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