Questions for lessons 1-3

All questions need to answered in complete sentences. Answers to these questions can be found in the first three lessons.

  1. What is touch typing?

  2. What are the benefits of touch typing? (describe five benefits)

  3. How many basic lessons are there?

  4. When was the first modern typewriter patented?

  5. What company had the chance to change the layout of the keyboard?

  6. Name four things that are needed to learn keyboarding.

  7. Why is it important to keep your head up but not tilted back?
  8. Why should the monitor be placed so that you can see over its top edge?
  9. Why should you lean slightly forward?
  10. Why should you relax your shoulders?
  11. Why should you keep your feet flat on the floor?
  12. Why should you keep your elbows close to your body?
  13. Why should you keep wrists parallel to the keyboard?
  14. Why should you keep your wrists off the computer?