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