Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 746 · 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 web browser (b) a word processor (c) a paint program (d) a presentation program
2. 2.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) software (b) hardware
3. 3.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) runs the other programs (b) draws a picture (c) plays a game (d) types a letter
4. 4.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) starts up the computer (b) types a letter (c) shows the desktop (d) shares memory among apps
5. 5.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) opening a website (b) typing a letter (c) adding up marks (d) writing a story
6. 6.True or false: opening a website is done in a web browser. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: drawing a kite is done in a web browser. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “opens a website” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) runs the other programs (b) shows the desktop (c) shares memory among apps (d) adds up marks
10. 10.🖥️ Who does this job: “shares memory among apps” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
11. 11.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) types a letter (b) plays a game (c) shares memory among apps (d) plays a song
12. 12.🖥️ Who does this job: “starts up the computer” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
13. 13.🧰 Which program would you use for colouring a picture? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a word processor (c) a paint program (d) a presentation program
14. 14.🧰 Which program would you use for making a budget table? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a presentation program (c) a word processor (d) a web browser
15. 15.🖥️ 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
16. 16.True or false: “plays a song” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a presentation program. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🖥️ Who does this job: “runs the other programs” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
19. 19.🧰 Which program would you use for writing a story? (a) a web browser (b) a presentation program (c) a spreadsheet (d) a word processor
20. 20.🧰 Which program would you use for typing a letter? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a presentation program (c) a word processor (d) a web browser
21. 21.🖥️ Who does this job: “draws a picture” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
22. 22.Which of these is done in a web browser? (a) adding up marks (b) drawing a kite (c) opening a website (d) colouring a picture
23. 23.True or false: “manages all the files” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “draws a picture” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🖥️ Who does this job: “talks to the devices” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
26. 26.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) only at night (b) as the computer starts (c) after we print (d) when we sneeze
27. 27.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) drawing a kite (b) typing a letter (c) making slides for a talk (d) adding up marks
28. 28.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) starts up the computer (b) talks to the devices (c) plays a song (d) runs the other programs
29. 29.True or false: drawing a kite is done in a presentation program. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “shows the desktop” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🖥️ Who does this job: “types a letter” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
32. 32.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) typing a letter (b) opening a website (c) making a budget table (d) drawing a kite
33. 33.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a word processor. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧰 Which program would you use for making slides for a talk? (a) a paint program (b) a presentation program (c) a word processor (d) a spreadsheet
35. 35.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) making a budget table (b) drawing a kite (c) opening a website (d) writing a story
36. 36.🖥️ Who does this job: “manages all the files” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
37. 37.True or false: “adds up marks” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a game” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
39. 39.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) adding up marks (b) opening a website (c) drawing a kite (d) typing a letter
40. 40.🧰 Which program would you use for drawing a kite? (a) a paint program (b) a word processor (c) a spreadsheet (d) a presentation program

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