Appendix 1.1.4
Pre-Test Assessment Activity for Effective Mouse and Keyboard Use in Windows
1. Which mouse button should you press when selecting an icon?
ANS: You should use the left button
2. Describe how to move a scroll bar in a Window.
ANS: By using the scroll wheel or the scroll bar
3. How do you know when a mouse cursor has passed over a function that can be activated
by a mouse click?
ANS: The icon for the function highlights
4. How do you close a window inside a windows environment?
ANS: You press the “X” icon on the top right of the window
5. Load a word processor in a windows environment. Can you move the mouse cursor in a
controlled manner over the first icon on the left on the tool bar, the last icon on the right,
and a middle icon in less than five seconds?
ANS: Yes
Provide a one line definition or description for each of the following terms (use Wikipedia at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page as a reference):
 The Desktop: Personal computer that is designed for convince and typically comes in several
units during installation
 Moving/Resizing: to change the height, size or width of (an image, window, etc), drag the
edges, left click and drag the tittle bar.
 Scrolling Windows:
to move up, down, oracross the screen so that a line of text or graphics appears at one edge of
the screen for each line that moves off the opposite edge
 Menu bar: A list of available options, especially as displayed on a screen. Below the tittle bar
 Tool bar:
A row of icons on a computer screen that activate commands or functions when clicked.
Below the menu bar
 Right Drag:
To move (a pointing device, such as a mouse) while pressing down on one of its buttons and
to move (an element of a graphical display) on a computer screen using a pointing device.
 Cascade/Tile: Overlap windows. Have windows right beside each other.
 Help Menus: A list of available options, especially as displayed on a screen.
 Dialog box:
A window that appears on a computer screen, presenting information or requesting input. A
 Zip file:
a document that has been compressed to reduce the amount of memory required to store it or
to make sending it electronically quicker
 Filename extension:
a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the
optional second part of a PC computer filename. 3 letter extension on a file to tell you what
kind of file it is.
 Title bar :
a horizontal label at the top of a window, bearing the name of the currently activedocument
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Folder or directory:
An organizational unit for files that reside on a hard disk or other storage device. Also called
folder. Location in your files for holding other files.
Executable file:
A computer file containing a program, or part of a program, that is capable of being executed
in its current format.
Go to the following website and complete the online tasks to provide you with practice using
your mouse and windows:
http://www.burlco.lib.nj.us/Classes/cns/