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