Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 73 · 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 program would you use for opening a website? (a) a paint program (b) a web browser (c) a presentation program (d) a spreadsheet
2. 2.🖥️ 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
3. 3.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) software (b) hardware
4. 4.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) writing a story (b) adding up marks (c) colouring a picture (d) making slides for a talk
5. 5.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
6. 6.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) runs the other programs (b) adds up marks (c) opens a website (d) types a letter
7. 7.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a game” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
8. 8.🖥️ Who does this job: “shares memory among apps” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
9. 9.True or false: writing a story is done in a word processor. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧰 Which program would you use for writing a story? (a) a web browser (b) a word processor (c) a spreadsheet (d) a paint program
11. 11.True or false: opening a website is done in a spreadsheet. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.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) drawing a kite
13. 13.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) when we sneeze (b) as the computer starts (c) after we print (d) only at night
14. 14.🖥️ Who does this job: “starts up the computer” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
15. 15.🖥️ Who does this job: “talks to the devices” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
16. 16.🖥️ Who does this job: “runs the other programs” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
17. 17.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) draws a picture (b) runs the other programs (c) shows the desktop (d) manages all the files
18. 18.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) drawing a kite (b) writing a story (c) opening a website (d) making slides for a talk
19. 19.🧰 Which program would you use for adding up marks? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a word processor (c) a paint program (d) a web browser
20. 20.True or false: writing a story is done in a paint program. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🖥️ Who does this job: “types a letter” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
22. 22.True or false: opening a website is done in a presentation program. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “types a letter” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🧰 Which program would you use for colouring a picture? (a) a presentation program (b) a word processor (c) a paint program (d) a web browser
25. 25.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) talks to the devices (b) manages all the files (c) types a letter (d) shows the desktop
26. 26.True or false: “shows the desktop” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) opens a website (b) talks to the devices (c) starts up the computer (d) shares memory among apps
28. 28.🖥️ Who does this job: “shows the desktop” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
29. 29.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) shows the desktop (b) plays a song (c) shares memory among apps (d) manages all the files
30. 30.True or false: “manages all the files” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “plays a game” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: opening a website is done in a web browser. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧰 Which program would you use for typing a letter? (a) a word processor (b) a web browser (c) a spreadsheet (d) a presentation program
34. 34.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) making a budget table (b) colouring a picture (c) drawing a kite (d) opening a website
35. 35.🖥️ Who does this job: “adds up marks” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
36. 36.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) starts up the computer (b) draws a picture (c) opens a website (d) plays a game
37. 37.True or false: “starts up the computer” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: typing a letter is done in a word processor. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧰 Which program would you use for drawing a kite? (a) a word processor (b) a paint program (c) a web browser (d) a presentation program
40. 40.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a word processor. (a) False (b) True

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