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Class 1 Computer Worksheet: Mouse Basics

Computer lesson 5: Mouse basics · Set 265 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spin the middle wheel (b) roll the middle wheel (c) turn the wheel (d) tap the right button
  2. 2.🖱️ What do we call it when we hold the button and move? (a) right-click (b) drag (c) click (d) double-click
  3. 3.✋ How should we hold the mouse? (a) upside down (b) by its wire (c) gently, palm on top (d) with both hands
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) two fast left presses (b) press, hold and slide (c) move while holding down (d) hold the button and move
  5. 5.🖱️ What do we call it when we move while holding down? (a) click (b) double-click (c) drag (d) right-click
  6. 6.True or false: to roll the middle wheel is a click. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🖱️ A single click means pressing the left button how many times?
  8. 8.How do we do a scroll? (a) roll the middle wheel (b) click two times fast (c) hold the button and move (d) press, hold and slide
  9. 9.🖱️ What do we call it when we tap the right button? (a) scroll (b) drag (c) click (d) right-click
  10. 10.🖱️ How many buttons does a simple computer mouse have (not counting the wheel)?
  11. 11.How do we do a double-click? (a) press left twice quickly (b) tap the left button (c) move while holding down (d) press, hold and slide
  12. 12.How do we do a drag? (a) one press on the right (b) hold the button and move (c) spin the middle wheel (d) a single left press
  13. 13.How do we do a click? (a) move while holding down (b) tap the right button (c) tap the left button (d) press left twice quickly
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press left twice quickly (b) click two times fast (c) press, hold and slide (d) two fast left presses
  15. 15.True or false: to press the right button is a drag. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: to press left button once is a scroll. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🖱️ Which mouse button do we use most of the time? (a) the left button (b) the right button (c) the wheel
  18. 18.How do we do a right-click? (a) tap the left button (b) click two times fast (c) move while holding down (d) one press on the right
  19. 19.🖱️ A double-click means pressing the left button how many times quickly?
  20. 20.How do we do a click? (a) press, hold and slide (b) press left twice quickly (c) tap the right button (d) a single left press
  21. 21.🖱️ What do we call it when we a single left press? (a) right-click (b) double-click (c) scroll (d) click
  22. 22.🖱️ What do we call it when we spin the middle wheel? (a) double-click (b) right-click (c) scroll (d) drag
  23. 23.🖱️ To drag an icon, we keep the button ___ while moving the mouse. (a) switched off (b) let go (c) pressed down (d) unplugged
  24. 24.🖱️ What do we call it when we tap the left button? (a) drag (b) scroll (c) double-click (d) click
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) roll the middle wheel (b) press left button once (c) tap the left button (d) a single left press
  26. 26.🖱️ What do we call it when we two fast left presses? (a) scroll (b) drag (c) right-click (d) double-click
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tap the left button (b) move while holding down (c) press, hold and slide (d) hold the button and move
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a single left press (b) click two times fast (c) tap the left button (d) press left button once
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press left twice quickly (b) press the right button (c) click two times fast (d) two fast left presses
  30. 30.How do we do a drag? (a) tap the right button (b) press, hold and slide (c) press the right button (d) a single left press
  31. 31.🖱️ What do we call it when we roll the middle wheel? (a) scroll (b) right-click (c) double-click (d) drag
  32. 32.True or false: to one press on the right is a drag. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🛞 What is the small wheel between the mouse buttons for? (a) printing (b) charging (c) scrolling (d) typing
  34. 34.True or false: to tap the right button is a right-click. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: to press the right button is a right-click. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: to two fast left presses is a click. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left twice quickly? (a) drag (b) right-click (c) click (d) double-click
  38. 38.☝️ Which finger presses the left mouse button? (a) the thumb (b) the index finger (c) the ring finger (d) the little finger
  39. 39.True or false: to move while holding down is a drag. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: to click two times fast is a double-click. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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