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Class 1 Computer Worksheet: Mouse Basics

Computer lesson 5: Mouse basics · Set 355 · 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 do we call it when we hold the button and move? (a) drag (b) scroll (c) click (d) right-click
  2. 2.🖱️ Which mouse button do we use most of the time? (a) the right button (b) the left button (c) the wheel
  3. 3.🖱️ How many buttons does a simple computer mouse have (not counting the wheel)?
  4. 4.🖱️ To drag an icon, we keep the button ___ while moving the mouse. (a) switched off (b) let go (c) unplugged (d) pressed down
  5. 5.🖱️ What do we call it when we click two times fast? (a) double-click (b) right-click (c) scroll (d) drag
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) move while holding down (b) hold the button and move (c) press, hold and slide (d) press the right button
  7. 7.🖱️ What do we call it when we spin the middle wheel? (a) double-click (b) right-click (c) click (d) scroll
  8. 8.🖱️ What do we call it when we press, hold and slide? (a) click (b) drag (c) scroll (d) double-click
  9. 9.How do we do a scroll? (a) turn the wheel (b) one press on the right (c) tap the left button (d) two fast left presses
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spin the middle wheel (b) a single left press (c) press left button once (d) tap the left button
  11. 11.True or false: to hold the button and move is a click. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.How do we do a double-click? (a) tap the right button (b) press the right button (c) spin the middle wheel (d) press left twice quickly
  13. 13.🖱️ What do we call it when we a single left press? (a) scroll (b) click (c) double-click (d) drag
  14. 14.🖱️ A double-click means pressing the left button how many times quickly?
  15. 15.How do we do a right-click? (a) click two times fast (b) press left button once (c) two fast left presses (d) tap the right button
  16. 16.🛞 What is the small wheel between the mouse buttons for? (a) printing (b) scrolling (c) charging (d) typing
  17. 17.🖱️ What do we call it when we turn the wheel? (a) click (b) drag (c) scroll (d) double-click
  18. 18.🖐️ Which finger presses the right mouse button? (a) the little finger (b) the middle finger (c) the thumb (d) the ring finger
  19. 19.True or false: to press left button once is a click. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.How do we do a right-click? (a) one press on the right (b) click two times fast (c) press, hold and slide (d) spin the middle wheel
  21. 21.🖱️ What do we call it when we move while holding down? (a) double-click (b) click (c) drag (d) scroll
  22. 22.How do we do a click? (a) turn the wheel (b) move while holding down (c) a single left press (d) roll the middle wheel
  23. 23.How do we do a scroll? (a) roll the middle wheel (b) press left button once (c) tap the right button (d) one press on the right
  24. 24.How do we do a double-click? (a) tap the right button (b) roll the middle wheel (c) two fast left presses (d) one press on the right
  25. 25.🖱️ What do we call it when we one press on the right? (a) right-click (b) click (c) double-click (d) scroll
  26. 26.☝️ Which finger presses the left mouse button? (a) the little finger (b) the index finger (c) the ring finger (d) the thumb
  27. 27.True or false: to tap the left button is a click. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🖱️ A single click means pressing the left button how many times?
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one press on the right (b) tap the left button (c) a single left press (d) press left button once
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press the right button (b) tap the right button (c) one press on the right (d) press left twice quickly
  31. 31.🖱️ What do we call it when we press the right button? (a) right-click (b) double-click (c) drag (d) click
  32. 32.True or false: to click two times fast is a right-click. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.How do we do a drag? (a) tap the right button (b) press, hold and slide (c) roll the middle wheel (d) turn the wheel
  34. 34.True or false: to move while holding down is a click. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.✋ How should we hold the mouse? (a) with both hands (b) gently, palm on top (c) by its wire (d) upside down
  36. 36.🖱️ To move a mouse smoothly, we keep it on a ___. (a) mouse pad (b) pillow (c) plate (d) chair
  37. 37.🖱️ What do we call it when we tap the left button? (a) double-click (b) right-click (c) click (d) scroll
  38. 38.True or false: to a single left press is a click. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.How do we do a double-click? (a) a single left press (b) turn the wheel (c) click two times fast (d) hold the button and move
  40. 40.True or false: to tap the right button is a double-click. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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