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