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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 576 · 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) starts up the computer (b) shows the desktop (c) shares memory among apps (d) types a letter
  2. 2.True or false: adding up marks is done in a spreadsheet. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🖥️ Who does this job: “shares memory among apps” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  4. 4.🧰 Which program would you use for drawing a kite? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a web browser (c) a word processor (d) a paint program
  5. 5.🖥️ What is the software that starts and runs the whole computer? (a) an operating system (b) a paint program (c) a web browser (d) a word processor
  6. 6.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a paint program. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: making a budget table is done in a presentation program. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) colouring a picture (b) making slides for a talk (c) adding up marks (d) writing a story
  9. 9.🧰 Which program would you use for colouring a picture? (a) a word processor (b) a spreadsheet (c) a web browser (d) a paint program
  10. 10.True or false: “types a letter” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🖥️ Who does this job: “starts up the computer” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  12. 12.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) plays a game (b) talks to the devices (c) plays a song (d) opens a website
  13. 13.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) making slides for a talk (b) adding up marks (c) drawing a kite (d) writing a story
  14. 14.🖥️ Who does this job: “adds up marks” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  15. 15.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) when we sneeze (b) as the computer starts (c) after we print (d) only at night
  16. 16.🧰 Which program would you use for opening a website? (a) a paint program (b) a word processor (c) a web browser (d) a presentation program
  17. 17.🧰 Which program would you use for making a budget table? (a) a presentation program (b) a spreadsheet (c) a paint program (d) a word processor
  18. 18.True or false: writing a story is done in a spreadsheet. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: adding up marks is done in a web browser. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🖥️ Who does this job: “types a letter” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  21. 21.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) runs the other programs (b) manages all the files (c) plays a song (d) shows the desktop
  22. 22.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) opens a website (b) plays a song (c) plays a game (d) starts up the computer
  23. 23.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) shows the desktop (b) plays a game (c) shares memory among apps (d) starts up the computer
  24. 24.True or false: “shows the desktop” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) types a letter (b) adds up marks (c) shares memory among apps (d) plays a song
  26. 26.True or false: writing a story is done in a word processor. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) software (b) hardware
  28. 28.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) types a letter (b) plays a song (c) adds up marks (d) shows the desktop
  29. 29.🖥️ Who does this job: “runs the other programs” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  30. 30.True or false: “draws a picture” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “types a letter” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧰 Which program would you use for adding up marks? (a) a paint program (b) a presentation program (c) a word processor (d) a spreadsheet
  33. 33.True or false: writing a story is done in a paint program. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: “plays a game” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) adding up marks (b) typing a letter (c) opening a website (d) drawing a kite
  36. 36.🖥️ Who does this job: “opens a website” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  37. 37.True or false: drawing a kite is done in a spreadsheet. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: opening a website is done in a web browser. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is done in a web browser? (a) opening a website (b) adding up marks (c) typing a letter (d) writing a story
  40. 40.🧰 Which program would you use for writing a story? (a) a word processor (b) a spreadsheet (c) a web browser (d) a paint program

Answer key

  1. types a letter
  2. True
  3. the operating system
  4. a paint program
  5. an operating system
  6. True
  7. False
  8. writing a story
  9. a paint program
  10. False
  11. the operating system
  12. talks to the devices
  13. drawing a kite
  14. an app
  15. as the computer starts
  16. a web browser
  17. a spreadsheet
  18. False
  19. False
  20. an app
  21. plays a song
  22. starts up the computer
  23. plays a game
  24. True
  25. shares memory among apps
  26. True
  27. software
  28. shows the desktop
  29. the operating system
  30. True
  31. True
  32. a spreadsheet
  33. False
  34. False
  35. typing a letter
  36. an app
  37. False
  38. True
  39. opening a website
  40. a word processor

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