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