6th grade Keyboarding vocab review

What does GWAM mean ?

• grudge words a minute

• Gross words a minute

• get what you mean

• getting what a man deserves

How many strokes equals one word?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

What are the letters on the keyboard called?

• black keys

• square keys

• main keys

• alpha keys

Your fingers should start on the ___ ___ keys when typing

• QWERTY

• top row

• home row

• alpha keys

What is the name of the type of keyboard we type on

• ASDFG

• JKL;

• SLIDE

• QWERTY

The way your hands, feet, and back is positioned when typing is called your ____

• posture

• sitting

• feet are straight

• GWAM

Jill typed 250 words in one minute. What is her GWAM?

• 50 WPM

• 25 WPM

• 5 WPM

• 40 WPM

Gillis types 400 words in 10 minutes. What is his GWAM?

• 40

• 4

• 80

• 8

Quan typed 95 words in a minute. What is his GWAM?

• 19

• 9

• 9.5

• 90

What happens when you strike the enter key?

• it places the cursor behind the word

• it creates a space for the next word

• it moves the cursor to the next line

• it moves the cursor to the line above the previous sentence