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Class 1 Computer Worksheet: Mouse Basics

Computer lesson 5: Mouse basics · Set 478 · 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 spin the middle wheel? (a) right-click (b) drag (c) scroll (d) double-click
  2. 2.🖱️ How many buttons does a simple computer mouse have (not counting the wheel)?
  3. 3.How do we do a click? (a) tap the right button (b) two fast left presses (c) press, hold and slide (d) press left button once
  4. 4.✋ How should we hold the mouse? (a) gently, palm on top (b) with both hands (c) by its wire (d) upside down
  5. 5.🖱️ To move a mouse smoothly, we keep it on a ___. (a) mouse pad (b) plate (c) pillow (d) chair
  6. 6.🖱️ What do we call it when we move while holding down? (a) drag (b) right-click (c) scroll (d) click
  7. 7.🖱️ A single click means pressing the left button how many times?
  8. 8.🖱️ What do we call it when we a single left press? (a) scroll (b) click (c) double-click (d) drag
  9. 9.🛞 What is the small wheel between the mouse buttons for? (a) typing (b) scrolling (c) charging (d) printing
  10. 10.True or false: to press the right button is a click. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.How do we do a click? (a) turn the wheel (b) spin the middle wheel (c) hold the button and move (d) tap the left button
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) move while holding down (b) tap the right button (c) press, hold and slide (d) hold the button and move
  13. 13.True or false: to move while holding down is a double-click. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) turn the wheel (b) press the right button (c) tap the right button (d) one press on the right
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press left button once (b) tap the right button (c) press the right button (d) one press on the right
  16. 16.🖱️ A double-click means pressing the left button how many times quickly?
  17. 17.How do we do a scroll? (a) spin the middle wheel (b) press, hold and slide (c) press the right button (d) move while holding down
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hold the button and move (b) press, hold and slide (c) move while holding down (d) a single left press
  19. 19.True or false: to click two times fast is a drag. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🖱️ What do we call it when we tap the left button? (a) right-click (b) drag (c) double-click (d) click
  21. 21.🖱️ To drag an icon, we keep the button ___ while moving the mouse. (a) pressed down (b) switched off (c) let go (d) unplugged
  22. 22.How do we do a right-click? (a) tap the left button (b) two fast left presses (c) press the right button (d) turn the wheel
  23. 23.True or false: to hold the button and move is a drag. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🖱️ What do we call it when we turn the wheel? (a) right-click (b) drag (c) scroll (d) double-click
  25. 25.🖱️ What do we call it when we press, hold and slide? (a) click (b) double-click (c) drag (d) scroll
  26. 26.How do we do a drag? (a) turn the wheel (b) a single left press (c) hold the button and move (d) press left button once
  27. 27.🖱️ What do we call it when we roll the middle wheel? (a) right-click (b) scroll (c) click (d) double-click
  28. 28.True or false: to a single left press is a click. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🖱️ What do we call it when we press the right button? (a) drag (b) right-click (c) scroll (d) double-click
  30. 30.🖱️ What do we call it when we click two times fast? (a) drag (b) double-click (c) right-click (d) scroll
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) roll the middle wheel (b) click two times fast (c) spin the middle wheel (d) turn the wheel
  32. 32.True or false: to press the right button is a scroll. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: to press left button once is a double-click. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: to turn the wheel is a right-click. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🖱️ Which mouse button do we use most of the time? (a) the left button (b) the wheel (c) the right button
  36. 36.True or false: to press left twice quickly is a double-click. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.☝️ Which finger presses the left mouse button? (a) the ring finger (b) the little finger (c) the thumb (d) the index finger
  38. 38.🖱️ What do we call it when we hold the button and move? (a) click (b) drag (c) scroll (d) right-click
  39. 39.True or false: to tap the left button is a click. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press the right button (b) a single left press (c) tap the left button (d) press left button once

Answer key

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

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