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