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