Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 731 · 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.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a spreadsheet. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧰 Which program would you use for opening a website? (a) a word processor (b) a paint program (c) a spreadsheet (d) a web browser
3. 3.Which of these is done in a web browser? (a) making a budget table (b) making slides for a talk (c) colouring a picture (d) opening a website
4. 4.🧰 Which program would you use for writing a story? (a) a presentation program (b) a word processor (c) a paint program (d) a spreadsheet
5. 5.🖥️ Who does this job: “manages all the files” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
6. 6.🖥️ What is the software that starts and runs the whole computer? (a) a word processor (b) a web browser (c) a paint program (d) an operating system
7. 7.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) adds up marks (b) plays a song (c) plays a game (d) starts up the computer
8. 8.🖥️ Who does this job: “shows the desktop” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
9. 9.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a game” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
10. 10.🧰 Which program would you use for adding up marks? (a) a word processor (b) a spreadsheet (c) a presentation program (d) a web browser
11. 11.True or false: opening a website is done in a web browser. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “shares memory among apps” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) plays a song (b) opens a website (c) runs the other programs (d) types a letter
14. 14.True or false: “plays a game” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) draws a picture (b) manages all the files (c) shares memory among apps (d) runs the other programs
16. 16.🖥️ Who does this job: “shares memory among apps” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
17. 17.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) opening a website (b) typing a letter (c) making slides for a talk (d) adding up marks
18. 18.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) hardware (b) software
19. 19.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) adding up marks (b) making slides for a talk (c) writing a story (d) colouring a picture
20. 20.True or false: “plays a song” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) runs the other programs (b) shares memory among apps (c) talks to the devices (d) types a letter
22. 22.True or false: writing a story is done in a presentation program. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: writing a story is done in a word processor. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) drawing a kite (b) writing a story (c) making a budget table (d) making slides for a talk
25. 25.🧰 Which program would you use for drawing a kite? (a) a paint program (b) a spreadsheet (c) a web browser (d) a word processor
26. 26.True or false: writing a story is done in a spreadsheet. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) plays a song (b) starts up the computer (c) shows the desktop (d) shares memory among apps
28. 28.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) only at night (b) after we print (c) as the computer starts (d) when we sneeze
29. 29.True or false: making a budget table is done in a presentation program. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🖥️ Who does this job: “talks to the devices” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
31. 31.True or false: “types a letter” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: drawing a kite is done in a presentation program. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧰 Which program would you use for making slides for a talk? (a) a word processor (b) a web browser (c) a presentation program (d) a paint program
34. 34.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a paint program. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) shows the desktop (b) opens a website (c) manages all the files (d) runs the other programs
36. 36.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a paint program. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) talks to the devices (b) adds up marks (c) opens a website (d) plays a song
38. 38.True or false: “manages all the files” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: drawing a kite is done in a paint program. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) types a letter (b) opens a website (c) plays a game (d) shares memory among apps

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