plays a song (c) types a letter (d) runs the other programs
  24. 24.🧰 Which program would you use for writing a story? (a) a paint program (b) a spreadsheet (c) a web browser (d) a word processor
  25. 25.True or false: “runs the other programs” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) starts up the computer (b) runs the other programs (c) manages all the files (d) opens a website
  27. 27.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) making a budget table (b) typing a letter (c) adding up marks (d) colouring a picture
  28. 28.True or false: “adds up marks” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🖥️ Who does this job: “manages all the files” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  30. 30.🧰 Which program would you use for colouring a picture? (a) a word processor (b) a spreadsheet (c) a paint program (d) a web browser
  31. 31.🧰 Which program would you use for making a budget table? (a) a presentation program (b) a paint program (c) a spreadsheet (d) a word processor
  32. 32.True or false: drawing a kite is done in a paint program. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧰 Which program would you use for making slides for a talk? (a) a presentation program (b) a paint program (c) a spreadsheet (d) a word processor
  34. 34.True or false: opening a website is done in a web browser. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “manages all the files” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a web browser. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: typing a letter is done in a paint program. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) manages all the files (b) adds up marks (c) shows the desktop (d) shares memory among apps
  39. 39.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) making slides for a talk (b) adding up marks (c) opening a website (d) writing a story
  40. 40.🖥️ Who does this job: “shares memory among apps” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system

Answer key

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

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