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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 98 · 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: typing a letter is done in a presentation program. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: “shares memory among apps” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧰 Which program would you use for making slides for a talk? (a) a word processor (b) a presentation program (c) a spreadsheet (d) a web browser
  4. 4.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) types a letter (b) shows the desktop (c) manages all the files (d) talks to the devices
  5. 5.🧰 Which program would you use for making a budget table? (a) a word processor (b) a spreadsheet (c) a paint program (d) a presentation program
  6. 6.🖥️ Who does this job: “starts up the computer” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  7. 7.Which of these is done in a presentation program? (a) colouring a picture (b) making slides for a talk (c) making a budget table (d) opening a website
  8. 8.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) hardware (b) software
  9. 9.🧰 Which program would you use for writing a story? (a) a spreadsheet (b) a web browser (c) a word processor (d) a paint program
  10. 10.True or false: writing a story is done in a web browser. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: “manages all the files” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: “starts up the computer” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) as the computer starts (b) when we sneeze (c) only at night (d) after we print
  14. 14.🖥️ Who does this job: “draws a picture” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  15. 15.True or false: “shows the desktop” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🖥️ What is the software that starts and runs the whole computer? (a) a web browser (b) a word processor (c) an operating system (d) a paint program
  17. 17.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) plays a song (b) types a letter (c) opens a website (d) talks to the devices
  18. 18.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a paint program. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: colouring a picture is done in a word processor. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🧰 Which program would you use for typing a letter? (a) a presentation program (b) a web browser (c) a paint program (d) a word processor
  21. 21.True or false: opening a website is done in a paint program. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “talks to the devices” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: adding up marks is done in a web browser. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🖥️ Who does this job: “manages all the files” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  25. 25.True or false: “plays a game” is a job of the operating system. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) starts up the computer (b) adds up marks (c) plays a game (d) types a letter
  27. 27.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) shows the desktop (b) adds up marks (c) talks to the devices (d) manages all the files
  28. 28.True or false: making slides for a talk is done in a presentation program. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🖥️ Who does this job: “plays a game” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  30. 30.🖥️ Who does this job: “adds up marks” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  31. 31.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) opening a website (b) drawing a kite (c) adding up marks (d) writing a story
  32. 32.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) runs the other programs (b) draws a picture (c) shares memory among apps (d) starts up the computer
  33. 33.True or false: “types a letter” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “draws a picture” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧰 Which program would you use for adding up marks? (a) a paint program (b) a word processor (c) a web browser (d) a spreadsheet
  36. 36.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) adding up marks (b) colouring a picture (c) typing a letter (d) drawing a kite
  37. 37.🖥️ Who does this job: “runs the other programs” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  38. 38.True or false: drawing a kite is done in a paint program. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is done in a web browser? (a) colouring a picture (b) typing a letter (c) writing a story (d) opening a website
  40. 40.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) starts up the computer (b) plays a game (c) runs the other programs (d) manages all the files

Answer key

  1. False
  2. False
  3. a presentation program
  4. types a letter
  5. a spreadsheet
  6. the operating system
  7. making slides for a talk
  8. software
  9. a word processor
  10. False
  11. True
  12. False
  13. as the computer starts
  14. an app
  15. False
  16. an operating system
  17. talks to the devices
  18. True
  19. False
  20. a word processor
  21. False
  22. False
  23. False
  24. the operating system
  25. False
  26. starts up the computer
  27. adds up marks
  28. True
  29. an app
  30. an app
  31. adding up marks
  32. draws a picture
  33. True
  34. True
  35. a spreadsheet
  36. typing a letter
  37. the operating system
  38. True
  39. opening a website
  40. plays a game

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