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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 668 · 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 the operating system? (a) opens a website (b) adds up marks (c) runs the other programs (d) types a letter
  2. 2.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) manages all the files (b) plays a game (c) adds up marks (d) opens a website
  3. 3.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) writing a story (b) adding up marks (c) colouring a picture (d) opening a website
  4. 4.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) manages all the files (b) types a letter (c) starts up the computer (d) runs the other programs
  5. 5.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a paint program. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a game” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  7. 7.🧰 Which program would you use for drawing a kite? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a paint program (c) a word processor (d) a web browser
  8. 8.Which of these is done in a web browser? (a) writing a story (b) colouring a picture (c) drawing a kite (d) opening a website
  9. 9.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) adds up marks (b) starts up the computer (c) opens a website (d) plays a song
  10. 10.True or false: “adds up marks” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🖥️ Who does this job: “types a letter” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  12. 12.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a song” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  13. 13.🖥️ What is the software that starts and runs the whole computer? (a) a web browser (b) a paint program (c) a word processor (d) an operating system
  14. 14.🖥️ Who does this job: “manages all the files” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  15. 15.🖥️ Who does this job: “draws a picture” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  16. 16.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) types a letter (b) draws a picture (c) talks to the devices (d) plays a game
  17. 17.🖥️ Who does this job: “opens a website” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  18. 18.🖥️ Who does this job: “starts up the computer” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  19. 19.True or false: “runs the other programs” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: “talks to the devices” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🖥️ Who does this job: “runs the other programs” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  22. 22.True or false: drawing a kite is done in a paint program. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: opening a website is done in a web browser. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) making a budget table (b) drawing a kite (c) making slides for a talk (d) typing a letter
  25. 25.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) as the computer starts (b) when we sneeze (c) only at night (d) after we print
  26. 26.True or false: “starts up the computer” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “plays a song” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) opening a website (b) colouring a picture (c) writing a story (d) drawing a kite
  29. 29.🖥️ Who does this job: “shares memory among apps” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  30. 30.🧰 Which program would you use for writing a story? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a web browser (c) a presentation program (d) a word processor
  31. 31.🧰 Which program would you use for opening a website? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a word processor (c) a web browser (d) a presentation program
  32. 32.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) drawing a kite (b) making a budget table (c) making slides for a talk (d) writing a story
  33. 33.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) hardware (b) software
  34. 34.🧰 Which program would you use for making a budget table? (a) a presentation program (b) a web browser (c) a word processor (d) a spreadsheet
  35. 35.True or false: “opens a website” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: writing a story is done in a word processor. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is done in a presentation program? (a) opening a website (b) colouring a picture (c) making slides for a talk (d) adding up marks
  38. 38.🧰 Which program would you use for making slides for a talk? (a) a presentation program (b) a paint program (c) a web browser (d) a spreadsheet
  39. 39.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a paint program. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) runs the other programs (b) talks to the devices (c) starts up the computer (d) plays a game

Answer key

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

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