Keyboard Vocab

What is the function of the Backspace key?

• Moves the cursor to the left one space at a time

• Moves the cursor to the right one space at a time

• Moves the cursor up one line

• Moves the cursor down one line

Which key is used to key all capital letters without holding the shift key?

• Caps Lock

• Delete Key

• ESC key

• Space Bar

What is the purpose of the Delete key?

• Moves the cursor to the left one space at a time

• Erases characters once they are highlighted

• Ends a line or paragraph

• Exits a program

What is a document?

• A key used to erase characters once they are highlighted

• Text, especially formatted, such as a numbered list, memo, letter, report, outline, title page, or reference page

• A measure of the rate of keying speed

• The keys ASDF J K L

What is editing?

• A key used to erase characters once they are highlighted

• Placing text so that half of the text is on each side of the center point

• Arranging, changing, and correcting existing text

• Ends a line or paragraph

What does the Enter key do?

• Moves the cursor to the left one space at a time

• Ends a line or paragraph

• Exits a program

• Causes the cursor to skip across the display screen to a place set by the operator

What is the purpose of the ESC key?

• Moves the cursor to the left one space at a time

• Erases characters once they are highlighted

• Exits a program

• Spaces the cursor forward one space at a time

What are function keys used for?

• Moving the cursor left, right, up or down

• Keying all capital letters without holding the shift key

• Issuing software commands

• Arranging, changing, and correcting existing text

What are the Home Row Keys?

• The keys ASDF J K L

• Keys on the keyboard which contain the letters of the alphabet

• Arrangement of figure keys and special keys on the right side of most keyboards

• Keys that make occasional capital letters or allow you to get the character on the top of a key

What is a keyboard?

• A key used to erase characters once they are highlighted

• Arrangement of keys on a device attached to a computer or typewriter

• Text, especially formatted, such as a numbered list, memo, letter, report, outline, title page, or reference page

• Keys on the keyboard which contain the letters of the alphabet