Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 673 · 40 questions

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.

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

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