Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 817 · 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 a job of the operating system? (a) plays a song (b) adds up marks (c) manages all the files (d) opens a website
2. 2.🖥️ Who does this job: “runs the other programs” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
3. 3.🖥️ What is the software that starts and runs the whole computer? (a) a word processor (b) a web browser (c) an operating system (d) a paint program
4. 4.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) plays a game (b) opens a website (c) types a letter (d) shows the desktop
5. 5.True or false: “adds up marks” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧰 Which program would you use for opening a website? (a) a presentation program (b) a paint program (c) a word processor (d) a web browser
7. 7.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) writing a story (b) making slides for a talk (c) adding up marks (d) opening a website
8. 8.True or false: opening a website is done in a web browser. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these is done in a presentation program? (a) typing a letter (b) making slides for a talk (c) opening a website (d) writing a story
10. 10.🧰 Which program would you use for making slides for a talk? (a) a presentation program (b) a word processor (c) a spreadsheet (d) a paint program
11. 11.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) draws a picture (b) plays a game (c) adds up marks (d) talks to the devices
12. 12.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a presentation program. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🖥️ Who does this job: “shares memory among apps” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
14. 14.True or false: drawing a kite is done in a presentation program. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🖥️ Who does this job: “shows the desktop” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
16. 16.True or false: typing a letter is done in a word processor. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “draws a picture” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a word processor. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a game” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
20. 20.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) opens a website (b) runs the other programs (c) plays a song (d) plays a game
21. 21.🖥️ Who does this job: “draws a picture” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
22. 22.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) starts up the computer (b) talks to the devices (c) manages all the files (d) opens a website
23. 23.🧰 Which program would you use for adding up marks? (a) a paint program (b) a web browser (c) a word processor (d) a spreadsheet
24. 24.True or false: “types a letter” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a paint program. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) as the computer starts (b) when we sneeze (c) only at night (d) after we print
27. 27.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) software (b) hardware
28. 28.🧰 Which program would you use for writing a story? (a) a word processor (b) a spreadsheet (c) a web browser (d) a paint program
29. 29.True or false: “runs the other programs” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🖥️ Who does this job: “starts up the computer” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
31. 31.True or false: “plays a song” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) opening a website (b) drawing a kite (c) colouring a picture (d) writing a story
33. 33.🧰 Which program would you use for typing a letter? (a) a web browser (b) a presentation program (c) a paint program (d) a word processor
34. 34.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) plays a game (b) plays a song (c) starts up the computer (d) adds up marks
35. 35.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a word processor. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: typing a letter is done in a presentation program. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) talks to the devices (b) runs the other programs (c) starts up the computer (d) draws a picture
38. 38.🖥️ Who does this job: “talks to the devices” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
39. 39.Which of these is done in a web browser? (a) making a budget table (b) opening a website (c) writing a story (d) colouring a picture
40. 40.True or false: making a budget table is done in a paint program. (a) False (b) True

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