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