Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 727 · 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.Which of these is done in a presentation program? (a) colouring a picture (b) typing a letter (c) drawing a kite (d) making slides for a talk
2. 2.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) adds up marks (b) plays a game (c) manages all the files (d) types a letter
3. 3.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) talks to the devices (b) manages all the files (c) adds up marks (d) starts up the computer
4. 4.True or false: “shares memory among apps” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: adding up marks is done in a web browser. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧰 Which program would you use for drawing a kite? (a) a word processor (b) a paint program (c) a web browser (d) a spreadsheet
7. 7.True or false: opening a website is done in a web browser. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “runs the other programs” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🖥️ Who does this job: “manages all the files” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
10. 10.True or false: drawing a kite is done in a paint program. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: opening a website is done in a word processor. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a song” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
13. 13.🖥️ Who does this job: “starts up the computer” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
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 of these is a job of the operating system? (a) types a letter (b) opens a website (c) runs the other programs (d) adds up marks
16. 16.Which of these is done in a web browser? (a) drawing a kite (b) opening a website (c) writing a story (d) making a budget table
17. 17.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) opening a website (b) making slides for a talk (c) making a budget table (d) colouring a picture
18. 18.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a spreadsheet. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧰 Which program would you use for making a budget table? (a) a word processor (b) a spreadsheet (c) a paint program (d) a presentation program
20. 20.🖥️ Who does this job: “draws a picture” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
21. 21.🧰 Which program would you use for writing a story? (a) a paint program (b) a web browser (c) a word processor (d) a spreadsheet
22. 22.True or false: making a budget table is done in a spreadsheet. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) types a letter (b) opens a website (c) shares memory among apps (d) plays a game
24. 24.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) after we print (b) only at night (c) as the computer starts (d) when we sneeze
25. 25.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a web browser. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “starts up the computer” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) typing a letter (b) writing a story (c) making a budget table (d) making slides for a talk
28. 28.🖥️ Who does this job: “shows the desktop” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
29. 29.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) software (b) hardware
30. 30.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a paint program. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “shares memory among apps” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) adding up marks (b) making slides for a talk (c) drawing a kite (d) opening a website
33. 33.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) typing a letter (b) writing a story (c) adding up marks (d) making slides for a talk
34. 34.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) making a budget table (b) adding up marks (c) colouring a picture (d) writing a story
35. 35.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a game” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
36. 36.🧰 Which program would you use for adding up marks? (a) a web browser (b) a presentation program (c) a word processor (d) a spreadsheet
37. 37.🖥️ What is the software that starts and runs the whole computer? (a) a word processor (b) a paint program (c) an operating system (d) a web browser
38. 38.🖥️ Who does this job: “runs the other programs” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
39. 39.🧰 Which program would you use for making slides for a talk? (a) a web browser (b) a presentation program (c) a paint program (d) a spreadsheet
40. 40.True or false: adding up marks is done in a spreadsheet. (a) False (b) True

Free computer lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/computer-worksheets