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