Keyboard & Windows

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Keyboard & Windows Practice Quiz

Created by Tom Rohrbach, Spring International Language Center

This is a practice quiz to teach you about using the keyboard with Windows. Read each question, then click the answer you think is correct. If your answer is wrong, try again. The quiz is designed to help you learn as you go. Good luck!

1. On typewriters, and in many old programs, this key is called "Return". What is it called in Windows programs?

2. The key that lets you jump to the next choice in a menu or Windows screen is called

3. There are two Control keys (Ctrl) on the keyboard. If you hold down "Ctrl" and press a letter or number key, you can often make a program do something. What other key works the same way as Control?

4. How many Function keys (F1, F2, F3, etc.) are there on Windows keyboards?

5. To type numbers on the numeric keypad (right side of keyboard) instead of "Home", "PgUp", "End", etc., you need to be sure the little NUM LOCK light on the keyboard is

6. Many Windows programs have "Shortcut Keys". This key or key combination lets you do something quickly and easily. For example, look at the "File" menu in Internet Explorer. How can you print quickly with a Shortcut key combination?

7. On keyboards for Windows computers, you will see a "Windows" key. If you press this key, you will get the Start menu. The Windows key is between the Control key and the ___ key.

8. In word-processing, e-mail, and many other programs, you can move the Insertion pointer (which shows where the letter will go when you type) to the LEFT of the screen on the same line with this key.

9. In word-processing, e-mail, and many other programs, you can move the Insertion pointer (which shows where the letter will go when you type) to the RIGHT of the screen on the same line with this key.

10. In many programs, you can also move quickly to the top or bottom of the document or window. To move to the TOP, you press

11. To move quickly to the BOTTOM of a document or window on the screen, you press

12. This character "\" which is used a lot in DOS and Windows, and this character "/" which is used a lot on the Internet, are very different. What are their names, in the order you see them here -- \ and / ?

13. The Slash key "/" is usually on the bottom row of the keyboard, on the right, between the ___ and the Shift key.

14. The Backslash key "\" is in different places on different keyboards. On most Windows keyboards, it is above the Enter key and below the ___ key.

You're finished. You can do this practice quiz as many times as you wish. If there is something you still don't understand, ask another student or your teacher. When you're ready, go on to another quiz. Good luck!

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