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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 867 · 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) draws a picture (b) plays a song (c) shares memory among apps (d) adds up marks
  2. 2.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a game” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  3. 3.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) plays a game (b) adds up marks (c) opens a website (d) shows the desktop
  4. 4.🧰 Which program would you use for making a budget table? (a) a presentation program (b) a word processor (c) a spreadsheet (d) a web browser
  5. 5.True or false: making a budget table is done in a spreadsheet. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: “types a letter” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🖥️ Who does this job: “shows the desktop” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  8. 8.🧰 Which program would you use for opening a website? (a) a word processor (b) a presentation program (c) a web browser (d) a spreadsheet
  9. 9.True or false: making a budget table is done in a word processor. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: opening a website is done in a spreadsheet. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) plays a game (b) draws a picture (c) adds up marks (d) runs the other programs
  12. 12.True or false: opening a website is done in a word processor. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧰 Which program would you use for typing a letter? (a) a word processor (b) a spreadsheet (c) a paint program (d) a presentation program
  14. 14.True or false: typing a letter is done in a word processor. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: “adds up marks” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: “shows the desktop” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is done in a web browser? (a) making a budget table (b) colouring a picture (c) adding up marks (d) opening a website
  18. 18.True or false: “shares memory among apps” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🖥️ Who does this job: “starts up the computer” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  20. 20.🖥️ Who does this job: “shares memory among apps” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  21. 21.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) only at night (b) as the computer starts (c) after we print (d) when we sneeze
  22. 22.True or false: “plays a game” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🖥️ What is the software that starts and runs the whole computer? (a) a web browser (b) a paint program (c) an operating system (d) a word processor
  24. 24.🖥️ Who does this job: “talks to the devices” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  25. 25.🖥️ Who does this job: “adds up marks” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  26. 26.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) shows the desktop (b) starts up the computer (c) talks to the devices (d) opens a website
  27. 27.True or false: “plays a song” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: “draws a picture” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) drawing a kite (b) writing a story (c) colouring a picture (d) adding up marks
  30. 30.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) making slides for a talk (b) adding up marks (c) colouring a picture (d) writing a story
  31. 31.True or false: “runs the other programs” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) adding up marks (b) opening a website (c) typing a letter (d) colouring a picture
  33. 33.🧰 Which program would you use for adding up marks? (a) a paint program (b) a word processor (c) a spreadsheet (d) a web browser
  34. 34.True or false: “types a letter” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🖥️ Who does this job: “draws a picture” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  36. 36.True or false: writing a story is done in a word processor. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) manages all the files (b) talks to the devices (c) types a letter (d) shows the desktop
  38. 38.True or false: typing a letter is done in a spreadsheet. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) software (b) hardware
  40. 40.🧰 Which program would you use for writing a story? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a word processor (c) a web browser (d) a paint program

Answer key

  1. shares memory among apps
  2. an app
  3. shows the desktop
  4. a spreadsheet
  5. True
  6. False
  7. the operating system
  8. a web browser
  9. False
  10. False
  11. runs the other programs
  12. False
  13. a word processor
  14. True
  15. False
  16. False
  17. opening a website
  18. False
  19. the operating system
  20. the operating system
  21. as the computer starts
  22. False
  23. an operating system
  24. the operating system
  25. an app
  26. opens a website
  27. False
  28. True
  29. writing a story
  30. adding up marks
  31. False
  32. typing a letter
  33. a spreadsheet
  34. True
  35. an app
  36. True
  37. types a letter
  38. False
  39. software
  40. a word processor

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