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Class 1 Computer Worksheet: Mouse Basics

Computer lesson 5: Mouse basics · Set 727 · 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 mouse button do we use most of the time? (a) the wheel (b) the left button (c) the right button
  2. 2.How do we do a double-click? (a) spin the middle wheel (b) roll the middle wheel (c) two fast left presses (d) tap the left button
  3. 3.🖱️ What do we call it when we press, hold and slide? (a) drag (b) click (c) double-click (d) right-click
  4. 4.How do we do a double-click? (a) click two times fast (b) a single left press (c) press left button once (d) move while holding down
  5. 5.🖱️ A double-click means pressing the left button how many times quickly?
  6. 6.How do we do a scroll? (a) a single left press (b) hold the button and move (c) roll the middle wheel (d) tap the left button
  7. 7.🖱️ How many buttons does a simple computer mouse have (not counting the wheel)?
  8. 8.How do we do a scroll? (a) move while holding down (b) spin the middle wheel (c) a single left press (d) press left twice quickly
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) two fast left presses (b) click two times fast (c) press left twice quickly (d) press the right button
  10. 10.How do we do a double-click? (a) press, hold and slide (b) press left twice quickly (c) roll the middle wheel (d) a single left press
  11. 11.🖱️ What do we call it when we one press on the right? (a) click (b) right-click (c) drag (d) double-click
  12. 12.True or false: to tap the right button is a right-click. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🛞 What is the small wheel between the mouse buttons for? (a) printing (b) charging (c) typing (d) scrolling
  14. 14.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left twice quickly? (a) scroll (b) click (c) double-click (d) drag
  15. 15.✋ How should we hold the mouse? (a) upside down (b) gently, palm on top (c) with both hands (d) by its wire
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tap the left button (b) tap the right button (c) press the right button (d) one press on the right
  17. 17.True or false: to move while holding down is a drag. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.How do we do a drag? (a) tap the right button (b) one press on the right (c) a single left press (d) hold the button and move
  19. 19.True or false: to tap the left button is a scroll. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spin the middle wheel (b) turn the wheel (c) press, hold and slide (d) roll the middle wheel
  21. 21.How do we do a scroll? (a) press left button once (b) turn the wheel (c) move while holding down (d) hold the button and move
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) turn the wheel (b) roll the middle wheel (c) spin the middle wheel (d) press left button once
  23. 23.How do we do a click? (a) press left button once (b) hold the button and move (c) roll the middle wheel (d) press, hold and slide
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press left button once (b) tap the left button (c) hold the button and move (d) a single left press
  25. 25.🖱️ A single click means pressing the left button how many times?
  26. 26.How do we do a right-click? (a) press, hold and slide (b) one press on the right (c) turn the wheel (d) move while holding down
  27. 27.True or false: to press left twice quickly is a double-click. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🖱️ What do we call it when we tap the left button? (a) right-click (b) drag (c) scroll (d) click
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press left button once (b) tap the left button (c) a single left press (d) two fast left presses
  30. 30.True or false: to press left button once is a click. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a single left press (b) tap the left button (c) press left button once (d) click two times fast
  32. 32.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left button once? (a) double-click (b) drag (c) right-click (d) click
  33. 33.☝️ Which finger presses the left mouse button? (a) the little finger (b) the ring finger (c) the index finger (d) the thumb
  34. 34.🖱️ What do we call it when we roll the middle wheel? (a) scroll (b) double-click (c) click (d) right-click
  35. 35.True or false: to press left button once is a scroll. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: to press the right button is a right-click. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🖐️ Which finger presses the right mouse button? (a) the ring finger (b) the little finger (c) the middle finger (d) the thumb
  38. 38.True or false: to tap the left button is a click. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🖱️ What do we call it when we a single left press? (a) drag (b) double-click (c) click (d) scroll
  40. 40.How do we do a drag? (a) spin the middle wheel (b) turn the wheel (c) a single left press (d) move while holding down

Answer key

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

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