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