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