Keyboarding Posture and Technique

Fingers in Keying Position are best described as

• curved
• straight
• semi-rigid
• upright

Posture is important to successful keying; the body should be well back in the chair with:

• feet elevated
• the back fairly straight
• one arm higher than the other
• feet hanging

When operating a keyboard, wrists should be:

• touching the frame of the keyboard
• low but not touching the frame of the keyboard
• arched
• curved

When operating a keyboard, wrists should be:

• touching the frame of the keyboard
• low but not touching the frame of the keyboard
• arched
• curved

The best control of eyes while keying involves:

• watching keys most of the time
• watching screen most of the time
• reading copy, then watching keys
• looking at copy most of the time

The form and keying style that a typist uses while operating the keyboard is called

• Posture
• Technique
• Touch Keyboarding
• Movement

The correct keystroking technique is to use:

• slow, deliberate strokes
• slow, down and in motion
• quick snappy strokes
• any comfortable stroke

Correct keyboarding posture requires that the body be:

• reasonably erect in front of the keyboard
• leaning over the keyboard
• slightly to the right of the keyboard
• slightly to the left of the keyboard

The Enter and backspace keys are controlled by the:

• left thumb
• left pinky
• right thumb
• right pinky

When using correct posture your body should be shaped like which letter:

• lowercase C
• lowercase H
• Capital S
• Capital P