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Class 2 Computer Worksheet: Starting and Shutting Down

Computer lesson 10: Starting and shutting down · Set 361 · 40 questions
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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. 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. 2.💾 What should we do before shutting down? (a) spill water (b) hit the screen (c) pull the plug (d) save our work
  3. 3.🔢 To shut down a computer, which is the LAST step? (a) close all programs (b) choose shut down (c) save your work (d) switch off main power
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) close all programs (b) save your work first (c) switch off before saving (d) use the shut-down option
  5. 5.True or false: “pull the plug while on” is the right way to shut down. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔢 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
  7. 7.🔢 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
  8. 8.🖼️ What are the small pictures on the desktop called? (a) buttons (b) icons (c) files of paper (d) cursors
  9. 9.🔑 What do we type to log in safely? (a) our address (b) a password (c) a poem (d) a phone number
  10. 10.🔌 Shutting down: is “close all programs” the right way or the wrong way? (a) the right way (b) the wrong way
  11. 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. 12.True or false: “use the shut-down option” is the wrong way to shut down. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔢 To shut down a computer, which is the FIRST step? (a) choose shut down (b) wait for a dark screen (c) save your work (d) switch off main power
  14. 14.🔢 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
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pull the plug while on (b) use the shut-down option (c) shut down mid-update (d) switch off before saving
  16. 16.🔘 Which button do we press to switch on the computer? (a) the Enter key (b) the power button (c) the space bar (d) the mouse button
  17. 17.True or false: “use the shut-down option” is the right way to shut down. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔌 Shutting down: is “press power mid-work” the right way or the wrong way? (a) the wrong way (b) the right way
  19. 19.🔌 Shutting down: is “wait till it turns off” the right way or the wrong way? (a) the right way (b) the wrong way
  20. 20.🔌 Shutting down: is “save your work first” the right way or the wrong way? (a) the right way (b) the wrong way
  21. 21.🔢 To shut down a computer, what comes right after “save your work”? (a) close all programs (b) wait for a dark screen (c) switch off main power (d) choose shut down
  22. 22.🔢 To shut down a computer, what comes right after “choose shut down”? (a) wait for a dark screen (b) close all programs (c) switch off main power (d) save your work
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press power mid-work (b) pull the plug while on (c) switch off before saving (d) switch off mains last
  24. 24.🔍 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
  25. 25.🔢 To start a computer, what comes right after “switch on the main power”? (a) wait while it starts (b) press the power button (c) log in with a password
  26. 26.🔒 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
  27. 27.🔢 To shut down a computer, what comes right after “wait for a dark screen”? (a) choose shut down (b) close all programs (c) switch off main power (d) save your work
  28. 28.🔢 To shut down a computer, which do we do first: “close all programs” or “save your work”? (a) close all programs (b) save your work
  29. 29.🔢 To shut down a computer, which do we do first: “close all programs” or “switch off main power”? (a) switch off main power (b) close all programs
  30. 30.🔌 Shutting down: is “use the shut-down option” the right way or the wrong way? (a) the right way (b) the wrong way
  31. 31.🔢 To start a computer, which do we do first: “press the power button” or “log in with a password”? (a) press the power button (b) log in with a password
  32. 32.🔌 Shutting down: is “switch off before saving” the right way or the wrong way? (a) the wrong way (b) the right way
  33. 33.True or false: “save your work first” is the right way to shut down. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔌 Shutting down: is “shut down mid-update” the right way or the wrong way? (a) the right way (b) the wrong way
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) wait till it turns off (b) switch off before saving (c) pull the plug while on (d) shut down mid-update
  36. 36.🔌 Shutting down: is “pull the plug while on” the right way or the wrong way? (a) the wrong way (b) the right way
  37. 37.True or false: “close all programs” is the right way to shut down. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “switch off mains last” is the wrong way to shut down. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔢 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
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) close all programs (b) wait till it turns off (c) save your work first (d) pull the plug while on

Answer key

  1. the desktop
  2. save our work
  3. switch off main power
  4. switch off before saving
  5. False
  6. switch on the main power
  7. save your work
  8. icons
  9. a password
  10. the right way
  11. choose shut down
  12. False
  13. save your work
  14. switch on the main power
  15. use the shut-down option
  16. the power button
  17. True
  18. the wrong way
  19. the right way
  20. the right way
  21. close all programs
  22. wait for a dark screen
  23. switch off mains last
  24. press power mid-work
  25. press the power button
  26. to keep our work safe
  27. switch off main power
  28. save your work
  29. close all programs
  30. the right way
  31. press the power button
  32. the wrong way
  33. True
  34. the wrong way
  35. wait till it turns off
  36. the wrong way
  37. True
  38. False
  39. choose shut down
  40. pull the plug while on

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