Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 781 · 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 spreadsheet? (a) adding up marks (b) colouring a picture (c) writing a story (d) making slides for a talk
2. 2.🧰 Which program would you use for writing a story? (a) a paint program (b) a word processor (c) a web browser (d) a presentation program
3. 3.True or false: “plays a song” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) plays a game (b) adds up marks (c) plays a song (d) starts up the computer
5. 5.🧰 Which program would you use for drawing a kite? (a) a paint program (b) a word processor (c) a spreadsheet (d) a web browser
6. 6.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) shares memory among apps (b) starts up the computer (c) talks to the devices (d) plays a song
7. 7.🧰 Which program would you use for colouring a picture? (a) a word processor (b) a paint program (c) a spreadsheet (d) a web browser
8. 8.🖥️ Who does this job: “starts up the computer” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
9. 9.🖥️ What is the software that starts and runs the whole computer? (a) an operating system (b) a web browser (c) a word processor (d) a paint program
10. 10.🧰 Which program would you use for making slides for a talk? (a) a presentation program (b) a spreadsheet (c) a word processor (d) a paint program
11. 11.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a web browser. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧰 Which program would you use for adding up marks? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a presentation program (c) a word processor (d) a paint program
13. 13.True or false: “plays a song” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: making a budget table is done in a spreadsheet. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a game” — 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 done in a paint program? (a) writing a story (b) typing a letter (c) opening a website (d) drawing a kite
18. 18.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) making a budget table (b) colouring a picture (c) typing a letter (d) adding up marks
19. 19.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) talks to the devices (b) draws a picture (c) starts up the computer (d) manages all the files
20. 20.True or false: opening a website is done in a web browser. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) runs the other programs (b) types a letter (c) shows the desktop (d) shares memory among apps
22. 22.True or false: “adds up marks” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧰 Which program would you use for opening a website? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a paint program (c) a web browser (d) a word processor
24. 24.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) making slides for a talk (b) writing a story (c) making a budget table (d) colouring a picture
25. 25.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a word processor. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🖥️ Who does this job: “manages all the files” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
27. 27.True or false: typing a letter is done in a web browser. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) adds up marks (b) talks to the devices (c) opens a website (d) types a letter
29. 29.True or false: “talks to the devices” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) shows the desktop (b) opens a website (c) adds up marks (d) plays a game
31. 31.True or false: “manages all the files” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) hardware (b) software
33. 33.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) manages all the files (b) adds up marks (c) plays a song (d) draws a picture
34. 34.True or false: writing a story is done in a spreadsheet. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is done in a web browser? (a) opening a website (b) colouring a picture (c) writing a story (d) making a budget table
36. 36.True or false: “runs the other programs” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: drawing a kite is done in a web browser. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧰 Which program would you use for typing a letter? (a) a paint program (b) a spreadsheet (c) a word processor (d) a web browser
39. 39.True or false: making a budget table is done in a paint program. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is done in a presentation program? (a) typing a letter (b) opening a website (c) making slides for a talk (d) writing a story

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