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Beginning keyboarding quiz
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1
Where should you place your hands on the keyboard?
over the space bar
On Home Row keys
on the bottom row
On the QWERTY keys
2
How do you "train your brain" when learning to type?
By using correct finger placement
By typing the same way every time
By focusing on the writing and not the typing
all of the above
3
What key do you press with your thumb?
ESC
SPACEBAR
BACKSPACE
A
4
When keyboarding, what is more important, speed or accuracy?
accuracy
speed
5
Use the enter key to complete a command or to
move down to the next line
add a space
escape out of a program
delete
6
If I look down at the keyboard, I will type
slower
super fast
with more accuracy
like the hare wins the race
7
Accuracy improves speed, but speed does not improve accuracy.
true
false
8
How did the QWERTY keyboard get its name?
The keys were all mixed up
The creator was named Querty.
The first six letters on the top row
They couldn't think of anything else
9
What position should your wrists be when typing?
touching the table
level
high
low
10
Complete the following sentence: When typing, you should always keep your feet...
flat and stretched out
anchored and flat
flat and crossed
apart and flat on the floor
11
How do you become the best typist possible?
Practice while using good posture and techniques
All of the above
Practice at lest 10 minutes each day
Start with good habits
12
Which is a proper posture rule?
Eyes on copy
Eat bread
Move your fingers slowly
Press the Enter key
13
Use the backspace key to improve your accuracy.
NO
It is best to use this key!
This is what I do!
YES
14
When typing, your hands should...
be scratching your head
be relaxed and slightly curved
be on the side of the keyboard
lay flat on the keyboard
15
Who invented the typewriter?
Christopher Knight
Qwerty Sholes
Qwerty Shoals
Christopher Sholes
16
Which of the following will not happen if you learn to type?
You will make fewer errors when you type.
You will run faster
You will be better at using software such as Word or PowerPoint,
You will concentrate better
17
I should slouch when I type.
False
True
18
It is okay to have a drink or food at your workspace when you are typing.
False
True
19
When you want to start a new line, you will use your left pinky finger.
False
True
20
When I type, I should look at the keys.
True
False
21
Habits are not always a good thing, one such habit is looking at the keyboard...a lot.
True
False
22
What are the home row keys?
jkl;
asdf qwerty
qwerty
asdf jkl;
23
If I want to improve my typing, then I must
pay someone to teach me
practice often
higher an AI robot to do all of my typing for me.
spend hours upon hours at the keyboard
24
In typing, WPM means
we play more
words per minute
words per mile
words per millisecond
25
What is it called when you use only two fingers to type?
ducking & dodging
skittling
hunting & pecking
cheating
