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