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Class 1 Computer Worksheet: Mouse Basics

Computer lesson 5: Mouse basics · Set 300 · 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.✋ How should we hold the mouse? (a) by its wire (b) with both hands (c) upside down (d) gently, palm on top
  2. 2.☝️ Which finger presses the left mouse button? (a) the ring finger (b) the little finger (c) the thumb (d) the index finger
  3. 3.True or false: to spin the middle wheel is a drag. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🖱️ A double-click means pressing the left button how many times quickly?
  5. 5.How do we do a drag? (a) a single left press (b) press left button once (c) click two times fast (d) press, hold and slide
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press the right button (b) hold the button and move (c) press, hold and slide (d) move while holding down
  7. 7.🖱️ To drag an icon, we keep the button ___ while moving the mouse. (a) pressed down (b) switched off (c) let go (d) unplugged
  8. 8.🖱️ What do we call it when we one press on the right? (a) scroll (b) drag (c) right-click (d) click
  9. 9.True or false: to press left button once is a double-click. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left button once? (a) double-click (b) click (c) drag (d) right-click
  11. 11.How do we do a double-click? (a) one press on the right (b) turn the wheel (c) move while holding down (d) click two times fast
  12. 12.🖱️ What do we call it when we tap the left button? (a) double-click (b) drag (c) right-click (d) click
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press the right button (b) turn the wheel (c) tap the right button (d) one press on the right
  14. 14.How do we do a drag? (a) hold the button and move (b) spin the middle wheel (c) two fast left presses (d) tap the right button
  15. 15.🖱️ How many buttons does a simple computer mouse have (not counting the wheel)?
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tap the left button (b) press, hold and slide (c) hold the button and move (d) move while holding down
  17. 17.🖐️ Which finger presses the right mouse button? (a) the thumb (b) the little finger (c) the middle finger (d) the ring finger
  18. 18.🖱️ What do we call it when we click two times fast? (a) double-click (b) click (c) drag (d) scroll
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press left button once (b) click two times fast (c) a single left press (d) tap the left button
  20. 20.True or false: to hold the button and move is a click. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spin the middle wheel (b) turn the wheel (c) one press on the right (d) roll the middle wheel
  22. 22.🖱️ A single click means pressing the left button how many times?
  23. 23.How do we do a scroll? (a) tap the right button (b) tap the left button (c) press, hold and slide (d) turn the wheel
  24. 24.🛞 What is the small wheel between the mouse buttons for? (a) scrolling (b) typing (c) charging (d) printing
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press the right button (b) one press on the right (c) two fast left presses (d) tap the right button
  26. 26.True or false: to one press on the right is a drag. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🖱️ Which mouse button do we use most of the time? (a) the left button (b) the wheel (c) the right button
  28. 28.True or false: to spin the middle wheel is a double-click. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🖱️ What do we call it when we tap the right button? (a) drag (b) click (c) scroll (d) right-click
  30. 30.True or false: to tap the left button is a double-click. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press left twice quickly (b) hold the button and move (c) click two times fast (d) two fast left presses
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) click two times fast (b) press left twice quickly (c) two fast left presses (d) press left button once
  33. 33.True or false: to two fast left presses is a scroll. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🖱️ What do we call it when we turn the wheel? (a) drag (b) double-click (c) scroll (d) right-click
  35. 35.How do we do a double-click? (a) press left twice quickly (b) press left button once (c) one press on the right (d) tap the right button
  36. 36.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left twice quickly? (a) double-click (b) click (c) scroll (d) right-click
  37. 37.How do we do a right-click? (a) press the right button (b) two fast left presses (c) press left button once (d) roll the middle wheel
  38. 38.🖱️ What do we call it when we two fast left presses? (a) click (b) double-click (c) scroll (d) drag
  39. 39.🖱️ What do we call it when we spin the middle wheel? (a) drag (b) right-click (c) double-click (d) scroll
  40. 40.True or false: to press left twice quickly is a click. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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