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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 764 · 40 questions
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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.

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

Answer key

  1. shows the desktop
  2. a web browser
  3. software
  4. a paint program
  5. manages all the files
  6. False
  7. a word processor
  8. plays a song
  9. as the computer starts
  10. an app
  11. a word processor
  12. draws a picture
  13. True
  14. True
  15. True
  16. True
  17. types a letter
  18. True
  19. False
  20. a presentation program
  21. writing a story
  22. a paint program
  23. True
  24. False
  25. the operating system
  26. an operating system
  27. False
  28. False
  29. colouring a picture
  30. opening a website
  31. an app
  32. False
  33. the operating system
  34. the operating system
  35. False
  36. making slides for a talk
  37. False
  38. True
  39. True
  40. a spreadsheet

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