Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System
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.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.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.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.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.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a paint program. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a game” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
- 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.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.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.True or false: “adds up marks” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🖥️ Who does this job: “types a letter” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
- 12.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a song” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
- 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.🖥️ Who does this job: “manages all the files” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
- 15.🖥️ Who does this job: “draws a picture” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
- 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.🖥️ Who does this job: “opens a website” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
- 18.🖥️ Who does this job: “starts up the computer” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
- 19.True or false: “runs the other programs” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
- 20.True or false: “talks to the devices” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🖥️ Who does this job: “runs the other programs” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
- 22.True or false: drawing a kite is done in a paint program. (a) False (b) True
- 23.True or false: opening a website is done in a web browser. (a) True (b) False
- 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.🔁 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.True or false: “starts up the computer” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
- 27.True or false: “plays a song” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
- 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.🖥️ Who does this job: “shares memory among apps” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
- 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.🧰 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.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.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) hardware (b) software
- 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.True or false: “opens a website” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
- 36.True or false: writing a story is done in a word processor. (a) False (b) True
- 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.🧰 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.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a paint program. (a) True (b) False
- 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
- runs the other programs
- manages all the files
- adding up marks
- types a letter
- False
- an app
- a paint program
- opening a website
- starts up the computer
- True
- an app
- an app
- an operating system
- the operating system
- an app
- talks to the devices
- an app
- the operating system
- False
- False
- the operating system
- True
- True
- typing a letter
- as the computer starts
- False
- False
- writing a story
- the operating system
- a word processor
- a web browser
- making a budget table
- software
- a spreadsheet
- True
- True
- making slides for a talk
- a presentation program
- True
- plays a game
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