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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 64 · 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) shares memory among apps (b) talks to the devices (c) types a letter (d) shows the desktop
  2. 2.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) opens a website (b) talks to the devices (c) starts up the computer (d) shows the desktop
  3. 3.🧰 Which program would you use for making slides for a talk? (a) a web browser (b) a spreadsheet (c) a presentation program (d) a paint program
  4. 4.True or false: “types a letter” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: drawing a kite is done in a spreadsheet. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🖥️ Who does this job: “runs the other programs” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  7. 7.Which of these is done in a web browser? (a) opening a website (b) typing a letter (c) adding up marks (d) writing a story
  8. 8.True or false: writing a story is done in a web browser. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: “starts up the computer” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: “manages all the files” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) hardware (b) software
  12. 12.True or false: adding up marks is done in a presentation program. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) manages all the files (b) plays a game (c) starts up the computer (d) runs the other programs
  14. 14.True or false: typing a letter is done in a word processor. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🖥️ Who does this job: “shows the desktop” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  16. 16.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) colouring a picture (b) adding up marks (c) making a budget table (d) typing a letter
  17. 17.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) as the computer starts (b) when we sneeze (c) after we print (d) only at night
  18. 18.🧰 Which program would you use for adding up marks? (a) a presentation program (b) a spreadsheet (c) a web browser (d) a word processor
  19. 19.🖥️ Who does this job: “types a letter” — 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) shares memory among apps (b) manages all the files (c) adds up marks (d) shows the desktop
  21. 21.True or false: drawing a kite is done in a paint program. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “adds up marks” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🖥️ 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
  24. 24.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) opening a website (b) colouring a picture (c) drawing a kite (d) typing a letter
  25. 25.🧰 Which program would you use for colouring a picture? (a) a word processor (b) a web browser (c) a spreadsheet (d) a paint program
  26. 26.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a web browser. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: making a budget table is done in a spreadsheet. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is done in a presentation program? (a) writing a story (b) making slides for a talk (c) colouring a picture (d) typing a letter
  29. 29.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) starts up the computer (b) adds up marks (c) plays a game (d) plays a song
  30. 30.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a presentation program. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “shares memory among apps” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “draws a picture” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: drawing a kite is done in a web browser. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧰 Which program would you use for opening a website? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a paint program (c) a web browser (d) a word processor
  35. 35.True or false: “manages all the files” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: opening a website is done in a web browser. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🖥️ Who does this job: “adds up marks” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  38. 38.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) plays a song (b) talks to the devices (c) adds up marks (d) draws a picture
  39. 39.True or false: typing a letter is done in a presentation program. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “shows the desktop” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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