Typing Technique

What is the Ideal typing position?

• Feet flat, back straight, elbows at side, fingers on home row, eyes on screen

• Feet off floor, elbows in air, fingers on home row, eyes on keys

• Feet flat, elbows in air, fingers on number keys, eyes on screen

• Feet around chair legs, elbows at side, fingers on screen, eyes on keys

Style of typing where you look at the copy and not the keyboard

• Touch typing

• Hunt and peck

• Tap and click

• Blindfold typing

Abbreviation for repetitive strain injury, which is damage to your muscles and joints due to bad technique

• RISKY

• RIS

• RSI

• SRI

What are the home row keys?

• q w e r t y

• a s d f j k l ;

• z x c v n m , .

• 1 2 3 4 7 8 9 0

What is the abbreviation for single space which means to press the Enter key once at the end of a line?

• DS

• SS

• TS

• QS

What is the abbreviation for double space which means to press the Enter key twice at the end of a line?

• DS

• SS

• TS

• QS

What is the abbreviation for words per minute, this is your typing speed with points removed for errors.

• GWAM

• WPM

• WOMP

• SWIM

Most common keyboard arrangement it is named for the top row of letter keys.

• FGHJK

• YUIOP

• ZXCVB

• QWERTY

Typing with few mistakes is

• Double space

• Speed

• Accuracy

• Technique

Typing fast is

• Speed

• Accuracy

• Single Space

• Technique