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Class 1 Computer Worksheet: Mouse Basics

Computer lesson 5: Mouse basics · Set 144 · 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.🖱️ To move a mouse smoothly, we keep it on a ___. (a) pillow (b) plate (c) chair (d) mouse pad
  2. 2.🖱️ How many buttons does a simple computer mouse have (not counting the wheel)?
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hold the button and move (b) two fast left presses (c) press left twice quickly (d) click two times fast
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tap the left button (b) tap the right button (c) press the right button (d) one press on the right
  5. 5.How do we do a click? (a) roll the middle wheel (b) a single left press (c) click two times fast (d) one press on the right
  6. 6.🖱️ A double-click means pressing the left button how many times quickly?
  7. 7.How do we do a click? (a) click two times fast (b) press left button once (c) roll the middle wheel (d) spin the middle wheel
  8. 8.True or false: to tap the left button is a click. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.How do we do a drag? (a) a single left press (b) one press on the right (c) tap the left button (d) move while holding down
  10. 10.How do we do a double-click? (a) click two times fast (b) move while holding down (c) turn the wheel (d) press left button once
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a single left press (b) press left button once (c) press left twice quickly (d) tap the left button
  12. 12.🖱️ To drag an icon, we keep the button ___ while moving the mouse. (a) unplugged (b) let go (c) switched off (d) pressed down
  13. 13.🔍 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
  14. 14.True or false: to press left button once is a double-click. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: to roll the middle wheel is a right-click. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: to spin the middle wheel is a drag. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.How do we do a drag? (a) roll the middle wheel (b) hold the button and move (c) press left button once (d) a single left press
  18. 18.🖱️ A single click means pressing the left button how many times?
  19. 19.🖱️ What do we call it when we tap the right button? (a) double-click (b) scroll (c) drag (d) right-click
  20. 20.✋ How should we hold the mouse? (a) by its wire (b) with both hands (c) upside down (d) gently, palm on top
  21. 21.☝️ Which finger presses the left mouse button? (a) the index finger (b) the thumb (c) the ring finger (d) the little finger
  22. 22.🖱️ What do we call it when we press the right button? (a) drag (b) double-click (c) click (d) right-click
  23. 23.How do we do a click? (a) tap the left button (b) click two times fast (c) one press on the right (d) hold the button and move
  24. 24.True or false: to roll the middle wheel is a double-click. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🖱️ What do we call it when we roll the middle wheel? (a) right-click (b) scroll (c) double-click (d) click
  26. 26.How do we do a double-click? (a) one press on the right (b) move while holding down (c) spin the middle wheel (d) press left twice quickly
  27. 27.🖱️ What do we call it when we move while holding down? (a) click (b) scroll (c) drag (d) right-click
  28. 28.🖱️ What do we call it when we click two times fast? (a) scroll (b) right-click (c) drag (d) double-click
  29. 29.🖱️ Which mouse button do we use most of the time? (a) the left button (b) the right button (c) the wheel
  30. 30.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left button once? (a) scroll (b) double-click (c) click (d) right-click
  31. 31.True or false: to a single left press is a drag. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🖱️ What do we call it when we two fast left presses? (a) drag (b) scroll (c) double-click (d) right-click
  33. 33.True or false: to hold the button and move is a double-click. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: to move while holding down is a scroll. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.How do we do a right-click? (a) press left twice quickly (b) hold the button and move (c) a single left press (d) one press on the right
  36. 36.How do we do a right-click? (a) two fast left presses (b) press, hold and slide (c) click two times fast (d) tap the right button
  37. 37.True or false: to press, hold and slide is a scroll. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: to two fast left presses is a double-click. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press the right button (b) turn the wheel (c) spin the middle wheel (d) roll the middle wheel
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tap the right button (b) move while holding down (c) press the right button (d) one press on the right

Answer key

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

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