Learning to Type

As you type, where should you look?

• Wherever is most comfortable for you

• Your fingers on the keyboard

• What you are typing from

• All of the above

What do the Function keys do?

• Erase errors to the left of your cursor

• Shut down your computer

• Act as shortcuts to perform functions, such as saving

• None of the above

When you type, you should always keep your fingers positioned on the:

• Home row keys

• Top row of the alphabetic keys

• Bottom row of the alphabetic keys

• Numeric keypad

Proper finger placement on the keyboard can improve your:

• Speed

• Posture

• Speed and Accuracy

• Accuracy

Which of the following is a benefit of touch-typing?

• You will be able to concentrate better

• You will be able to compose at the computer rather than typing from prewritten material

• both a and b

• neither a nor b

The backspace key does

• deletes words to the right of the cursor

• located to the right of the top row

• used to erase errors to the left of the cursor

• none of the above

The home row position for the ten-key numeric keypad is

• Middle finger should be placed on the 5 key, index on 4, and ring finger on 6

• middle finger should be placed on 4, ring on 5, and pinky on 6

• middle finger should be placed on 5, index on 4, and pinky on 6

• none of the above

The proper typing posture includes all of the following except

• eyes on source copy

• fingers curved and upright

• feet flat on the floor

• fingers curved & upright with your arms extended outwards

What is the purpose of the Command key on an Apple keyboard?

The importance of speed and accuracy in touch-typing is

• produce more quickly, efficiently, and error-free documents

• produce efficient and error-free documents

• produce more documents quickly and efficiently

• produce documents effectively and error-free