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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 945 · 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) types a letter (b) adds up marks (c) plays a game (d) talks to the devices
  2. 2.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) opens a website (b) manages all the files (c) plays a song (d) adds up marks
  3. 3.🧰 Which program would you use for writing a story? (a) a paint program (b) a word processor (c) a presentation program (d) a web browser
  4. 4.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) writing a story (b) drawing a kite (c) opening a website (d) making slides for a talk
  5. 5.🧰 Which program would you use for typing a letter? (a) a word processor (b) a web browser (c) a presentation program (d) a spreadsheet
  6. 6.🖥️ What is the software that starts and runs the whole computer? (a) an operating system (b) a paint program (c) a word processor (d) a web browser
  7. 7.True or false: “adds up marks” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a spreadsheet. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: “runs the other programs” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a word processor. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🖥️ Who does this job: “manages all the files” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  12. 12.True or false: “starts up the computer” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🧰 Which program would you use for drawing a kite? (a) a presentation program (b) a word processor (c) a spreadsheet (d) a paint program
  14. 14.True or false: typing a letter is done in a word processor. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: “shares memory among apps” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: adding up marks is done in a spreadsheet. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: “draws a picture” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🖥️ Who does this job: “draws a picture” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  19. 19.True or false: “plays a song” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) when we sneeze (b) only at night (c) as the computer starts (d) after we print
  21. 21.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) adds up marks (b) opens a website (c) types a letter (d) shares memory among apps
  22. 22.True or false: opening a website is done in a web browser. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) software (b) hardware
  24. 24.🖥️ Who does this job: “starts up the computer” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  25. 25.🧰 Which program would you use for opening a website? (a) a presentation program (b) a spreadsheet (c) a paint program (d) a web browser
  26. 26.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) colouring a picture (b) adding up marks (c) drawing a kite (d) writing a story
  27. 27.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) colouring a picture (b) typing a letter (c) drawing a kite (d) making a budget table
  28. 28.True or false: making a budget table is done in a web browser. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is done in a presentation program? (a) typing a letter (b) making slides for a talk (c) drawing a kite (d) colouring a picture
  30. 30.True or false: writing a story is done in a word processor. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧰 Which program would you use for making slides for a talk? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a web browser (c) a word processor (d) a presentation program
  32. 32.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) draws a picture (b) opens a website (c) shows the desktop (d) plays a song
  33. 33.True or false: making a budget table is done in a spreadsheet. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “manages all the files” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) shows the desktop (b) types a letter (c) shares memory among apps (d) starts up the computer
  36. 36.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) runs the other programs (b) draws a picture (c) shows the desktop (d) starts up the computer
  37. 37.True or false: “runs the other programs” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🖥️ Who does this job: “types a letter” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  39. 39.🧰 Which program would you use for adding up marks? (a) a paint program (b) a word processor (c) a presentation program (d) a spreadsheet
  40. 40.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a paint program. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. talks to the devices
  2. manages all the files
  3. a word processor
  4. drawing a kite
  5. a word processor
  6. an operating system
  7. True
  8. False
  9. False
  10. False
  11. the operating system
  12. False
  13. a paint program
  14. True
  15. False
  16. True
  17. True
  18. an app
  19. False
  20. as the computer starts
  21. shares memory among apps
  22. True
  23. software
  24. the operating system
  25. a web browser
  26. writing a story
  27. making a budget table
  28. False
  29. making slides for a talk
  30. True
  31. a presentation program
  32. shows the desktop
  33. True
  34. True
  35. types a letter
  36. draws a picture
  37. True
  38. an app
  39. a spreadsheet
  40. True

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