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.💾 What should we do before shutting down? (a) pull the plug (b) hit the screen (c) save our work (d) spill water
- 2.🖥️ What is the first screen with small pictures after a computer starts? (a) the printer (b) the keyboard (c) the folder (d) the desktop
- 3.🔌 Shutting down: is “press power mid-work” the right way or the wrong way? (a) the wrong way (b) the right way
- 4.🔢 To start a computer, which do we do first: “wait while it starts” or “switch on the main power”? (a) switch on the main power (b) wait while it starts
- 5.🔌 Shutting down: is “pull the plug while on” the right way or the wrong way? (a) the wrong way (b) the right way
- 6.🔢 To start a computer, what comes right after “wait while it starts”? (a) log in with a password (b) press the power button (c) switch on the main power
- 7.🔢 To start a computer, which is the FIRST step? (a) wait while it starts (b) switch on the main power (c) log in with a password (d) press the power button
- 8.🔌 Shutting down: is “switch off mains last” the right way or the wrong way? (a) the wrong way (b) the right way
- 9.True or false: “shut down mid-update” is the right way to shut down. (a) True (b) False
- 10.True or false: “switch off mains last” is the wrong way to shut down. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🔢 To shut down a computer, what comes right after “save your work”? (a) choose shut down (b) wait for a dark screen (c) close all programs (d) switch off main power
- 12.🔢 To start a computer, which do we do first: “press the power button” or “log in with a password”? (a) log in with a password (b) press the power button
- 13.🔢 To shut down a computer, which is the FIRST step? (a) close all programs (b) choose shut down (c) save your work (d) switch off main power
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shut down mid-update (b) press power mid-work (c) pull the plug while on (d) save your work first
- 15.🔢 To start a computer, which is the LAST step? (a) wait while it starts (b) switch on the main power (c) log in with a password (d) press the power button
- 16.🔒 Why do we log in with a password? (a) to make it faster (b) to keep our work safe (c) to print a page (d) to change the colour
- 17.🔌 Shutting down: is “use the shut-down option” the right way or the wrong way? (a) the right way (b) the wrong way
- 18.True or false: “wait till it turns off” is the wrong way to shut down. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🔢 To shut down a computer, which do we do first: “save your work” or “close all programs”? (a) close all programs (b) save your work
- 20.🔌 Shutting down: is “shut down mid-update” the right way or the wrong way? (a) the wrong way (b) the right way
- 21.True or false: “switch off before saving” is the wrong way to shut down. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🔢 To shut down a computer, which do we do first: “save your work” or “wait for a dark screen”? (a) wait for a dark screen (b) save your work
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) use the shut-down option (b) switch off before saving (c) save your work first (d) switch off mains last
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pull the plug while on (b) wait till it turns off (c) use the shut-down option (d) save your work first
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shut down mid-update (b) press power mid-work (c) wait till it turns off (d) pull the plug while on
- 26.True or false: “wait till it turns off” is the right way to shut down. (a) False (b) True
- 27.True or false: “save your work first” is the wrong way to shut down. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🔌 Shutting down: is “close all programs” the right way or the wrong way? (a) the right way (b) the wrong way
- 29.True or false: “press power mid-work” is the wrong way to shut down. (a) True (b) False
- 30.⏳ What should we do while the computer is starting up? (a) press many keys (b) switch it off (c) shake the monitor (d) wait patiently
- 31.🔢 To start a computer, which do we do first: “wait while it starts” or “press the power button”? (a) press the power button (b) wait while it starts
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) close all programs (b) switch off mains last (c) use the shut-down option (d) shut down mid-update
- 33.True or false: “close all programs” is the right way to shut down. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: “press power mid-work” is the right way to shut down. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: “save your work first” is the right way to shut down. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🔢 To shut down a computer, which is the LAST step? (a) choose shut down (b) save your work (c) wait for a dark screen (d) switch off main power
- 37.🔢 To start a computer, what comes right after “switch on the main power”? (a) press the power button (b) wait while it starts (c) log in with a password
- 38.🔑 What do we type to log in safely? (a) our address (b) a password (c) a poem (d) a phone number
- 39.🔢 To shut down a computer, which do we do first: “close all programs” or “choose shut down”? (a) close all programs (b) choose shut down
- 40.🔢 To shut down a computer, which do we do first: “choose shut down” or “wait for a dark screen”? (a) choose shut down (b) wait for a dark screen
Answer key
- save our work
- the desktop
- the wrong way
- switch on the main power
- the wrong way
- log in with a password
- switch on the main power
- the right way
- False
- False
- close all programs
- press the power button
- save your work
- save your work first
- log in with a password
- to keep our work safe
- the right way
- False
- save your work
- the wrong way
- True
- save your work
- switch off before saving
- pull the plug while on
- wait till it turns off
- True
- False
- the right way
- True
- wait patiently
- press the power button
- shut down mid-update
- True
- False
- True
- switch off main power
- press the power button
- a password
- close all programs
- choose shut down
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