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