Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 819 · 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 an app? (a) manages all the files (b) plays a song (c) talks to the devices (d) shows the desktop
2. 2.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) only at night (b) when we sneeze (c) as the computer starts (d) after we print
3. 3.🧰 Which program would you use for colouring a picture? (a) a paint program (b) a spreadsheet (c) a word processor (d) a web browser
4. 4.True or false: “plays a game” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “runs the other programs” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧰 Which program would you use for typing a letter? (a) a web browser (b) a spreadsheet (c) a word processor (d) a presentation program
7. 7.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) opening a website (b) drawing a kite (c) writing a story (d) making a budget table
8. 8.🖥️ Who does this job: “manages all the files” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
9. 9.Which of these is done in a presentation program? (a) opening a website (b) typing a letter (c) writing a story (d) making slides for a talk
10. 10.True or false: “draws a picture” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) making slides for a talk (b) adding up marks (c) typing a letter (d) opening a website
12. 12.True or false: “adds up marks” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “opens a website” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🖥️ 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
15. 15.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) opens a website (b) plays a song (c) plays a game (d) shares memory among apps
16. 16.Which of these is done in a web browser? (a) opening a website (b) typing a letter (c) adding up marks (d) drawing a kite
17. 17.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) talks to the devices (b) shows the desktop (c) manages all the files (d) types a letter
18. 18.🖥️ Who does this job: “talks to the devices” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
19. 19.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) plays a game (b) talks to the devices (c) shares memory among apps (d) runs the other programs
20. 20.🖥️ Who does this job: “starts up the computer” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
21. 21.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) plays a song (b) plays a game (c) draws a picture (d) shows the desktop
22. 22.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a paint program. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧰 Which program would you use for drawing a kite? (a) a word processor (b) a web browser (c) a paint program (d) a spreadsheet
24. 24.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) opens a website (b) plays a song (c) talks to the devices (d) types a letter
25. 25.🖥️ Who does this job: “shows the desktop” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
26. 26.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a spreadsheet. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) opens a website (b) plays a game (c) draws a picture (d) runs the other programs
28. 28.True or false: “starts up the computer” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a presentation program. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) runs the other programs (b) opens a website (c) starts up the computer (d) manages all the files
31. 31.🖥️ Who does this job: “opens a website” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
32. 32.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) software (b) hardware
33. 33.True or false: “opens a website” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: typing a letter is done in a word processor. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) adding up marks (b) writing a story (c) making slides for a talk (d) colouring a picture
36. 36.🧰 Which program would you use for making a budget table? (a) a web browser (b) a spreadsheet (c) a word processor (d) a presentation program
37. 37.True or false: “shares memory among apps” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧰 Which program would you use for making slides for a talk? (a) a word processor (b) a presentation program (c) a paint program (d) a web browser
39. 39.True or false: “types a letter” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) making slides for a talk (b) making a budget table (c) adding up marks (d) writing a story

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