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Class 1 Computer Worksheet: Mouse Basics

Computer lesson 5: Mouse basics · Set 443 · 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 many buttons does a simple computer mouse have (not counting the wheel)?
  2. 2.How do we do a drag? (a) hold the button and move (b) turn the wheel (c) spin the middle wheel (d) a single left press
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) click two times fast (b) tap the left button (c) press left twice quickly (d) two fast left presses
  4. 4.🖱️ What do we call it when we spin the middle wheel? (a) drag (b) scroll (c) double-click (d) right-click
  5. 5.🖱️ What do we call it when we a single left press? (a) double-click (b) click (c) drag (d) scroll
  6. 6.True or false: to press left twice quickly is a click. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🖱️ To drag an icon, we keep the button ___ while moving the mouse. (a) switched off (b) pressed down (c) let go (d) unplugged
  8. 8.🖱️ What do we call it when we hold the button and move? (a) click (b) right-click (c) scroll (d) drag
  9. 9.How do we do a click? (a) two fast left presses (b) press left button once (c) move while holding down (d) press left twice quickly
  10. 10.How do we do a double-click? (a) press left button once (b) two fast left presses (c) turn the wheel (d) tap the left button
  11. 11.🖱️ What do we call it when we tap the left button? (a) double-click (b) scroll (c) drag (d) click
  12. 12.🖱️ A double-click means pressing the left button how many times quickly?
  13. 13.🖱️ What do we call it when we click two times fast? (a) scroll (b) click (c) double-click (d) drag
  14. 14.✋ How should we hold the mouse? (a) upside down (b) by its wire (c) with both hands (d) gently, palm on top
  15. 15.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left twice quickly? (a) right-click (b) click (c) scroll (d) double-click
  16. 16.🖱️ To move a mouse smoothly, we keep it on a ___. (a) mouse pad (b) chair (c) pillow (d) plate
  17. 17.How do we do a double-click? (a) spin the middle wheel (b) press, hold and slide (c) roll the middle wheel (d) click two times fast
  18. 18.True or false: to press the right button is a right-click. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tap the right button (b) press the right button (c) one press on the right (d) a single left press
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press left twice quickly (b) click two times fast (c) press left button once (d) two fast left presses
  21. 21.🖱️ What do we call it when we turn the wheel? (a) double-click (b) right-click (c) drag (d) scroll
  22. 22.🖱️ Which mouse button do we use most of the time? (a) the left button (b) the right button (c) the wheel
  23. 23.🖱️ A single click means pressing the left button how many times?
  24. 24.True or false: to roll the middle wheel is a click. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press the right button (b) move while holding down (c) tap the right button (d) one press on the right
  26. 26.True or false: to tap the left button is a click. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.How do we do a scroll? (a) press left button once (b) press the right button (c) roll the middle wheel (d) press, hold and slide
  28. 28.How do we do a right-click? (a) hold the button and move (b) click two times fast (c) spin the middle wheel (d) tap the right button
  29. 29.True or false: to click two times fast is a drag. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.How do we do a double-click? (a) roll the middle wheel (b) press left twice quickly (c) turn the wheel (d) one press on the right
  31. 31.True or false: to press left twice quickly is a drag. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.How do we do a click? (a) two fast left presses (b) tap the right button (c) press, hold and slide (d) tap the left button
  33. 33.🖱️ What do we call it when we one press on the right? (a) double-click (b) click (c) right-click (d) scroll
  34. 34.🖱️ What do we call it when we two fast left presses? (a) scroll (b) double-click (c) drag (d) click
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a single left press (b) press left button once (c) tap the right button (d) tap the left button
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press left twice quickly (b) hold the button and move (c) press, hold and slide (d) move while holding down
  37. 37.True or false: to turn the wheel is a scroll. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.How do we do a right-click? (a) spin the middle wheel (b) tap the left button (c) a single left press (d) one press on the right
  39. 39.True or false: to press left button once is a click. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: to a single left press is a click. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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