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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 566 · 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.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) plays a song (b) runs the other programs (c) talks to the devices (d) shows the desktop
  2. 2.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) shows the desktop (b) draws a picture (c) manages all the files (d) shares memory among apps
  3. 3.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a game” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  4. 4.True or false: “shares memory among apps” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧰 Which program would you use for making a budget table? (a) a presentation program (b) a web browser (c) a paint program (d) a spreadsheet
  6. 6.True or false: “runs the other programs” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
  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.True or false: “opens a website” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) plays a game (b) types a letter (c) adds up marks (d) shows the desktop
  10. 10.🧰 Which program would you use for writing a story? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a word processor (c) a web browser (d) a paint program
  11. 11.🖥️ Who does this job: “runs the other programs” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  12. 12.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) as the computer starts (b) after we print (c) when we sneeze (d) only at night
  13. 13.True or false: “plays a song” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) drawing a kite (b) adding up marks (c) making a budget table (d) typing a letter
  15. 15.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) writing a story (b) drawing a kite (c) typing a letter (d) making a budget table
  16. 16.🧰 Which program would you use for opening a website? (a) a web browser (b) a presentation program (c) a spreadsheet (d) a word processor
  17. 17.Which of these is done in a web browser? (a) writing a story (b) making slides for a talk (c) opening a website (d) typing a letter
  18. 18.True or false: “manages all the files” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: “manages all the files” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) software (b) hardware
  21. 21.True or false: opening a website is done in a web browser. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🖥️ What is the software that starts and runs the whole computer? (a) a web browser (b) a word processor (c) a paint program (d) an operating system
  23. 23.True or false: adding up marks is done in a web browser. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: “opens a website” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🖥️ Who does this job: “draws a picture” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  26. 26.🖥️ Who does this job: “opens a website” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  27. 27.True or false: making a budget table is done in a spreadsheet. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧰 Which program would you use for typing a letter? (a) a web browser (b) a spreadsheet (c) a word processor (d) a paint program
  29. 29.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) drawing a kite (b) making slides for a talk (c) making a budget table (d) writing a story
  30. 30.True or false: “talks to the devices” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🖥️ Who does this job: “shares memory among apps” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  32. 32.True or false: adding up marks is done in a paint program. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) talks to the devices (b) manages all the files (c) starts up the computer (d) adds up marks
  34. 34.True or false: making a budget table is done in a paint program. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is done in a presentation program? (a) colouring a picture (b) typing a letter (c) making slides for a talk (d) opening a website
  36. 36.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) manages all the files (b) plays a game (c) draws a picture (d) opens a website
  37. 37.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a spreadsheet. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “runs the other programs” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) opening a website (b) typing a letter (c) colouring a picture (d) adding up marks
  40. 40.🧰 Which program would you use for colouring a picture? (a) a web browser (b) a paint program (c) a presentation program (d) a word processor

Answer key

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

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