Special Characters and Symbols
The Keyboard Rows
The Mouse
Touch Typing
Random
100
This symbol is typed when holding down the shift key and pressing the number 1 key
What is the exclamation mark?
100
This row contains keys for the semicolon character and the letter A.
What is the Home Row?
100
Two quick left clicks on the mouse.
What is a double-click?
100
These two keys have knobs or bumps to help index or pointer fingers find the home row
What are the "f" and "j" keys?
100
What is a desktop computer (desktop CPU, keyboard, mouse, and monitor)?
200
This character is on the same key as the comma.
What is the less than character?
200
This row helps define the name of the American keyboard, the QWERTY keyboard.
What is the top row?
200
This mouse feature opens a menu of options
What is a right click (right mouse button)?
200
The spacebar is used by these two fingers.
What are the thumbs (right and left thumb)?
200
Shorter way of saying typographical error.
What is a typo?
300
This key shares the same key as the caret.
What is the number six?
300
This row has the most symbols and special characters on it.
What is the numbers row?
300
This button selects and must be held down to drag.
What is the left button (left click)?
300
The left index or pointer finger is used to type these two numbers.
What are 4 and 5?
300
The Y key is typed with this finger in touch typing.
What is the right index or pointer finger?
400
This special character is used frequently on website addresses and shares a key with the question mark. It is often confused with the special character on the key with the pipe character.
What is the forward slash?
400
These two rows have no vowels.
What is number row and bottom row?
400
When held properly in this hand, the thumb goes on the left side of the mouse, the ring and little finger on the right of the mouse, with index finger on the left button, and middle finger on the right button.
What is the right hand?
400
This is the measure of how fast someone types.
What is words per minute (WPM)?
400
This mouse feature is used to move up and down on the screen without using keys.
What is the mouse scroll (scroll wheel)?
500
Shift + nine key and shift + zero key when typed together are called this. (Plural)
What is parentheses? (Plural of parenthesis)
500
This row has only 4 keys designed for the pinky fingers.
What is the bottom row?
500
This method is used to move the vertical scroll bar up and down, the horizontal scroll bar left and right, to highlight text, and to move something across the screen.
What is click and drag (hold left click and drag)?
500
This should not be on the keyboard when touch typing.
What are your eyes (looking down, visual focus)?
500
This key moves the cursor several spaces forward to a set distance. It is used to indent the start of a paragraph.
What is the tab key (tabular key)?