Technology Semester 1 Exam

When you are typing, what is the best way to keep yourself from developing carpal tunnel syndrome?

• Don't think about tunnels when typing

• Type with feet flat on the floor

• Type with hands on home row

• Type with wrists up/wrists straight

Why should your backpack, book, notebook and other materials be away from your mouse and keyboard when typing?

• You will think about other work and be distracted if they are close

• You can bump into them and could possibly have typing errors

• You will be too tempted to look at them while typing

• You will be distracted by how they smell

Which of the following is a good definition/description of touch typing?

• Touching other people while you type

• Typing while you look at the keys you are touching

• Typing by touch without looking at the keyboard

• Typing without touching the keyboard

What is the advantage of having your hands on home row when typing?

• Your fingers only have to go up one row or down one row to type

• Your wrists and forearms hurt less

• It improves your posture

• You type a lot slower and have less errors

What is the advantage of sitting up straight and sitting up comfortably when typing?

• You are sitting up higher so you can look down on the monitor and see better

• Makes you uncomfortable so you type better

• Your fingers can reach all the keys better than

• It improves your posture and puts you in a better body position to type

What is the advantage of having your feet flat on the floor when typing?

• Improves your balance and puts your body in an ideal position to type

• It keeps your feet farther away from your nose so you don't smell them while you type

• It allows you to not worry about where to put your feet when typing

• It makes you more comfortable so you can type better.

Why should you have your eyes on the paper you are typing from?

• Makes you paranoid so you make more errors

• Your wrists and forearms hurt less

• Allows you to type faster and more efficiently so you can't look back and forth at your fingers

• It allows you to look at another classmate while you type

Which piece of advice is a smart way to come up with new passwords for your online accounts?

• Use a password that includes the name of your pet

• Use your middle name, age, and year you were born

• Use a combination of capital and lower case letters with some numbers and symbols

• Use a different password for each of your online accounts

What does a green squiggly line in your document represent?

• autocorrect error

• spelling error

• grammatical error

• user error

Where should citations be included in your research paper?

• In the header

• At the end of every paragraph

• In footnotes

• On a separate notebook paper