Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 700 · 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: “starts up the computer” — 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) types a letter (b) plays a game (c) plays a song (d) talks to the devices
3. 3.🧰 Which program would you use for writing a story? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a presentation program (c) a word processor (d) a paint program
4. 4.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) talks to the devices (b) adds up marks (c) manages all the files (d) starts up the computer
5. 5.True or false: making a budget table is done in a word processor. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “draws a picture” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🖥️ Who does this job: “types a letter” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
8. 8.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) starts up the computer (b) adds up marks (c) draws a picture (d) types a letter
9. 9.🖥️ What is the software that starts and runs the whole computer? (a) a word processor (b) an operating system (c) a web browser (d) a paint program
10. 10.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) adding up marks (b) typing a letter (c) drawing a kite (d) opening a website
11. 11.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) shares memory among apps (b) types a letter (c) plays a song (d) draws a picture
12. 12.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a game” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
13. 13.Which of these is done in a presentation program? (a) making a budget table (b) adding up marks (c) opening a website (d) making slides for a talk
14. 14.True or false: “runs the other programs” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🧰 Which program would you use for opening a website? (a) a presentation program (b) a web browser (c) a paint program (d) a spreadsheet
16. 16.True or false: making a budget table is done in a paint program. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a paint program. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🖥️ Who does this job: “draws a picture” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
19. 19.True or false: “manages all the files” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) only at night (b) after we print (c) when we sneeze (d) as the computer starts
21. 21.True or false: “shows the desktop” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧰 Which program would you use for typing a letter? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a paint program (c) a word processor (d) a presentation program
23. 23.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) drawing a kite (b) writing a story (c) making a budget table (d) adding up marks
24. 24.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) software (b) hardware
25. 25.Which of these is done in a web browser? (a) making a budget table (b) colouring a picture (c) making slides for a talk (d) opening a website
26. 26.True or false: “plays a game” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧰 Which program would you use for colouring a picture? (a) a web browser (b) a paint program (c) a word processor (d) a spreadsheet
28. 28.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) runs the other programs (b) starts up the computer (c) shows the desktop (d) draws a picture
29. 29.True or false: “opens a website” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “shares memory among apps” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧰 Which program would you use for making a budget table? (a) a word processor (b) a spreadsheet (c) a presentation program (d) a paint program
32. 32.🖥️ Who does this job: “adds up marks” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
33. 33.🧰 Which program would you use for making slides for a talk? (a) a paint program (b) a web browser (c) a presentation program (d) a word processor
34. 34.True or false: “talks to the devices” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a paint program. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “types a letter” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) manages all the files (b) shares memory among apps (c) runs the other programs (d) types a letter
38. 38.True or false: typing a letter is done in a word processor. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🖥️ Who does this job: “shares memory among apps” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
40. 40.🧰 Which program would you use for adding up marks? (a) a web browser (b) a spreadsheet (c) a word processor (d) a presentation program

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