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Class 1 Computer Worksheet: Mouse Basics

Computer lesson 5: Mouse basics · Set 362 · 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) mouse pad (b) pillow (c) plate (d) chair
  2. 2.🖱️ What do we call it when we a single left press? (a) click (b) scroll (c) right-click (d) double-click
  3. 3.How do we do a double-click? (a) move while holding down (b) press left twice quickly (c) press, hold and slide (d) one press on the right
  4. 4.🖱️ A single click means pressing the left button how many times?
  5. 5.How do we do a click? (a) tap the left button (b) hold the button and move (c) turn the wheel (d) press, hold and slide
  6. 6.🖱️ A double-click means pressing the left button how many times quickly?
  7. 7.🖱️ What do we call it when we move while holding down? (a) scroll (b) click (c) right-click (d) drag
  8. 8.🖱️ What do we call it when we tap the right button? (a) scroll (b) click (c) double-click (d) right-click
  9. 9.How do we do a scroll? (a) one press on the right (b) press the right button (c) spin the middle wheel (d) press, hold and slide
  10. 10.🛞 What is the small wheel between the mouse buttons for? (a) scrolling (b) printing (c) charging (d) typing
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press left twice quickly (b) click two times fast (c) move while holding down (d) two fast left presses
  12. 12.🖱️ What do we call it when we tap the left button? (a) drag (b) scroll (c) click (d) right-click
  13. 13.🖱️ To drag an icon, we keep the button ___ while moving the mouse. (a) unplugged (b) let go (c) pressed down (d) switched off
  14. 14.🖱️ What do we call it when we press the right button? (a) click (b) scroll (c) right-click (d) double-click
  15. 15.🖱️ What do we call it when we click two times fast? (a) scroll (b) click (c) drag (d) double-click
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tap the left button (b) press left button once (c) click two times fast (d) a single left press
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tap the right button (b) press the right button (c) hold the button and move (d) one press on the right
  18. 18.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left button once? (a) scroll (b) click (c) right-click (d) double-click
  19. 19.🖱️ What do we call it when we spin the middle wheel? (a) click (b) drag (c) scroll (d) right-click
  20. 20.🖐️ Which finger presses the right mouse button? (a) the middle finger (b) the little finger (c) the thumb (d) the ring finger
  21. 21.True or false: to press the right button is a scroll. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) move while holding down (b) hold the button and move (c) spin the middle wheel (d) press, hold and slide
  23. 23.🖱️ What do we call it when we hold the button and move? (a) scroll (b) drag (c) double-click (d) right-click
  24. 24.✋ How should we hold the mouse? (a) with both hands (b) upside down (c) by its wire (d) gently, palm on top
  25. 25.🖱️ Which mouse button do we use most of the time? (a) the right button (b) the wheel (c) the left button
  26. 26.True or false: to tap the left button is a click. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🖱️ What do we call it when we turn the wheel? (a) right-click (b) drag (c) scroll (d) click
  28. 28.True or false: to one press on the right is a right-click. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: to a single left press is a click. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.☝️ Which finger presses the left mouse button? (a) the thumb (b) the ring finger (c) the little finger (d) the index finger
  31. 31.True or false: to press left button once is a click. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.How do we do a right-click? (a) tap the right button (b) two fast left presses (c) hold the button and move (d) press, hold and slide
  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 two fast left presses? (a) scroll (b) double-click (c) right-click (d) click
  35. 35.How do we do a right-click? (a) two fast left presses (b) a single left press (c) turn the wheel (d) press the right button
  36. 36.How do we do a double-click? (a) press, hold and slide (b) click two times fast (c) tap the left button (d) hold the button and move
  37. 37.How do we do a click? (a) move while holding down (b) a single left press (c) turn the wheel (d) spin the middle wheel
  38. 38.True or false: to spin the middle wheel is a scroll. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🖱️ How many buttons does a simple computer mouse have (not counting the wheel)?
  40. 40.True or false: to turn the wheel is a click. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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