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Class 1 Computer Worksheet: Mouse Basics

Computer lesson 5: Mouse basics · Set 376 · 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 do we do a drag? (a) two fast left presses (b) press left button once (c) press, hold and slide (d) turn the wheel
  2. 2.🖱️ To move a mouse smoothly, we keep it on a ___. (a) plate (b) mouse pad (c) pillow (d) chair
  3. 3.🖱️ To drag an icon, we keep the button ___ while moving the mouse. (a) unplugged (b) switched off (c) pressed down (d) let go
  4. 4.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left button once? (a) drag (b) right-click (c) scroll (d) click
  5. 5.✋ How should we hold the mouse? (a) by its wire (b) upside down (c) with both hands (d) gently, palm on top
  6. 6.🖱️ A single click means pressing the left button how many times?
  7. 7.🖱️ What do we call it when we a single left press? (a) drag (b) click (c) double-click (d) right-click
  8. 8.🖱️ What do we call it when we press, hold and slide? (a) click (b) drag (c) right-click (d) scroll
  9. 9.How do we do a scroll? (a) a single left press (b) press left twice quickly (c) spin the middle wheel (d) hold the button and move
  10. 10.🖱️ How many buttons does a simple computer mouse have (not counting the wheel)?
  11. 11.🛞 What is the small wheel between the mouse buttons for? (a) charging (b) scrolling (c) printing (d) typing
  12. 12.How do we do a drag? (a) hold the button and move (b) spin the middle wheel (c) tap the left button (d) turn the wheel
  13. 13.How do we do a double-click? (a) press left twice quickly (b) hold the button and move (c) press left button once (d) press the right button
  14. 14.True or false: to a single left press is a click. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) turn the wheel (b) click two times fast (c) roll the middle wheel (d) spin the middle wheel
  16. 16.🖱️ What do we call it when we spin the middle wheel? (a) click (b) double-click (c) drag (d) scroll
  17. 17.True or false: to spin the middle wheel is a click. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🖱️ Which mouse button do we use most of the time? (a) the wheel (b) the right button (c) the left button
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tap the left button (b) a single left press (c) press left button once (d) press left twice quickly
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one press on the right (b) spin the middle wheel (c) tap the right button (d) press the right button
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a single left press (b) move while holding down (c) press, hold and slide (d) hold the button and move
  22. 22.🖱️ What do we call it when we tap the left button? (a) click (b) double-click (c) drag (d) scroll
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) roll the middle wheel (b) turn the wheel (c) move while holding down (d) spin the middle wheel
  24. 24.🖱️ A double-click means pressing the left button how many times quickly?
  25. 25.True or false: to tap the right button is a right-click. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🖱️ What do we call it when we one press on the right? (a) click (b) double-click (c) right-click (d) drag
  27. 27.True or false: to click two times fast is a double-click. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: to press, hold and slide is a drag. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.☝️ Which finger presses the left mouse button? (a) the thumb (b) the index finger (c) the ring finger (d) the little finger
  30. 30.How do we do a double-click? (a) turn the wheel (b) tap the left button (c) hold the button and move (d) click two times fast
  31. 31.True or false: to tap the left button is a drag. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.How do we do a right-click? (a) click two times fast (b) spin the middle wheel (c) press the right button (d) press, hold and slide
  33. 33.🖱️ What do we call it when we move while holding down? (a) click (b) scroll (c) drag (d) double-click
  34. 34.True or false: to two fast left presses is a drag. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: to two fast left presses is a double-click. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: to press left twice quickly is a drag. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left twice quickly? (a) scroll (b) drag (c) double-click (d) click
  38. 38.True or false: to press left button once is a double-click. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one press on the right (b) tap the right button (c) turn the wheel (d) press the right button
  40. 40.True or false: to one press on the right is a right-click. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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