Class 2 Computer Worksheet: Starting and Shutting Down
Remember (Steps in order): Start: main power → power button → wait while it starts → log in with a password. Shut down: save your work → close all programs → choose shut down → wait for a dark screen → switch off main power. Never pull the plug or press the power button while the computer is working.
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- 1.🔢 To shut down a computer, which do we do first: “switch off main power” or “choose shut down”? (a) switch off main power (b) choose shut down
- 2.🔌 Shutting down: is “pull the plug while on” the right way or the wrong way? (a) the right way (b) the wrong way
- 3.True or false: “wait till it turns off” is the right way to shut down. (a) False (b) True
- 4.True or false: “use the shut-down option” is the wrong way to shut down. (a) True (b) False
- 5.True or false: “shut down mid-update” is the wrong way to shut down. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🔌 Shutting down: is “switch off before saving” the right way or the wrong way? (a) the right way (b) the wrong way
- 7.🔢 To start a computer, what comes right after “switch on the main power”? (a) log in with a password (b) wait while it starts (c) press the power button
- 8.🔢 To start a computer, which is the FIRST step? (a) log in with a password (b) wait while it starts (c) press the power button (d) switch on the main power
- 9.🖥️ What is the first screen with small pictures after a computer starts? (a) the desktop (b) the printer (c) the keyboard (d) the folder
- 10.💾 What should we do before shutting down? (a) hit the screen (b) pull the plug (c) spill water (d) save our work
- 11.🖼️ What are the small pictures on the desktop called? (a) icons (b) buttons (c) cursors (d) files of paper
- 12.🔢 To shut down a computer, which is the LAST step? (a) switch off main power (b) wait for a dark screen (c) choose shut down (d) save your work
- 13.🔘 Which button do we press to switch on the computer? (a) the mouse button (b) the Enter key (c) the space bar (d) the power button
- 14.🔌 Shutting down: is “save your work first” the right way or the wrong way? (a) the right way (b) the wrong way
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) use the shut-down option (b) pull the plug while on (c) switch off mains last (d) wait till it turns off
- 16.True or false: “switch off mains last” is the wrong way to shut down. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🔢 To start a computer, which is the LAST step? (a) wait while it starts (b) log in with a password (c) switch on the main power (d) press the power button
- 18.⏳ What should we do while the computer is starting up? (a) wait patiently (b) shake the monitor (c) press many keys (d) switch it off
- 19.🔌 Shutting down: is “close all programs” the right way or the wrong way? (a) the right way (b) the wrong way
- 20.True or false: “save your work first” is the right way to shut down. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🔢 To shut down a computer, what comes right after “choose shut down”? (a) switch off main power (b) save your work (c) wait for a dark screen (d) close all programs
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) switch off before saving (b) switch off mains last (c) shut down mid-update (d) pull the plug while on
- 23.True or false: “use the shut-down option” is the right way to shut down. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🔢 To start a computer, which do we do first: “press the power button” or “switch on the main power”? (a) press the power button (b) switch on the main power
- 25.True or false: “shut down mid-update” is the right way to shut down. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🔒 Why do we log in with a password? (a) to make it faster (b) to change the colour (c) to print a page (d) to keep our work safe
- 27.True or false: “switch off before saving” is the wrong way to shut down. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) switch off before saving (b) press power mid-work (c) wait till it turns off (d) shut down mid-update
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) save your work first (b) wait till it turns off (c) shut down mid-update (d) close all programs
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) switch off before saving (b) close all programs (c) switch off mains last (d) save your work first
- 31.🔢 To start a computer, which do we do first: “switch on the main power” or “log in with a password”? (a) log in with a password (b) switch on the main power
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press power mid-work (b) use the shut-down option (c) switch off before saving (d) shut down mid-update
- 33.🔢 To start a computer, which do we do first: “switch on the main power” or “press the power button”? (a) press the power button (b) switch on the main power
- 34.True or false: “press power mid-work” is the right way to shut down. (a) False (b) True
- 35.True or false: “pull the plug while on” is the wrong way to shut down. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🔌 Shutting down: is “use the shut-down option” the right way or the wrong way? (a) the wrong way (b) the right way
- 37.🔑 What do we type to log in safely? (a) our address (b) a phone number (c) a poem (d) a password
- 38.🔢 To shut down a computer, which is the FIRST step? (a) save your work (b) close all programs (c) choose shut down (d) wait for a dark screen
- 39.🔢 To shut down a computer, what comes right after “close all programs”? (a) choose shut down (b) save your work (c) wait for a dark screen (d) switch off main power
- 40.🔌 Shutting down: is “wait till it turns off” the right way or the wrong way? (a) the right way (b) the wrong way
Answer key
- choose shut down
- the wrong way
- True
- False
- True
- the wrong way
- press the power button
- switch on the main power
- the desktop
- save our work
- icons
- switch off main power
- the power button
- the right way
- pull the plug while on
- False
- log in with a password
- wait patiently
- the right way
- True
- wait for a dark screen
- switch off mains last
- True
- switch on the main power
- False
- to keep our work safe
- True
- wait till it turns off
- shut down mid-update
- switch off before saving
- switch on the main power
- use the shut-down option
- switch on the main power
- False
- True
- the right way
- a password
- save your work
- choose shut down
- the right way
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