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