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