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