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Class 1 Computer Worksheet: Mouse Basics

Computer lesson 5: Mouse basics · Set 597 · 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 tap the left button is a click. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.How do we do a scroll? (a) roll the middle wheel (b) two fast left presses (c) press, hold and slide (d) click two times fast
  3. 3.🖱️ What do we call it when we move while holding down? (a) drag (b) scroll (c) double-click (d) right-click
  4. 4.True or false: to a single left press is a click. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.How do we do a right-click? (a) roll the middle wheel (b) one press on the right (c) move while holding down (d) click two times fast
  6. 6.True or false: to hold the button and move is a right-click. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.✋ How should we hold the mouse? (a) by its wire (b) upside down (c) gently, palm on top (d) with both hands
  8. 8.🖱️ What do we call it when we roll the middle wheel? (a) right-click (b) double-click (c) click (d) scroll
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press the right button (b) spin the middle wheel (c) one press on the right (d) tap the right button
  10. 10.🖐️ Which finger presses the right mouse button? (a) the thumb (b) the ring finger (c) the middle finger (d) the little finger
  11. 11.True or false: to hold the button and move is a drag. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🖱️ A double-click means pressing the left button how many times quickly?
  13. 13.🖱️ To drag an icon, we keep the button ___ while moving the mouse. (a) unplugged (b) switched off (c) let go (d) pressed down
  14. 14.How do we do a click? (a) tap the right button (b) press left button once (c) press the right button (d) click two times fast
  15. 15.☝️ Which finger presses the left mouse button? (a) the little finger (b) the thumb (c) the index finger (d) the ring finger
  16. 16.True or false: to spin the middle wheel is a scroll. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🖱️ A single click means pressing the left button how many times?
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) click two times fast (b) press left twice quickly (c) two fast left presses (d) press the right button
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) move while holding down (b) press, hold and slide (c) roll the middle wheel (d) hold the button and move
  20. 20.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left twice quickly? (a) right-click (b) double-click (c) click (d) scroll
  21. 21.🖱️ How many buttons does a simple computer mouse have (not counting the wheel)?
  22. 22.How do we do a double-click? (a) a single left press (b) click two times fast (c) one press on the right (d) press, hold and slide
  23. 23.🖱️ Which mouse button do we use most of the time? (a) the left button (b) the wheel (c) the right button
  24. 24.🖱️ What do we call it when we two fast left presses? (a) click (b) double-click (c) right-click (d) drag
  25. 25.True or false: to press, hold and slide is a drag. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.How do we do a drag? (a) spin the middle wheel (b) one press on the right (c) press, hold and slide (d) click two times fast
  27. 27.🛞 What is the small wheel between the mouse buttons for? (a) scrolling (b) charging (c) typing (d) printing
  28. 28.True or false: to click two times fast is a double-click. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: to move while holding down is a drag. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🖱️ What do we call it when we tap the left button? (a) right-click (b) drag (c) click (d) scroll
  31. 31.True or false: to press left button once is a click. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🖱️ What do we call it when we press the right button? (a) scroll (b) right-click (c) click (d) drag
  33. 33.True or false: to press left twice quickly is a double-click. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🖱️ What do we call it when we one press on the right? (a) double-click (b) drag (c) click (d) right-click
  35. 35.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left button once? (a) scroll (b) double-click (c) click (d) right-click
  36. 36.🖱️ What do we call it when we a single left press? (a) drag (b) click (c) right-click (d) double-click
  37. 37.How do we do a double-click? (a) hold the button and move (b) press left button once (c) turn the wheel (d) two fast left presses
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) turn the wheel (b) roll the middle wheel (c) one press on the right (d) spin the middle wheel
  39. 39.How do we do a drag? (a) click two times fast (b) move while holding down (c) a single left press (d) press the right button
  40. 40.How do we do a double-click? (a) turn the wheel (b) press left twice quickly (c) press the right button (d) tap the left button

Answer key

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

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