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Class 1 Computer Worksheet: Mouse Basics

Computer lesson 5: Mouse basics · Set 653 · 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 should we hold the mouse? (a) upside down (b) with both hands (c) by its wire (d) gently, palm on top
  2. 2.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left button once? (a) right-click (b) double-click (c) click (d) drag
  3. 3.🖱️ What do we call it when we roll the middle wheel? (a) drag (b) double-click (c) right-click (d) scroll
  4. 4.🛞 What is the small wheel between the mouse buttons for? (a) charging (b) scrolling (c) typing (d) printing
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press, hold and slide (b) press the right button (c) hold the button and move (d) move while holding down
  6. 6.🖱️ Which mouse button do we use most of the time? (a) the left button (b) the wheel (c) the right button
  7. 7.How do we do a right-click? (a) one press on the right (b) move while holding down (c) tap the left button (d) spin the middle wheel
  8. 8.How do we do a right-click? (a) tap the left button (b) press left button once (c) spin the middle wheel (d) press the right button
  9. 9.True or false: to press left button once is a scroll. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🖱️ A double-click means pressing the left button how many times quickly?
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press left button once (b) two fast left presses (c) click two times fast (d) press left twice quickly
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spin the middle wheel (b) move while holding down (c) roll the middle wheel (d) turn the wheel
  13. 13.True or false: to a single left press is a click. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🖱️ What do we call it when we press, hold and slide? (a) right-click (b) double-click (c) drag (d) click
  15. 15.🖱️ What do we call it when we tap the right button? (a) click (b) drag (c) right-click (d) scroll
  16. 16.True or false: to tap the right button is a right-click. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🖱️ What do we call it when we spin the middle wheel? (a) click (b) scroll (c) right-click (d) drag
  18. 18.True or false: to press left twice quickly is a double-click. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: to tap the left button is a double-click. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.How do we do a double-click? (a) tap the right button (b) press, hold and slide (c) two fast left presses (d) hold the button and move
  21. 21.☝️ Which finger presses the left mouse button? (a) the ring finger (b) the little finger (c) the index finger (d) the thumb
  22. 22.True or false: to press left button once is a drag. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🖱️ How many buttons does a simple computer mouse have (not counting the wheel)?
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a single left press (b) turn the wheel (c) press left button once (d) tap the left button
  25. 25.🖱️ What do we call it when we one press on the right? (a) scroll (b) right-click (c) double-click (d) drag
  26. 26.🖱️ A single click means pressing the left button how many times?
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press left button once (b) tap the right button (c) tap the left button (d) a single left press
  28. 28.True or false: to move while holding down is a drag. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.How do we do a drag? (a) hold the button and move (b) click two times fast (c) press the right button (d) roll the middle wheel
  30. 30.True or false: to one press on the right is a right-click. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.How do we do a drag? (a) press, hold and slide (b) tap the left button (c) press left twice quickly (d) press left button once
  32. 32.🖱️ To drag an icon, we keep the button ___ while moving the mouse. (a) unplugged (b) let go (c) pressed down (d) switched off
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) turn the wheel (b) roll the middle wheel (c) hold the button and move (d) spin the middle wheel
  34. 34.True or false: to roll the middle wheel is a scroll. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) move while holding down (b) two fast left presses (c) press, hold and slide (d) hold the button and move
  36. 36.True or false: to hold the button and move is a right-click. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left twice quickly? (a) double-click (b) click (c) right-click (d) drag
  38. 38.True or false: to hold the button and move is a drag. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🖱️ What do we call it when we two fast left presses? (a) click (b) double-click (c) scroll (d) drag
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spin the middle wheel (b) press, hold and slide (c) move while holding down (d) hold the button and move

Answer key

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

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