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Class 1 Computer Worksheet: Mouse Basics

Computer lesson 5: Mouse basics · Set 660 · 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 finger presses the left mouse button? (a) the thumb (b) the ring finger (c) the little finger (d) the index finger
  2. 2.🖱️ How many buttons does a simple computer mouse have (not counting the wheel)?
  3. 3.✋ How should we hold the mouse? (a) gently, palm on top (b) by its wire (c) upside down (d) with both hands
  4. 4.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left button once? (a) click (b) right-click (c) drag (d) scroll
  5. 5.🖱️ What do we call it when we tap the left button? (a) scroll (b) click (c) drag (d) right-click
  6. 6.True or false: to press, hold and slide is a drag. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔍 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
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tap the left button (b) roll the middle wheel (c) press left button once (d) a single left press
  9. 9.True or false: to turn the wheel is a scroll. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) roll the middle wheel (b) press the right button (c) spin the middle wheel (d) turn the wheel
  11. 11.How do we do a right-click? (a) a single left press (b) two fast left presses (c) spin the middle wheel (d) press the right button
  12. 12.🖱️ A double-click means pressing the left button how many times quickly?
  13. 13.🖱️ What do we call it when we click two times fast? (a) double-click (b) drag (c) click (d) scroll
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a single left press (b) press, hold and slide (c) hold the button and move (d) move while holding down
  15. 15.🖱️ To move a mouse smoothly, we keep it on a ___. (a) plate (b) mouse pad (c) chair (d) pillow
  16. 16.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left twice quickly? (a) scroll (b) drag (c) right-click (d) double-click
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press the right button (b) one press on the right (c) tap the right button (d) spin the middle wheel
  18. 18.True or false: to press the right button is a right-click. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.How do we do a click? (a) two fast left presses (b) press the right button (c) spin the middle wheel (d) press left button once
  20. 20.How do we do a click? (a) tap the left button (b) roll the middle wheel (c) one press on the right (d) turn the wheel
  21. 21.🖱️ A single click means pressing the left button how many times?
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press, hold and slide (b) press left twice quickly (c) two fast left presses (d) click two times fast
  23. 23.🖱️ What do we call it when we turn the wheel? (a) click (b) drag (c) scroll (d) right-click
  24. 24.How do we do a double-click? (a) two fast left presses (b) roll the middle wheel (c) press left button once (d) a single left press
  25. 25.🖱️ Which mouse button do we use most of the time? (a) the wheel (b) the left button (c) the right button
  26. 26.True or false: to a single left press is a click. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.How do we do a scroll? (a) tap the left button (b) hold the button and move (c) roll the middle wheel (d) click two times fast
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hold the button and move (b) move while holding down (c) press left button once (d) press, hold and slide
  29. 29.🖱️ To drag an icon, we keep the button ___ while moving the mouse. (a) unplugged (b) let go (c) pressed down (d) switched off
  30. 30.True or false: to tap the left button is a right-click. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.How do we do a drag? (a) press left button once (b) tap the left button (c) tap the right button (d) move while holding down
  32. 32.How do we do a drag? (a) a single left press (b) roll the middle wheel (c) hold the button and move (d) one press on the right
  33. 33.True or false: to one press on the right is a right-click. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🖱️ What do we call it when we a single left press? (a) scroll (b) right-click (c) drag (d) click
  35. 35.🖱️ What do we call it when we spin the middle wheel? (a) click (b) scroll (c) right-click (d) drag
  36. 36.🖱️ What do we call it when we press the right button? (a) drag (b) double-click (c) click (d) right-click
  37. 37.🖱️ What do we call it when we tap the right button? (a) double-click (b) scroll (c) right-click (d) click
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) move while holding down (b) a single left press (c) tap the left button (d) press left button once
  39. 39.How do we do a scroll? (a) two fast left presses (b) move while holding down (c) spin the middle wheel (d) press the right button
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press left twice quickly (b) click two times fast (c) two fast left presses (d) one press on the right

Answer key

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

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