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Class 1 Computer Worksheet: Mouse Basics

Computer lesson 5: Mouse basics · Set 546 · 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.🖱️ A single click means pressing the left button how many times?
  2. 2.🖱️ What do we call it when we a single left press? (a) click (b) scroll (c) right-click (d) drag
  3. 3.How do we do a right-click? (a) press left button once (b) press, hold and slide (c) a single left press (d) press the right button
  4. 4.✋ How should we hold the mouse? (a) gently, palm on top (b) with both hands (c) upside down (d) by its wire
  5. 5.True or false: to spin the middle wheel is a scroll. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.How do we do a scroll? (a) tap the left button (b) click two times fast (c) press left button once (d) roll the middle wheel
  7. 7.How do we do a drag? (a) move while holding down (b) press left button once (c) press left twice quickly (d) one press on the right
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one press on the right (b) press the right button (c) tap the right button (d) press left twice quickly
  9. 9.🖱️ To move a mouse smoothly, we keep it on a ___. (a) plate (b) chair (c) pillow (d) mouse pad
  10. 10.True or false: to turn the wheel is a click. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🖱️ How many buttons does a simple computer mouse have (not counting the wheel)?
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) turn the wheel (b) press the right button (c) spin the middle wheel (d) roll the middle wheel
  13. 13.🖱️ A double-click means pressing the left button how many times quickly?
  14. 14.🖱️ Which mouse button do we use most of the time? (a) the wheel (b) the left button (c) the right button
  15. 15.🖱️ What do we call it when we press, hold and slide? (a) double-click (b) click (c) drag (d) scroll
  16. 16.🖱️ What do we call it when we two fast left presses? (a) click (b) drag (c) scroll (d) double-click
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one press on the right (b) press, hold and slide (c) press the right button (d) tap the right button
  18. 18.How do we do a scroll? (a) press left button once (b) a single left press (c) turn the wheel (d) tap the left button
  19. 19.🖱️ What do we call it when we one press on the right? (a) scroll (b) drag (c) click (d) right-click
  20. 20.How do we do a double-click? (a) tap the left button (b) roll the middle wheel (c) click two times fast (d) spin the middle wheel
  21. 21.True or false: to hold the button and move is a click. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: to tap the right button is a right-click. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🖐️ Which finger presses the right mouse button? (a) the thumb (b) the ring finger (c) the middle finger (d) the little finger
  24. 24.True or false: to a single left press is a click. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🛞 What is the small wheel between the mouse buttons for? (a) scrolling (b) charging (c) printing (d) typing
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) turn the wheel (b) roll the middle wheel (c) spin the middle wheel (d) two fast left presses
  27. 27.🖱️ To drag an icon, we keep the button ___ while moving the mouse. (a) switched off (b) pressed down (c) let go (d) unplugged
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) click two times fast (b) turn the wheel (c) roll the middle wheel (d) spin the middle wheel
  29. 29.True or false: to press the right button is a right-click. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🖱️ What do we call it when we hold the button and move? (a) right-click (b) scroll (c) click (d) drag
  31. 31.How do we do a right-click? (a) roll the middle wheel (b) click two times fast (c) one press on the right (d) two fast left presses
  32. 32.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left button once? (a) scroll (b) right-click (c) click (d) drag
  33. 33.True or false: to one press on the right is a click. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: to click two times fast is a double-click. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) click two times fast (b) press left twice quickly (c) two fast left presses (d) turn the wheel
  36. 36.🖱️ What do we call it when we roll the middle wheel? (a) scroll (b) click (c) drag (d) double-click
  37. 37.🖱️ What do we call it when we press the right button? (a) click (b) right-click (c) scroll (d) drag
  38. 38.True or false: to press, hold and slide is a drag. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: to press left twice quickly is a double-click. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) click two times fast (b) two fast left presses (c) press left twice quickly (d) tap the left button

Answer key

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

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