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Class 1 Computer Worksheet: Mouse Basics

Computer lesson 5: Mouse basics · Set 649 · 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.🖱️ How many buttons does a simple computer mouse have (not counting the wheel)?
  2. 2.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left twice quickly? (a) click (b) right-click (c) drag (d) double-click
  3. 3.🛞 What is the small wheel between the mouse buttons for? (a) typing (b) charging (c) printing (d) scrolling
  4. 4.🖱️ What do we call it when we roll the middle wheel? (a) double-click (b) right-click (c) click (d) scroll
  5. 5.🖱️ What do we call it when we tap the left button? (a) right-click (b) click (c) scroll (d) drag
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) turn the wheel (b) tap the right button (c) spin the middle wheel (d) roll the middle wheel
  7. 7.🖱️ Which mouse button do we use most of the time? (a) the left button (b) the wheel (c) the right button
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) click two times fast (b) press left twice quickly (c) two fast left presses (d) move while holding down
  9. 9.How do we do a click? (a) hold the button and move (b) press, hold and slide (c) press left twice quickly (d) tap the left button
  10. 10.🖱️ A double-click means pressing the left button how many times quickly?
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tap the right button (b) one press on the right (c) two fast left presses (d) press the right button
  12. 12.True or false: to move while holding down is a double-click. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🖱️ To move a mouse smoothly, we keep it on a ___. (a) plate (b) pillow (c) mouse pad (d) chair
  14. 14.🖱️ What do we call it when we turn the wheel? (a) scroll (b) drag (c) click (d) double-click
  15. 15.🖱️ A single click means pressing the left button how many times?
  16. 16.True or false: to spin the middle wheel is a scroll. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.How do we do a drag? (a) press left twice quickly (b) one press on the right (c) roll the middle wheel (d) press, hold and slide
  18. 18.How do we do a scroll? (a) press left button once (b) spin the middle wheel (c) two fast left presses (d) one press on the right
  19. 19.How do we do a click? (a) tap the right button (b) press, hold and slide (c) spin the middle wheel (d) press left button once
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a single left press (b) roll the middle wheel (c) tap the left button (d) press left button once
  21. 21.🖱️ What do we call it when we press, hold and slide? (a) double-click (b) right-click (c) drag (d) scroll
  22. 22.🖐️ Which finger presses the right mouse button? (a) the thumb (b) the ring finger (c) the middle finger (d) the little finger
  23. 23.☝️ Which finger presses the left mouse button? (a) the thumb (b) the little finger (c) the ring finger (d) the index finger
  24. 24.🖱️ What do we call it when we one press on the right? (a) drag (b) scroll (c) right-click (d) click
  25. 25.True or false: to one press on the right is a scroll. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: to press left twice quickly is a double-click. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: to tap the left button is a double-click. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.✋ How should we hold the mouse? (a) by its wire (b) with both hands (c) gently, palm on top (d) upside down
  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 a single left press is a click. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.How do we do a double-click? (a) press the right button (b) turn the wheel (c) hold the button and move (d) click two times fast
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one press on the right (b) tap the right button (c) press left button once (d) press the right button
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tap the left button (b) press the right button (c) one press on the right (d) tap the right button
  34. 34.How do we do a right-click? (a) press the right button (b) a single left press (c) press left twice quickly (d) click two times fast
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press the right button (b) hold the button and move (c) press, hold and slide (d) move while holding down
  36. 36.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left button once? (a) drag (b) scroll (c) double-click (d) click
  37. 37.🖱️ What do we call it when we move while holding down? (a) drag (b) double-click (c) right-click (d) click
  38. 38.True or false: to tap the right button is a right-click. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press, hold and slide (b) move while holding down (c) hold the button and move (d) turn the wheel
  40. 40.True or false: to one press on the right is a double-click. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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