KEYBOARDING MIDTERM

On the week of January 18th you will have your Midterm Exams. For the Keyboarding Midterm

please study from your notes (from the PowerPoint Presentations I showed you in class and any handouts I gave you. Also study from your Tests and Quizzes. There will be two timings for this exam: a 3-minute timing and a 2-minute timing – I’ll let you know which ones you’ll do the day of the exam. You may want to practice 3-minute timings (from the Timed Writings) and the Measurement Writings (2-minute timings) of the Skill Builder Lessons.

1. Computer Concepts: (STUDY YOUR NOTES)

What is a computer? What is hardware (name the four types of hardware)? What are Input Devices (name four and define)? What are Output Devices (name four and define)? What is the Central Processing Unit? What are storage devices (name four and define)? What is software (name the two types of software)? What is Digital? What is RAM? What is ROM? What are binary numbers? What is a bit? What are byte? Kilobytes? Megabytes? Gigabytes? What is a network? What is a server? What is the Internet? What are telecommunications? What are modems? What is the World Wide Web? What is a Web Site? What is a Web Page? What is a Web Browser? What is a URL (give one example)? What is “http”? What is a “domain”? What are URL identifiers (give four examples)?

2. What are Copyrights? Why are they important?

3. Ergonomics:

What is ergonomics? Why is it important to follow ergonomic rules? Name four ergonomic rules (or tips). What are ergonomists? What is the right ergonomic position you should use when typing (mention four rules)? Why is good posture important?

4. KEYBOARDING

a. Home Row Keys: Which are the letters of the Home Row? Which fingers do you use to type the Home Row keys? What is the first goal in Keyboarding?

b. What is Touch-Typing?

c. Which letters does each finger type (mention both left and right hand fingers)? What fingers do you use to key the Space Bar?

d. Who invented the “Type Writer”? When? What is the official name of the present keyboard? Why was the first typewriter designed to slow down the typist?

5. MICROSOFT WORD:

a. How do you insert a Table in Word? Practice inserting a table and reviewing a couple of the exercises we did in class (like Exercises No.1 and No. 2).

Check the "keyboardingm" folder in the Server (Labserver). There you can find some PDF and Word documents that you can check to review your material. You can print the puzzles or other Review documents and solve or Review them.