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GHERSECONDARYSCHOOL
MERHAMA
Pr
epar
edBy
:Shaguf
taMaj
i
d Vocat
ional
Teacher(
IT/
ITES)

Lev
el1(
9TH)
.
UNI
T2:DATAENTRYANDKEYBOARDI
NG
SKI
LLS
Q1:Di
scusst
hev
ari
oust
ypesofkey
sav
ail
abl
eonacomput
erkey
boar
d.

Thought her
earesev
erali
nputdevi
[Link],
touchscr
een,char
acterorvoi
cerecogni
ti
on,
etc.
,used
forgi
vinginputt
othecomputer,y
ettheuseofkeyboardisthemostcommonmet hodadoptedfori
nput
ofdataintoacomputer
.Acomputerkeyboardcont
ainsthef
oll
owingtypesofkeys:

•Al
phanumer
ickey
s:Al
loft
heal
phabet(
A-Z)andnumber
s(0-
9)ont
hekey
boar
d.
•Punctuati
onkeys:Allofthekeysassoci
atedwi t
hpunctuat
ion,
suchasthecomma( ,
),per
iod(.)
,
semicol
on(;)
,br
ackets([]
),andparent
hesi
s( {})[Link],
all
ofthemathemat
icaloperat
orssuch
astheplussi
gn(+),minussign(-
),andequal si
gn(=).

•Al
tkey
:Shor
tforAl
ter
nat
e,t
hiskeyi
sli
keasecondcont
rol
key
.

•Arrowkeys:Ther
ear
efourar
rowkey
stomov
ethecur
sor(
ori
nser
ti
onpoi
nt)up(
↑),
down(
↓),
right(
→),
orl
eft(
←) .

•Shi
ftorAl
tkey
s:Tomov
ethecur
sori
nmor
ethanoneposi
ti
onatat
ime.

•Backspacekey
:Deletest
hechar
act
erj
ustt
othel
eftoft
hecur
sor(
ori
nser
ti
onpoi
nt)andmov
es
t
hecursortot
hatposit
ion.

•CapsLockkey
:Iti
sat
oggl
ekey
,whi
chwhenact
ivat
ed,
causesal
lal
phabet
icchar
act
erst
obe
upper
case.

•Ctr
lkey
:Thecontr
olkeyisusedinconjunct
ionwi
thot
herkeystoproducecont
rol
char
act
[Link]
meani
ngofeachcontr
olchar
acterdependsonwhichpr
ogram i
srunning.

•Delet
ekey:TheDelkeydel
etesthecharact
eratt
hecurrentcur
sorposi
ti
on,
orthesel
ect
edobject
,but
doesnotmovethecursor
.Forgraphi
cs-
basedappl
icat
ions,t
hedelet
ekeydel
etest
hecharact
ertot
he
ri
ghtoft
heinser
ti
onpoint
.

•EnterkeyorRet
urnkey
:Iti
susedt
oent
ercommandsort
omov
ethecur
sort
othebegi
nni
ng
oft
henextli
ne.

•Esckey:TheEscapekeyi
susedt
osendspeci
alcodest
odev
icesandt
oexi
t(orescape)f
rom
pr
ogramsandtasks.

•Funct
ionkeys:Speci
alkey
slabel
l
edF1t
[Link]
shav
edi
ff
erentmeani
ngdependi
ngonwhi
ch
pr
ogram i
srunni
ng.

Q2:Di
ff
erent
iat
ebet
weenHomeKey
sandGui
deKey
s.
 2

Homekey
s
Alphabet
sASDFarehomekey sf orthel
efthandand; (
semi-
colon)LKJf ort
heri
[Link]
nger
sare
tr
ainedtomakethecor
rectmov ementtoot herkeysandeachfingerret
urnsimmedi
atel
ytoitsr
espect
ive
homekeyafteri
thasdepressedt hecor
respondingkeyinanyotherrow.

Gui
dekey
s
Onacomputerkeyboard,keys‘F’
and‘J’ar
ecall
edguidekeysforlef
tandrighthand,
respect
ivel
[Link]
h
cont
ainasmall
raisedtangibl
emar kwit
hthehelpofwhichthetouchtypi
stcanplacethefi
ngerscorr
ect
ly
onthehomekeys.Figure2.2showstheposit
ionoffi
ngersofbothhandsont heHomeRow.

Q3:Whatdoy
ouunder
standbyGui
deKey
s?Namet
heGui
dekey
sofa

(
A)comput
erkey
boar
d(B)t
ypewr
it
er

Gui
dekey
s
Onacomputerkeyboard,keys‘F’
and‘J’ar
ecall
edguidekeysforlef
tandrighthand,
respect
ivel
[Link]
h
cont
ainasmall
raisedtangibl
emar kwit
hthehelpofwhichthetouchtypi
stcanplacethefi
ngerscorr
ect
ly
onthehomekeys.Figure2.2showstheposit
ionoffi
ngersofbothhandsont heHomeRow.
Thegui
dekey
sofacomput
erkey
boar
dar
e:FandJ

Q4:Expl
aint
her
oleoft
ypi
nger
gonomi
cs.

Typi
ngergonomicspr
ovi
desthel
ogist
icsuppor
tforef
fi
cientandeff
ectiv
etypewri
ti
[Link]
e
i
mportantt
oattai
nandmaint
ainaccur
[Link] hesefactor
sincl
udedareasgi
venas
bel
ow.
Si
tt
ingpost
ure

Whil
eoper at
ingthecomputerkeyboard,sitstr
aight,
sli
ghtl
ybendingy
ourneckf
[Link]
comfortandsitt
ingposi
ti
onofbody .Toucht helowerporti
onofyourbackt
othelowerport
ionofthe
backrestofthechair
.Touchboththef eettothefloor(
Figure2.
5).

Posi
ti
onofhands
 3

Putyourf
orear
msatlevelwi
ththekeyboar
dandpal
msdown( Fi
gur
e2.
6).Keepyourwri
stsst
rai
ghtand
hangyourel
bowsnatur
all
[Link]’
ttouchtheel
bowst
othebodynorbet
oofarawayfrom t
hebody(Fi
gure
2.7)
.Bendatabouta90degreeangl
e.

Moni
torpl
acement

Donotbendy ourneckwhil
eworkingont hemoni
torandkeept
heupperbor
derofscr
eenateyel
evel
.The
di
stanceofscreenfr
om t
heuserdependsont hesizeoft
hescr
[Link]
oximat
edist
anceof
about60–65cmsf or17inchesscreen.

Mouseandkey
boar
dpl
acement

Keepthekeyboar
dandmouset oget
heratanapproxi
mat
edi st
anceof20cms,whi
chwil
lhel
pinsmoot
h
andeffor
tl
essoperat
ionofkey
[Link],mouseandel
bowshel
pstheuser
sto
workcomfort
ably
.

Chai
randt
abl
epl
acement

Adjustcomput erchai
randtabletoanoptimal hei
[Link] rofthecomput erusermustbesupporti
ve
tohis/[Link]
boar dandvibr
atingdev i
ces,suchaspr i
nter
s,shoul
dbeonsepar atetabl
es.
Thecomput ertabl
eshoul
dal sohavesuff
icientspacefory [Link]
ectergonomics,
typewrit
ingbecomesanat uralphenomenonwi thoutcausingunnecessar yfat
igue.

Pl
acementofmat
tert
obet
yped

Placet
hematterf
orty
pingt
othel
eftorr
ightsi
deoft
hekey
boar
dpr
efer
abl
yonaCopyHol
derwhi
ch
hasaslopi
ngsurf
ace.
 4

Q5:Whyt
heuseofv
ari
oust
ypi
ngsof
twar
eiscommonnow-
a-day
s?

Ther
ear
emanysof
twar
eav
ail
abl
ewhi
char
efr
eeofcostandar
ecust
omi
sedt
olear
nty
ping
ef
fi
cient
lyandef
fect
ivel
yint
ermsoff
oll
owi
ngpar
amet
ers:
[Link]
it
ing
[Link]
acyofwr
it
ing
[Link]
rorchecki
ng
[Link]
vingkey
sdi
ff
icul
ttot
ype
[Link]
ati
oncapabi
l
ityoft
ypi
ng
Q6:Ment
iont
hef
ingeral
locat
ionofkey
soft
heBot
tom Rowofcomput
erkey
boar
d.

Fi
ngeral
l
ocat
ionofkey
sonthebot
tom r
owofacomput
erkeyboar
dare:Z,X,
C,V,
andBf
ort
hel
eft
handandN,M,
COMMA, PERI
ODandFORWARDSLASHkey sf
ortheri
ghthand.

A. Mul
ti
plechoi
cequest
ions

[Link] chofthefol
l
owi
ngi
snotakeyf
orpunct
uat
ionmar
ks?
(a)comma( ,
)
(b)peri
od(.
)
(c)semicol
on(;)
(d)equalsi
gn(=)

ANSWER( D)
[Link] chofthef
oll
owi
ngi
snotanar
rowkey
?
(a)top(^)
(b)down( ↓)
(c)ri
ght(→)
(d)l
eft(←)
ANSWER( A)

[Link] chofthefol
l
owi
ngoper
ati
oni
snotper
for
medbyamouse?
(a)LeftCli
ck
(b)RightCli
ck
(c)MiddleCli
ck
(d)DoubleClick
ANSWER( C)

[Link] dt y
pingt ut
or,whichofthef ol
lowi
ngisnott
rue?
(a)Greenletter sdenot er
ightinput
s.
(b)Yell
owl ettersst andforri
ghtinputsinextrat
ime.
(c)Redlet
ter sdenot ewronginputswithintime.
(d)Orangel ettersindicat
ewr onginputswi t
hinti
me.
ANSWER( D)

[Link]
olpanel
canbeusedf
or_
___
___
___
___
_.
(a)ani
mat i
on
(b)enableordi
sabl
esounds
(c)pl
ain
(d)background
ANSWER( D)

[Link]
lli
nthebl
anks

[Link]
oucht
ypi
stknowst
hel
ocat
ionont
hekey
boar
dthr
oughMUSCLEmemor
y.

[Link]
ypi
ngspeedi
smeasur
edi
nWORDSPERMI
NUTE.

[Link]
phabet
s(A–Z)andnumber
s(0–9)ar
eknownasALPHANUMERI
Ckey
s.
 5

[Link]
keydel
etest
hechar
act
eratt
heCURRENTcur
sorposi
ti
on.

[Link]
andar
dkey
boar
dhas12Funct
ionkey
s.

[Link]
ickey
padi
susedt
oent
erNUMERI
Cdat
a.

[Link]
susedt
oshi
ftt
heCURSORonepageup.

[Link]
essi
ngt
heEndkeymov
est
hecur
sort
otheLASTchar
act
eroft
hel
i
ne.

[Link]
ickey
pad‘
0’i
stobepr
essedbyt
heRI
GHTHANDt
humb.

[Link]
ickey
padhasFOURcol
umnsandFI
VEr
ows.

[Link]
atewhet
hert
hest
atement
sgi
venbel
owar
eTr
ueorFal
se.

[Link]
tkeyi
sal
way
susedwi
tht
heot
herkey
.TRUE

2.
Ther
ear
e5ar
rowkey
sont
hekey
boar
[Link]

[Link]
susedt
odel
etet
hechar
act
eront
her
ightt
othecur
sor
.FALSE

[Link]
ockkeyi
sat
oggl
ekey
.TRUE

[Link]
rol
keyi
susedi
nconj
unct
ionwi
thot
herkey
[Link]

[Link]
erkeyi
sal
soknownasRet
urnkey
.TRUE

[Link]
unct
ionkey
shav
edi
ff
erentmeani
ngi
ndi
ff
erentsof
twar
[Link]

[Link]
s‘F’
and‘
J’ar
eknownasgui
dekey
[Link]

[Link]
ear
etwoCapsLockkey
sont
hekey
boar
[Link]

[Link]
woscr
oll
but
[Link]

[Link]
susedt
omov
ethecur
[Link]

[Link]
essi
ngt
heHomeKey
,mov
est
hecur
sort
othef
ir
stchar
act
eri
nthedocument
.FALSE

[Link]
ickey
pad,
thenumber8i
sthegui
dekey
.FALSE

14.I
nRapi
dty
pingt
utor
,ther
ighti
nputent
eredi
sdenot
edbyy
ell
owcol
[Link]

15.I
nRapi
dty
pingt
utor
,ther
ighti
nputent
eredi
nexceedi
ngt
imef
ramei
sdenot
edbyRedcol
our
.FALSE