Data Entry and Keyboarding Skills

The most common text-based computer input device.

• Keyboard

• Mouse

• Touch Screen

• All of the above

Electronic typewriters are similar to ___________.

• Keyboard

• Mouse

• Touch Screen

• All of the above

There are usually more than _______ keys on a keyboard.

• 200 Keys

• 150 Keys

• 100 Keys

• None of the above

What exactly do you mean when you say “touch typist”?

• Typing without the use of the sense of sight

• Typing with the use of Sensors

• Typing with Joystick with using the sense of sight

• None of the above

A touch typist uses ________ to keep track of location on the keyboard.

• Muscle Memory

• RAM Memory

• ROM Memory

• None of the above

A touch typist uses ________ to keep track of location on the keyboard.

• Five Fingers from single hand

• Four Fingers from single hand

• Eight fingers from both hand

• Ten Fingers from both hand

A touch typist starts by placing his or her fingers on the “start position” in the _______.

• Left Row

• Middle Row

• Right Row

• Down Row

WPM stands for ___________.

• Word per minute

• Word per mile

• Word per millisecond

• None of the above

What are the different keys available on the keyboard?

• Alphanumeric Keys

• Punctuation Keys

• Alt, Arrow, Shift, Backspace, Caps, Ctrl, Delete, Enter Keys

• All of the above

Special keys labeled F1 to F12. These keys have different meanings depending on which program is running and is called __________.

• Esc Key

• Alphanumeric Keys

• Function Keys

• Punctuation Keys