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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 924 · 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.True or false: “draws a picture” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) types a letter (b) opens a website (c) talks to the devices (d) plays a game
  3. 3.🖥️ 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
  4. 4.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) manages all the files (b) adds up marks (c) draws a picture (d) plays a song
  5. 5.🧰 Which program would you use for making a budget table? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a presentation program (c) a paint program (d) a word processor
  6. 6.True or false: “shows the desktop” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: adding up marks is done in a paint program. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🖥️ Who does this job: “adds up marks” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  9. 9.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) starts up the computer (b) types a letter (c) opens a website (d) adds up marks
  10. 10.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a paint program. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: “plays a game” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: opening a website is done in a paint program. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: “types a letter” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) after we print (b) only at night (c) when we sneeze (d) as the computer starts
  15. 15.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) manages all the files (b) talks to the devices (c) plays a game (d) starts up the computer
  16. 16.True or false: opening a website is done in a spreadsheet. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) manages all the files (b) shares memory among apps (c) types a letter (d) shows the desktop
  18. 18.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) plays a game (b) opens a website (c) shows the desktop (d) plays a song
  19. 19.Which of these is done in a web browser? (a) making slides for a talk (b) colouring a picture (c) writing a story (d) opening a website
  20. 20.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) adds up marks (b) starts up the computer (c) shows the desktop (d) talks to the devices
  21. 21.True or false: “adds up marks” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) draws a picture (b) talks to the devices (c) starts up the computer (d) manages all the files
  23. 23.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) drawing a kite (b) opening a website (c) colouring a picture (d) writing a story
  24. 24.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) plays a game (b) runs the other programs (c) types a letter (d) opens a website
  25. 25.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) opening a website (b) colouring a picture (c) drawing a kite (d) adding up marks
  26. 26.True or false: “runs the other programs” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) software (b) hardware
  28. 28.🧰 Which program would you use for opening a website? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a presentation program (c) a paint program (d) a web browser
  29. 29.🧰 Which program would you use for colouring a picture? (a) a word processor (b) a paint program (c) a presentation program (d) a spreadsheet
  30. 30.🖥️ Who does this job: “shares memory among apps” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  31. 31.True or false: “shares memory among apps” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “draws a picture” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “starts up the computer” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: “talks to the devices” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: adding up marks is done in a spreadsheet. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: writing a story is done in a paint program. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) plays a song (b) types a letter (c) shares memory among apps (d) draws a picture
  38. 38.🧰 Which program would you use for typing a letter? (a) a presentation program (b) a web browser (c) a word processor (d) a spreadsheet
  39. 39.True or false: “opens a website” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🖥️ Who does this job: “manages all the files” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system

Answer key

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

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