Proper Keyboard Typing Technique Quiz
How good are you at typing? Do you know the correct and proper keyboard typing technique? Here is a quiz to test your knowledge of good keyboarding techniques. One should always follow the correct keyboard technique to reduce typo errors and increase speed and accuracy without being injured. The quiz below asks about some of the important techniques related to the keyboard. Do you know all of them? Give this quiz a try and check for yourself. All the best, buddy!
- 1.What do timed writings strive to improve?
- A.
Performance and accuracy
- B.
Speed and accuracy
- C.
Skill and accuracy
- D.
Technique and accuracy
- 2.A standard word in keyboarding consists of how many letters, numbers, symbols, or spaces?
- A.
Five
- B.
Four
- C.
Ten
- D.
Two
- 3.Natalie was timed for 1 minute and keyed 35 words. What is this score called?
- A.
Generate Words A Minute
- B.
Gross Words A Minute
- C.
Speed Per Minute
- D.
Timed Words A Minute
- 4.What does it mean if the line spacing is SS?
- A.
Single Spacing
- B.
Solar Spacing
- C.
Stop Spacing
- D.
Symbol Spacing
- 5.How many lines of 12 point type equal one vertical inch in a document?
- A.
Five
- B.
One
- C.
Six
- D.
Ten
- 6.What does the main area or central portion of the keyboard consist of?
- A.
Alphanumeric keys
- B.
Directional keys
- C.
Function keys
- D.
Numeric keypad
- 7.What does the combination of JKL; represent?
- A.
Arrangement of the keyboard
- B.
Function keys
- C.
Left hand homerow
- D.
Right hand homerow
- 8.What do the letters ASDF represent?
- A.
Arrangement of the keyboard
- B.
Function keys
- C.
Left hand homerow
- D.
Right hand homerow
- 9.Robert is keying a business letter and needs to place a double space after the salutation. Which should he do?
- A.
Press the enter key one time
- B.
Press the enter key two times
- C.
Press the space bar one time
- D.
Press the space bar two times
- 10.What name is given to the most common arrangement of keyboards?
- A.
BASIC
- B.
CDROM
- C.
IBMS
- D.
QWERTY
- 11.When Susie composes at the keyboard, she always sits up straight, uses correct fingering, keeps wrists up, and eyes on the copy. Susie is demonstrating proper:
- A.
Ergonmics
- B.
Keyboarding
- C.
Technique
- D.
Touch typing
- 12.Most documents are keyed on standard paper that measures:
- A.
8 x 11 inches
- B.
8 x 11 1/2 inches
- C.
8 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches
- D.
8 1/2 x 11 inches
- 13.All keystrokes originate from which keys on the keyboard?
- A.
Function
- B.
Homerow
- C.
Qwerty
- D.
Uppercase
- 14.Jim is setting up a new office. He is researching the latest equipment and workspace design to make sure he has a comfortable working environment. This is an example of:
- A.
Economics
- B.
Ergonomics
- C.
Physics
- D.
Politics
- 15.An important skill that involves the ability to enter text by using the correct fingers without looking at the keys is:
- A.
Ergonomics
- B.
Hunt and pecking
- C.
Keyboarding
- D.
Input
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