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5. What is the use of the ‘Advanced’ course?
Ans. Advanced course helps in improving the typing speed, by using the touch typing technique.
6. What are the special character keys?
Ans. The keys such as Spacebar key, Caps Lock key, Backspace key, Shift key, Enter key, Symbol keys like comma, semicolon,
brackets, period and Tab key, etc. are special character keys present on the keyboard.
7. Differentiate between the Del key and the Backspace key.
Ans. Backspace Key - It deletes the typed character or an object on the left of the blinking cursor.
Del Key - It deletes the typed character or an object on the right of the blinking cursor.
8. 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. Override mode: It replaces an existing text with the new text.
9. 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.
10. What is the advantage of using a mouse?
Ans. The main advantage of using a mouse as an input device is that it is a simple, easy and efficient way to navigate the screen,
without having to memorise the text-based commands.
B. Long answer type questions:
1. What do X and Y axes represent in Detailed Statistics?
Ans. On the bar chart, the X-axis corresponds to the letters used in the lesson, and the Y-axis shows the errors or delays related
to each letter.
2. 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.
3. 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: 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.
4. 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
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