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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 636 · 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 done in a web browser? (a) opening a website (b) making a budget table (c) drawing a kite (d) writing a story
  2. 2.🧰 Which program would you use for colouring a picture? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a word processor (c) a presentation program (d) a paint program
  3. 3.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) shows the desktop (b) runs the other programs (c) plays a song (d) starts up the computer
  4. 4.True or false: making a budget table is done in a word processor. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🖥️ Who does this job: “types a letter” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  6. 6.True or false: writing a story is done in a word processor. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: making a budget table is done in a spreadsheet. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: “adds up marks” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a presentation program. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) hardware (b) software
  11. 11.🖥️ Who does this job: “adds up marks” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  12. 12.🖥️ Who does this job: “talks to the devices” — 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) plays a game (b) talks to the devices (c) plays a song (d) opens a website
  14. 14.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) types a letter (b) opens a website (c) manages all the files (d) draws a picture
  15. 15.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) plays a song (b) types a letter (c) runs the other programs (d) draws a picture
  16. 16.🧰 Which program would you use for opening a website? (a) a paint program (b) a spreadsheet (c) a web browser (d) a word processor
  17. 17.True or false: “runs the other programs” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🖥️ What is the software that starts and runs the whole computer? (a) a word processor (b) a web browser (c) a paint program (d) an operating system
  19. 19.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a game” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  20. 20.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) plays a game (b) starts up the computer (c) shares memory among apps (d) shows the desktop
  21. 21.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) as the computer starts (b) only at night (c) when we sneeze (d) after we print
  22. 22.🧰 Which program would you use for drawing a kite? (a) a word processor (b) a paint program (c) a web browser (d) a presentation program
  23. 23.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) making a budget table (b) writing a story (c) typing a letter (d) colouring a picture
  24. 24.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a paint program. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: “manages all the files” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧰 Which program would you use for writing a story? (a) a word processor (b) a presentation program (c) a web browser (d) a paint program
  27. 27.Which of these is done in a presentation program? (a) colouring a picture (b) drawing a kite (c) making slides for a talk (d) making a budget table
  28. 28.True or false: drawing a kite is done in a paint program. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “opens a website” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧰 Which program would you use for making slides for a talk? (a) a paint program (b) a presentation program (c) a word processor (d) a web browser
  31. 31.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) making a budget table (b) writing a story (c) adding up marks (d) colouring a picture
  32. 32.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a song” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  33. 33.True or false: adding up marks is done in a presentation program. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) opens a website (b) plays a game (c) draws a picture (d) starts up the computer
  35. 35.🖥️ Who does this job: “manages all the files” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  36. 36.True or false: “plays a song” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) colouring a picture (b) adding up marks (c) opening a website (d) drawing a kite
  38. 38.True or false: “starts up the computer” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧰 Which program would you use for making a budget table? (a) a web browser (b) a paint program (c) a spreadsheet (d) a presentation program
  40. 40.True or false: adding up marks is done in a spreadsheet. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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