Keyboarding Quiz
Name:
1. How many times do you space after a period at the end of a sentence?
2. How many times do you space after a comma?
3. How many times do you space after a colon that is used as punctuation?
4. How many times do you space after a period that is used with an abbreviation?
5. How many times do you space after a colon that is used in expressing time?
Explain the difference between a soft return and a hard return.
6. Which finger operates the “b” key?
7. Which finger operates the “c” key?
8. Which finger operates the “v” key?
9. Which finger operates the “o” key?
10. Which finger operates the “m” key?
11. Which finger operates the “comma” key?
12. Which finger operates the “enter” key?
Open a blank Word document. Put your name in a header in the top left corner of
the page.
Apply the Capitalization Rules to the following sentences:
1.
2.
3.
4.
tomorrow will be a very busy day.
i will be meeting with mr. bob smith on monday.
she paddled down the ohio river near cincinnati.
the sale is on beck boulevard during april.
Apply the Number Rules to the following sentences:
1. 19 students visited Rome during their summer vacation.
2. The Smiths moved from 305 North 6th Street to 1 Autumn Lane.
3. The party is at four thirty p.m. on September one.
Using proofreading marks, correct the following copy. When proofreading, always
compare to the original copy.
Rough Draft
when proofreading, compare cop word for word wiht the original.Compare figures (such
as 76,987) digit by digit with your source copy. Be sure to check for spacing an
punctaution mark also It is you’re job to correct spacing as you key copy.
Original
When proofreading, compare the copy word for word with the original. Compare all
figures (such as 76, 978) digit by digit with the original copy. Be sure to check for
spacing and punctuation marks, also. It is your job to insert correct spacing as you key the
copy.
Key the original copy on your word document, double spaced.
Match the definition to the term. Write the letter of the correct definition on the line
provided. Every term and definition will be used.
_____ 1. Document Formatting
_____ 2. Electronic Note Taking
_____ 3. Font
_____ 4. Handwriting Recognition
_____ 5. Hardware
_____ 6. Monitor
_____ 7. Output device
_____ 8. PDA
_____ 9. Software
_____10. Speech Recognition
_____11. Web Cam
_____12. Desktop
A. Another word for the computer screen.
B. The appearance/size of your text.
C. The method of talking to the computer and
your words end up on the screen.
D. The process of placing text in a certain
position to create a letter, report, or specific
document.
E. A device that allows you to make videos
and see other people you are talking with
through the computer.
F. A digitool method of taking notes at the
computer, on your tablet, or evening your
PDA.
G. Once you log in, this screen appears.
H. The method of writing on a tablet that
converts your writing into text or ink on the
computer.
I. The physical components of the computer.
J. The printer is an example of one of these.
K. A handheld digitool that allows you to keep
track of your contacts, schedules, tasks, etc.
L. The directions the computer receives-the
programs that operate on the computer.