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6. What are the two modes of the Insert key?
Ans. Insert Key works as a toggle key in text editing to switch between two input modes:
a. Overtype mode: It overwrites the text to the right of the cursor.
b. Insert mode: It inserts new text at the cursor position, pushing existing text to the right.
7. What is the purpose of the Esc key?
Ans. The Esc key is present on the top-left corner of a computer keyboard. It terminates or cancels the current running program.
It is also used to close current full screen, stops the loading of a current website, and close a menu or a dialog box.
8. What is the use of the Shift key?
Ans. Shift key is a modifier key used to perform an alternate function, if used in combination with the keys with a dual function.
For example, if the Caps Lock key is off, then Shift+d will print capital D.
B. Long answer type questions.
1. Write in detail the purpose of the four colours used in the Errors Overview section.
Ans. Each of the four colours used in the Errors Overview section has a definite purpose. The purpose of the four colours are as
mentioned below:
i. Green characters show that the correct character has been pressed on the keyboard.
ii. Yellow characters show that the time frame has been exceeded.
iii. Red characters show that an incorrect character has been pressed on the keyboard.
iv. Orange characters show the incorrect character, and that the time taken for typing the character has been exceeded.
2. What are the three main parts of the Student accounts/groups?
Ans. The Student accounts/groups consists of the following three parts:
● Student Toolbar: It is used for adding, removing, inserting (import), saving (export) existing student accounts or groups
and saving the student statistics in the different formats like, PDF, HTML, XML, CSV.
● Student Accounts: It is the place used for selecting current student account or group.
● Property Panel: It is the place where you can edit student or group properties like the student name and password of
the selected student.
3. Explain the controls of the Lesson Editor.
Ans. The Lesson Editor window consists of the following controls:
● Toolbar: It is present just below the title bar and consists of the following:
Course Menu
Lesson Menu
Remove Selected Lesson or Course
Lesson Type
Split a Lesson into multiple small lessons
● Navigation Tree: It displays the current keyboard layout, current course, section and lesson.
● Editing panel: This is the area, where you can edit the existing course options or the selected lesson in the Navigation Tree.
● Text analysis table: This displays the number and percentage of words, characters, spaces and specific characters in the
lesson.
● Virtual keyboard: This keyboard displays the highlighted characters of the selected lesson using the touch typing method.
4. What are some of the important features of the Rapid Typing Tutor software?
Ans. Some of the features of the Rapid Typing Tutor software are:
● It provides effective tutorial lessons.
● It shows the statistics of your performance.
● It supports various languages and keyboard layouts.
● It allows creating groups and designing lessons.
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