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Class 1 Computer Worksheet: Mouse Basics

Computer lesson 5: Mouse basics · Set 12 · 40 questions
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Remember (Count the presses): Click = press the left button once; double-click = press it twice quickly. Right-click = press the right button; drag = hold the button down and move the mouse. Scroll = roll the middle wheel. Index finger on the left button, middle finger on the right button.

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  1. 1.🛞 What is the small wheel between the mouse buttons for? (a) scrolling (b) typing (c) printing (d) charging
  2. 2.🖐️ Which finger presses the right mouse button? (a) the thumb (b) the middle finger (c) the ring finger (d) the little finger
  3. 3.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left twice quickly? (a) right-click (b) double-click (c) scroll (d) drag
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a single left press (b) move while holding down (c) press, hold and slide (d) hold the button and move
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press, hold and slide (b) turn the wheel (c) hold the button and move (d) move while holding down
  6. 6.How do we do a scroll? (a) press left button once (b) press the right button (c) tap the left button (d) roll the middle wheel
  7. 7.🖱️ A double-click means pressing the left button how many times quickly?
  8. 8.🖱️ How many buttons does a simple computer mouse have (not counting the wheel)?
  9. 9.True or false: to press the right button is a drag. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🖱️ What do we call it when we spin the middle wheel? (a) drag (b) scroll (c) click (d) right-click
  11. 11.🖱️ A single click means pressing the left button how many times?
  12. 12.🖱️ To drag an icon, we keep the button ___ while moving the mouse. (a) switched off (b) let go (c) unplugged (d) pressed down
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tap the left button (b) spin the middle wheel (c) turn the wheel (d) roll the middle wheel
  14. 14.🖱️ What do we call it when we click two times fast? (a) click (b) right-click (c) drag (d) double-click
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hold the button and move (b) press the right button (c) tap the right button (d) one press on the right
  16. 16.✋ How should we hold the mouse? (a) gently, palm on top (b) upside down (c) by its wire (d) with both hands
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tap the right button (b) one press on the right (c) press the right button (d) move while holding down
  18. 18.🖱️ Which mouse button do we use most of the time? (a) the left button (b) the right button (c) the wheel
  19. 19.True or false: to one press on the right is a right-click. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.How do we do a right-click? (a) press left button once (b) a single left press (c) press left twice quickly (d) press the right button
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) two fast left presses (b) click two times fast (c) spin the middle wheel (d) press left twice quickly
  22. 22.True or false: to press left twice quickly is a drag. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: to press left twice quickly is a right-click. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.How do we do a click? (a) press left button once (b) two fast left presses (c) press the right button (d) hold the button and move
  25. 25.How do we do a right-click? (a) roll the middle wheel (b) a single left press (c) press, hold and slide (d) one press on the right
  26. 26.True or false: to move while holding down is a drag. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.How do we do a double-click? (a) move while holding down (b) one press on the right (c) tap the left button (d) click two times fast
  28. 28.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left button once? (a) right-click (b) double-click (c) click (d) drag
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press left button once (b) tap the right button (c) press the right button (d) one press on the right
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) click two times fast (b) spin the middle wheel (c) roll the middle wheel (d) turn the wheel
  31. 31.True or false: to press the right button is a scroll. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.How do we do a click? (a) press left twice quickly (b) click two times fast (c) tap the left button (d) one press on the right
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press left twice quickly (b) one press on the right (c) two fast left presses (d) click two times fast
  34. 34.True or false: to press, hold and slide is a click. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: to move while holding down is a right-click. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) click two times fast (b) press left twice quickly (c) two fast left presses (d) press, hold and slide
  37. 37.How do we do a double-click? (a) spin the middle wheel (b) a single left press (c) press, hold and slide (d) press left twice quickly
  38. 38.☝️ Which finger presses the left mouse button? (a) the index finger (b) the ring finger (c) the thumb (d) the little finger
  39. 39.True or false: to tap the right button is a drag. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: to a single left press is a right-click. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. scrolling
  2. the middle finger
  3. double-click
  4. a single left press
  5. turn the wheel
  6. roll the middle wheel
  7. 2
  8. 2
  9. False
  10. scroll
  11. 1
  12. pressed down
  13. tap the left button
  14. double-click
  15. hold the button and move
  16. gently, palm on top
  17. move while holding down
  18. the left button
  19. True
  20. press the right button
  21. spin the middle wheel
  22. False
  23. False
  24. press left button once
  25. one press on the right
  26. True
  27. click two times fast
  28. click
  29. press left button once
  30. click two times fast
  31. False
  32. tap the left button
  33. one press on the right
  34. False
  35. False
  36. press, hold and slide
  37. press left twice quickly
  38. the index finger
  39. False
  40. False

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