Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 822 · 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.🖥️ What is the software that starts and runs the whole computer? (a) a web browser (b) a word processor (c) a paint program (d) an operating system
2. 2.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) draws a picture (b) starts up the computer (c) plays a song (d) types a letter
3. 3.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) plays a song (b) runs the other programs (c) plays a game (d) draws a picture
4. 4.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) typing a letter (b) making a budget table (c) colouring a picture (d) making slides for a talk
5. 5.True or false: “opens a website” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🖥️ Who does this job: “runs the other programs” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
7. 7.🧰 Which program would you use for writing a story? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a word processor (c) a paint program (d) a presentation program
8. 8.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) software (b) hardware
9. 9.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) manages all the files (b) plays a game (c) opens a website (d) types a letter
10. 10.🧰 Which program would you use for typing a letter? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a web browser (c) a word processor (d) a paint program
11. 11.True or false: “plays a song” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “starts up the computer” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧰 Which program would you use for drawing a kite? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a paint program (c) a presentation program (d) a word processor
14. 14.🧰 Which program would you use for making a budget table? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a presentation program (c) a web browser (d) a word processor
15. 15.True or false: “shows the desktop” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a presentation program. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) adds up marks (b) shares memory among apps (c) plays a song (d) opens a website
18. 18.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) runs the other programs (b) draws a picture (c) shares memory among apps (d) talks to the devices
19. 19.True or false: adding up marks is done in a presentation program. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🖥️ Who does this job: “talks to the devices” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
21. 21.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) after we print (b) only at night (c) as the computer starts (d) when we sneeze
22. 22.True or false: writing a story is done in a word processor. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🖥️ Who does this job: “shares memory among apps” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
24. 24.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) adding up marks (b) writing a story (c) opening a website (d) typing a letter
25. 25.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) making a budget table (b) making slides for a talk (c) colouring a picture (d) opening a website
26. 26.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) plays a song (b) talks to the devices (c) adds up marks (d) plays a game
27. 27.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) opens a website (b) draws a picture (c) plays a song (d) shows the desktop
28. 28.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) shows the desktop (b) talks to the devices (c) manages all the files (d) opens a website
29. 29.🧰 Which program would you use for adding up marks? (a) a presentation program (b) a spreadsheet (c) a web browser (d) a paint program
30. 30.🖥️ Who does this job: “manages all the files” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
31. 31.Which of these is done in a web browser? (a) typing a letter (b) making slides for a talk (c) colouring a picture (d) opening a website
32. 32.True or false: typing a letter is done in a word processor. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: opening a website is done in a web browser. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) shares memory among apps (b) adds up marks (c) runs the other programs (d) shows the desktop
35. 35.🧰 Which program would you use for opening a website? (a) a web browser (b) a word processor (c) a spreadsheet (d) a presentation program
36. 36.Which of these is done in a presentation program? (a) making slides for a talk (b) adding up marks (c) writing a story (d) typing a letter
37. 37.True or false: opening a website is done in a word processor. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) shows the desktop (b) shares memory among apps (c) talks to the devices (d) plays a song
39. 39.True or false: “adds up marks” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a song” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app

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