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Class 1 Computer Worksheet: Mouse Basics

Computer lesson 5: Mouse basics · Set 581 · 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.True or false: to press left button once is a click. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.How do we do a scroll? (a) tap the left button (b) two fast left presses (c) hold the button and move (d) spin the middle wheel
  3. 3.🖐️ Which finger presses the right mouse button? (a) the ring finger (b) the thumb (c) the middle finger (d) the little finger
  4. 4.True or false: to press left twice quickly is a drag. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left twice quickly? (a) right-click (b) double-click (c) drag (d) click
  6. 6.How do we do a double-click? (a) turn the wheel (b) move while holding down (c) one press on the right (d) press left twice quickly
  7. 7.How do we do a drag? (a) click two times fast (b) press, hold and slide (c) tap the left button (d) press the right button
  8. 8.🖱️ To drag an icon, we keep the button ___ while moving the mouse. (a) pressed down (b) switched off (c) let go (d) unplugged
  9. 9.🛞 What is the small wheel between the mouse buttons for? (a) scrolling (b) typing (c) charging (d) printing
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) turn the wheel (b) press left button once (c) a single left press (d) tap the left button
  11. 11.🖱️ What do we call it when we tap the right button? (a) right-click (b) drag (c) click (d) double-click
  12. 12.True or false: to a single left press is a drag. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: to press left button once is a drag. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: to tap the right button is a drag. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press left button once (b) tap the left button (c) a single left press (d) press, hold and slide
  16. 16.🖱️ What do we call it when we move while holding down? (a) double-click (b) click (c) scroll (d) drag
  17. 17.How do we do a right-click? (a) click two times fast (b) press left twice quickly (c) tap the right button (d) turn the wheel
  18. 18.How do we do a click? (a) press left button once (b) one press on the right (c) press, hold and slide (d) spin the middle wheel
  19. 19.☝️ Which finger presses the left mouse button? (a) the index finger (b) the little finger (c) the ring finger (d) the thumb
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) two fast left presses (b) click two times fast (c) press left twice quickly (d) press the right button
  21. 21.🖱️ What do we call it when we roll the middle wheel? (a) drag (b) click (c) scroll (d) right-click
  22. 22.🖱️ How many buttons does a simple computer mouse have (not counting the wheel)?
  23. 23.True or false: to move while holding down is a click. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.How do we do a scroll? (a) hold the button and move (b) roll the middle wheel (c) press left button once (d) press the right button
  25. 25.🖱️ What do we call it when we press the right button? (a) scroll (b) double-click (c) right-click (d) click
  26. 26.🖱️ A double-click means pressing the left button how many times quickly?
  27. 27.How do we do a drag? (a) move while holding down (b) press the right button (c) press left button once (d) tap the left button
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) roll the middle wheel (b) press left twice quickly (c) two fast left presses (d) click two times fast
  29. 29.True or false: to hold the button and move is a double-click. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: to press left twice quickly is a double-click. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: to press left twice quickly is a scroll. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.How do we do a click? (a) tap the left button (b) tap the right button (c) hold the button and move (d) move while holding down
  33. 33.How do we do a drag? (a) hold the button and move (b) one press on the right (c) press the right button (d) tap the right button
  34. 34.True or false: to roll the middle wheel is a click. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one press on the right (b) press the right button (c) hold the button and move (d) tap the right button
  36. 36.🖱️ What do we call it when we a single left press? (a) click (b) scroll (c) drag (d) right-click
  37. 37.🖱️ What do we call it when we two fast left presses? (a) scroll (b) double-click (c) right-click (d) drag
  38. 38.True or false: to tap the right button is a click. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.✋ How should we hold the mouse? (a) gently, palm on top (b) upside down (c) with both hands (d) by its wire
  40. 40.How do we do a scroll? (a) press the right button (b) move while holding down (c) turn the wheel (d) press left twice quickly

Answer key

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

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