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