Keyboarding End Of The Year Benchmark
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End of Year Benchmark
- 1.You use the right pointer finger to strike the letter "i".
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 2.What home row key does your left pinky rest on?
- A.
A
- B.
F
- C.
K
- D.
; (semi-colon)
- 3.Which finger is used for the letter "y"?
- A.
Right middle
- B.
Left ring
- C.
Right ring
- D.
Right pointer
- 4.Which finger is used for the letter "x"?
- A.
Right pinky
- B.
Left pinky
- C.
Left ring
- D.
Right ring
- 5.What home row key does your right middle finger rest on?
- A.
J
- B.
L
- C.
I
- D.
K
- 6.Which letter keys is your left pointer finger used for? (check ALL that apply)
- A.
R
- B.
H
- C.
G
- D.
T
- E.
V
- F.
N
- G.
B
- H.
Y
- I.
F
- J.
C
- 7.To make a capital E, you would use your right pinky to shift.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.What letter keys is your right pointer finger used for? (check ALL that apply)
- A.
J
- B.
K
- C.
U
- D.
H
- E.
B
- F.
M
- G.
T
- H.
Y
- I.
N
- 9.Which finger do you use for the comma (,)?
- A.
Left pointer
- B.
Right pinky
- C.
Right ring
- D.
Right middle
- 10.When your hands are positioned on the home row, where does your left ring finger rest?
- A.
S
- B.
L
- C.
J
- D.
D
- 11.What 3 keys is your left ring finger used for? (letter keys only)
- A.
E
- B.
S
- C.
W
- D.
Q
- E.
X
- F.
C
- 12.What finger do you use for the letter "g"?
- A.
Left pointer
- B.
Right pointer
- C.
Left thumb
- D.
Right thumb
- 13.What finger do you use to strike the letter "c"?
- A.
Left pinky
- B.
Left middle
- C.
Left ring
- D.
Left pointer
- 14.How many spaces does the TAB key indent a paragraph?
- A.
2
- B.
5
- C.
4
- D.
3
- 15.What finger is used to strike the letter "m"?
- A.
Right thumb
- B.
Right middle
- C.
Right pointer
- D.
Left pointer
- 16.What finger is used to strike the letter "b"?
- A.
Left thumb
- B.
Left pointer
- C.
Right middle
- D.
Left middle
- 17.Your thumbs rest on the spacebar.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 18.The CAPS LOCK key is used to capitalize the first letter when you are typing someone's name.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 19.When keyboarding, your feet should be
- A.
On the chair
- B.
On the table
- C.
On the floor
- D.
Tucked under your legs
- 20.The fingertips of your left hand should always be placed on these keys:
- A.
A, d, g, i
- B.
Q, w, e, r
- C.
A, d, f, g
- D.
A, s, d, f
- 21.The fingertips of your right hand should always be placed on these keys:
- A.
H, j, k, semi colon
- B.
J, k, l, semi colon
- C.
K, l, semi colon, apostrophe
- D.
U, i, o, p
- 22.To begin typing a new line of text, press _____________.
- A.
The ENTER key
- B.
The SPACE key
- C.
The ESCAPE key
- D.
The BACKSPACE key
- 23.The right shift key is used to capitalize letters typed __________.
- A.
Anywhere on the keyboard
- B.
Using the home row keys
- C.
With the left hand
- D.
With the right hand
- 24.Use the tab key to ______________.
- A.
Leave a blank line
- B.
Indent paragraphs
- C.
Capitalize letters
- D.
Insert punctuation
- 25.To remove the line that you just typed you would use the ______________ key.
- A.
Tab
- B.
Enter
- C.
Delete
- D.
Backspace
- 26.When you are told to turn off your monitor, you would push the round button on this item.
- A.
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- B.
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- C.
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- 27.Which one of the following is a CPU or computer?
- A.
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- B.
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- C.
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- 28.
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This is called a ________________.- A.
Monitor
- B.
CPU
- C.
Computer
- D.
Keyboard
- 29.An example of a username for a 5th grade student named Emily Katherine Smith at the Sikeston 5th and 6th Grade Center would be __________.
- A.
Emily K. Smith 19
- B.
Smithemilyk19
- C.
Emilysmithk19
- D.
Smith Emily K 19
- 30.The password to get in to Typing Time is _________.
- A.
Abc
- B.
Your lunch number
- C.
123
- D.
321
- 31.Which finger do you use to strike the ENTER key?
- A.
Right ring
- B.
Left pinky
- C.
Right pinky
- D.
Thumb
- 32.When you are typing a capital J, you would use your __________ shift key.
- A.
Left
- B.
Right
- C.
Middle
- D.
Pointer
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