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Class 1 Computer Worksheet: Mouse Basics

Computer lesson 5: Mouse basics · Set 583 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one press on the right (b) tap the right button (c) tap the left button (d) press the right button
  2. 2.🖱️ To move a mouse smoothly, we keep it on a ___. (a) mouse pad (b) chair (c) pillow (d) plate
  3. 3.🖱️ What do we call it when we turn the wheel? (a) right-click (b) click (c) drag (d) scroll
  4. 4.How do we do a right-click? (a) two fast left presses (b) press left button once (c) spin the middle wheel (d) one press on the right
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) turn the wheel (b) tap the right button (c) roll the middle wheel (d) spin the middle wheel
  6. 6.🖱️ What do we call it when we spin the middle wheel? (a) drag (b) double-click (c) scroll (d) click
  7. 7.How do we do a double-click? (a) turn the wheel (b) two fast left presses (c) tap the left button (d) roll the middle wheel
  8. 8.How do we do a right-click? (a) hold the button and move (b) a single left press (c) press, hold and slide (d) press the right button
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a single left press (b) press left button once (c) tap the left button (d) press, hold and slide
  10. 10.How do we do a click? (a) one press on the right (b) turn the wheel (c) tap the right button (d) tap the left button
  11. 11.True or false: to press left twice quickly is a double-click. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) move while holding down (b) hold the button and move (c) a single left press (d) press, hold and slide
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press left button once (b) hold the button and move (c) a single left press (d) tap the left button
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) two fast left presses (b) press left twice quickly (c) click two times fast (d) move while holding down
  15. 15.How do we do a click? (a) two fast left presses (b) press the right button (c) hold the button and move (d) press left button once
  16. 16.🖱️ How many buttons does a simple computer mouse have (not counting the wheel)?
  17. 17.✋ How should we hold the mouse? (a) with both hands (b) gently, palm on top (c) by its wire (d) upside down
  18. 18.True or false: to turn the wheel is a scroll. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press left button once (b) click two times fast (c) two fast left presses (d) press left twice quickly
  20. 20.True or false: to tap the right button is a right-click. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.☝️ Which finger presses the left mouse button? (a) the thumb (b) the little finger (c) the index finger (d) the ring finger
  22. 22.🖱️ What do we call it when we press the right button? (a) drag (b) scroll (c) click (d) right-click
  23. 23.🛞 What is the small wheel between the mouse buttons for? (a) typing (b) printing (c) charging (d) scrolling
  24. 24.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left twice quickly? (a) right-click (b) drag (c) scroll (d) double-click
  25. 25.True or false: to tap the left button is a scroll. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.How do we do a click? (a) spin the middle wheel (b) turn the wheel (c) a single left press (d) one press on the right
  27. 27.🖱️ What do we call it when we two fast left presses? (a) click (b) scroll (c) double-click (d) drag
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) roll the middle wheel (b) one press on the right (c) tap the right button (d) press the right button
  29. 29.True or false: to tap the left button is a double-click. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.How do we do a double-click? (a) press the right button (b) click two times fast (c) press left button once (d) one press on the right
  31. 31.🖱️ A double-click means pressing the left button how many times quickly?
  32. 32.True or false: to a single left press is a double-click. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🖱️ What do we call it when we roll the middle wheel? (a) double-click (b) drag (c) scroll (d) click
  34. 34.True or false: to press the right button is a drag. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🖱️ What do we call it when we click two times fast? (a) scroll (b) double-click (c) drag (d) click
  36. 36.True or false: to move while holding down is a drag. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🖱️ To drag an icon, we keep the button ___ while moving the mouse. (a) unplugged (b) pressed down (c) let go (d) switched off
  38. 38.🖱️ What do we call it when we hold the button and move? (a) double-click (b) click (c) drag (d) right-click
  39. 39.🖱️ What do we call it when we one press on the right? (a) right-click (b) scroll (c) click (d) drag
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spin the middle wheel (b) turn the wheel (c) click two times fast (d) roll the middle wheel

Answer key

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

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