Keyboarding (Touch Typing)

Question 1

The most important factor in mastering keyboarding skills is _________________.

Accepted Answer

Using Good Techniques

Question 2

Who invented the prototype for the first commercial typewriter?

Accepted Answer

Christopher L. Sholes

Question 3

Alt & Ctrl can be used alone or in conjunction with other keys, they are considered ______keys.

Accepted Answer

Modifier

Question 4

Caps Lock key is used to create a capital letter and symbols on the number/punctuation keys.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

Pressing the spacebar moves the insertion point to the next line and starts a new line of text.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

When organizing your workstation, place your copy holder on the ____ side of the monitor cover.

Accepted Answer

Right

Question 7

Touch Typing is the ability to type using the correct keys without looking at your fingers.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

The Ergonomic keyboard is the most widely used keyboard layout and what we use in Lab 844.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

Memorizing the location of the keys on the keyboard will help develop your keyboarding skills.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

Why is it important to learn and use the Touch Typing method?

Accepted Answer

All of these.

Question 11

Developing good keyboarding skills requires ____________.

Accepted Answer

Practice and time.

Question 12

The guidelines for stroking the keys are to rest and keep your fingers __________________.

Accepted Answer

Lightly, curved, upright.

Question 13

The keys to which you return your fingers after you press a key are called the __________.

Accepted Answer

Home Row

Question 14

____ is a condition due to an expansion of tendons in the wrist, pain/numbness in the hand/arm.

Accepted Answer

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Question 15

Touch Typing (Keyboarding) is a skill that I need to learn and improve for the rest of my life.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

The prototype for the first commercial typewriter was developed in _____________.

Accepted Answer

1873

Question 17

The __________ keys are used to control movement of the insertion point on the screen.

Accepted Answer

Directional

Question 18

What is the term that refers to a method of typing by those who do not use proper techniques?

Accepted Answer

Hunt and Peck

Question 19

When first learning to type, which keys should you learn first?

Accepted Answer

Alphabetic (Letters) Keys

Question 20

When typing at a computer, you should always sit_________.

Accepted Answer

With your body straight and feet flat on the floor.

Question 21

Which finger is used to tap the Enter Key?

Accepted Answer

Right Pinky Finger

Question 22

The __ keys are located on the top row of the keyboard, the software used dictates the purpose.

Accepted Answer

Function

Question 23

Keyboards designed to relieve stress from repeated and longtime use on a keyboard are called?

Accepted Answer

Ergonomic Keyboards

Question 24

You press the ________________ key to move the insertion point to the next line.

Accepted Answer

Enter

Question 25

The first "writing machine" was developed in the _____________?

Accepted Answer

1800's

Keyboarding (Touch Typing)

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