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