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