Beginning Keyboarding

Which of the following is a rule about how to typing? 

• Sit slouched.
• Rest your wrist on the desk.
• Extend your arms to reach the keyboard.
• Look at what you are typing, not at the keys.

Chris ________________ was the one who invented the typewriter.

• Shows
• French
• Cross
• Sholes

In the movie, learning to touch type had __________________ as more important than  ________________, because if you couldn't pitch the ball over the plate it means walks instead of strikes.

• accuracy/speed
• typing/pitching
• dribbling/fingering

Curved ________________ over the keys means a better chance for getting faster without mistakes.

• lines
• locks
• fingers
• neck

This is the ________________keyboard?

• Standard/because of the maker.
• Grand/Due to a naming contest.
• QWERTY/Because of the first 6 letter keys.
• Remote/It ran on batteries.

Your feet should be ___________ on the floor to make typing easier.

• flat
• tippy-toed
• crossed
• on a rest

___________ and ______________ is NOT the way to becoming a quick touch typist.

• Plucking/tapping
• Fingering/mashin
• Hunting /pecking

__ __ __ __ and jkl; are the home row keys.

• zxcv
• asdf
• safd
• dfgh

Pitching is the sports analogy about why ___________ is the skill that comes before speed.

• sitting up straight
• leaning
• accuracy
• throwing

Where the fingers should be when not typing.

• spacebar
• desk
• lap
• home row