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Class 1 Computer Worksheet: Mouse Basics

Computer lesson 5: Mouse basics · Set 366 · 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 finger presses the right mouse button? (a) the thumb (b) the little finger (c) the middle finger (d) the ring finger
  2. 2.🖱️ What do we call it when we spin the middle wheel? (a) scroll (b) click (c) double-click (d) drag
  3. 3.🛞 What is the small wheel between the mouse buttons for? (a) typing (b) scrolling (c) charging (d) printing
  4. 4.🖱️ A double-click means pressing the left button how many times quickly?
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) move while holding down (b) press, hold and slide (c) spin the middle wheel (d) hold the button and move
  6. 6.True or false: to tap the right button is a drag. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.How do we do a drag? (a) two fast left presses (b) one press on the right (c) tap the left button (d) move while holding down
  8. 8.How do we do a double-click? (a) press the right button (b) tap the right button (c) press left button once (d) click two times fast
  9. 9.True or false: to hold the button and move is a scroll. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) two fast left presses (b) press left twice quickly (c) tap the right button (d) click two times fast
  11. 11.🖱️ How many buttons does a simple computer mouse have (not counting the wheel)?
  12. 12.True or false: to tap the left button is a click. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.How do we do a right-click? (a) press, hold and slide (b) press left button once (c) a single left press (d) one press on the right
  14. 14.🖱️ What do we call it when we press the right button? (a) click (b) drag (c) right-click (d) double-click
  15. 15.🖱️ A single click means pressing the left button how many times?
  16. 16.How do we do a click? (a) press the right button (b) tap the right button (c) tap the left button (d) press, hold and slide
  17. 17.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left button once? (a) drag (b) double-click (c) right-click (d) click
  18. 18.True or false: to spin the middle wheel is a right-click. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: to roll the middle wheel is a right-click. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.✋ How should we hold the mouse? (a) gently, palm on top (b) with both hands (c) by its wire (d) upside down
  21. 21.True or false: to tap the right button is a scroll. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🖱️ Which mouse button do we use most of the time? (a) the left button (b) the wheel (c) the right button
  23. 23.🖱️ What do we call it when we press, hold and slide? (a) double-click (b) right-click (c) click (d) drag
  24. 24.How do we do a double-click? (a) a single left press (b) spin the middle wheel (c) two fast left presses (d) press the right button
  25. 25.How do we do a click? (a) press the right button (b) a single left press (c) hold the button and move (d) move while holding down
  26. 26.How do we do a drag? (a) turn the wheel (b) spin the middle wheel (c) tap the left button (d) hold the button and move
  27. 27.☝️ Which finger presses the left mouse button? (a) the index finger (b) the thumb (c) the ring finger (d) the little finger
  28. 28.How do we do a click? (a) press left twice quickly (b) press left button once (c) press the right button (d) move while holding down
  29. 29.🖱️ To move a mouse smoothly, we keep it on a ___. (a) chair (b) pillow (c) plate (d) mouse pad
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press left button once (b) tap the left button (c) press, hold and slide (d) a single left press
  31. 31.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left twice quickly? (a) drag (b) scroll (c) click (d) double-click
  32. 32.True or false: to press the right button is a click. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🖱️ What do we call it when we roll the middle wheel? (a) scroll (b) right-click (c) drag (d) double-click
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tap the left button (b) a single left press (c) press left button once (d) roll the middle wheel
  35. 35.🖱️ What do we call it when we a single left press? (a) double-click (b) click (c) scroll (d) right-click
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) turn the wheel (b) roll the middle wheel (c) tap the left button (d) spin the middle wheel
  37. 37.How do we do a scroll? (a) roll the middle wheel (b) press left twice quickly (c) press the right button (d) hold the button and move
  38. 38.True or false: to press left button once is a click. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: to tap the left button is a right-click. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🖱️ To drag an icon, we keep the button ___ while moving the mouse. (a) switched off (b) unplugged (c) pressed down (d) let go

Answer key

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

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