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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: Operating System

Computer lesson 19: The operating system · Set 992 · 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) plays a game (b) plays a song (c) types a letter (d) shares memory among apps
  2. 2.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) opens a website (b) starts up the computer (c) types a letter (d) adds up marks
  3. 3.🧩 Is an operating system hardware or software? (a) hardware (b) software
  4. 4.🖥️ Who does this job: “draws a picture” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  5. 5.True or false: “runs the other programs” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: drawing a kite is done in a paint program. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🧰 Which program would you use for adding up marks? (a) a presentation program (b) a web browser (c) a word processor (d) a spreadsheet
  8. 8.🖥️ Who does this job: “shows the desktop” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  9. 9.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) plays a song (b) types a letter (c) opens a website (d) runs the other programs
  10. 10.True or false: making a budget table is done in a spreadsheet. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🖥️ Who does this job: “types a letter” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  12. 12.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) runs the other programs (b) starts up the computer (c) manages all the files (d) adds up marks
  13. 13.True or false: “shares memory among apps” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) writing a story (b) opening a website (c) typing a letter (d) adding up marks
  15. 15.🖥️ Who does this job: “shares memory among apps” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  16. 16.🖥️ What is the software that starts and runs the whole computer? (a) a word processor (b) a web browser (c) an operating system (d) a paint program
  17. 17.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) manages all the files (b) starts up the computer (c) plays a game (d) shares memory among apps
  18. 18.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) types a letter (b) plays a game (c) talks to the devices (d) plays a song
  19. 19.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) making a budget table (b) typing a letter (c) colouring a picture (d) writing a story
  20. 20.Which of these is done in a spreadsheet? (a) typing a letter (b) opening a website (c) colouring a picture (d) making a budget table
  21. 21.True or false: “draws a picture” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔁 When does the operating system start working? (a) when we sneeze (b) after we print (c) only at night (d) as the computer starts
  23. 23.Which of these is done in a presentation program? (a) typing a letter (b) making slides for a talk (c) adding up marks (d) writing a story
  24. 24.🖥️ Who does this job: “talks to the devices” — the operating system or an app? (a) an app (b) the operating system
  25. 25.True or false: drawing a kite is done in a web browser. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧰 Which program would you use for opening a website? (a) a presentation program (b) a web browser (c) a word processor (d) a paint program
  27. 27.🖥️ Who does this job: “starts up the computer” — the operating system or an app? (a) the operating system (b) an app
  28. 28.True or false: writing a story is done in a word processor. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) shows the desktop (b) opens a website (c) starts up the computer (d) manages all the files
  30. 30.True or false: “types a letter” is a job of an app. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is a job of the operating system? (a) draws a picture (b) shows the desktop (c) types a letter (d) plays a game
  32. 32.True or false: “types a letter” is a job of the operating system. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧰 Which program would you use for drawing a kite? (a) a paint program (b) a word processor (c) a web browser (d) a spreadsheet
  34. 34.Which of these is done in a paint program? (a) opening a website (b) drawing a kite (c) making slides for a talk (d) adding up marks
  35. 35.Which of these is a job of an app? (a) shows the desktop (b) draws a picture (c) runs the other programs (d) starts up the computer
  36. 36.Which of these is done in a word processor? (a) typing a letter (b) making a budget table (c) adding up marks (d) drawing a kite
  37. 37.True or false: writing a story is done in a web browser. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “plays a song” is a job of an app. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is done in a web browser? (a) opening a website (b) typing a letter (c) making a budget table (d) writing a story
  40. 40.🧰 Which program would you use for making slides for a talk? (a) a word processor (b) a spreadsheet (c) a presentation program (d) a web browser

Answer key

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

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