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Typing Practice Quiz - Part One

Created by Tom Rohrbach, Spring International Language Center

This is a practice quiz to teach you about typing. 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. For "touch typing", you need to learn where all the keys are by feel, without looking at the keyboard.

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2. Touch typing is also called

feel typing
keyboarding
auto typing
touching

3. Two letters on the keyboard have a special line or 'ridge' that you can feel with your fingertip. These ridges help you find the right place to put your hands on the keyboard. These keys are

f and j
a and ;
s and l
d and k

4. Each line of keys across from left to right is called a

column
row

5. The row where you put your hands to start typing is called the

main row
second row
home row

6. The keys where you put your hands to start typing are

sdfg hjkl
asdf jkl;

7. The fingers on your left hand are called (from left to right), your little finger, your ring finger, your middle finger, and your ___ finger.

index
pointer
main
first

8. When you start learning the first, third, and fourth rows, your fingers do not move straight up and down on the keyboard. They move

up left and down right
up right and down left

9. To type the letter "s" with your left hand, you use your

little finger
ring finger
middle finger

10. To type the letter "d", you use your

ring finger
middle finger
index finger

11. To type the letter "o" with your right hand, you use your

middle finger
ring finger
little finger

12. To type the letter "t", you use your

left hand
right hand

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 "Typing - Part Two". Good luck!

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