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