WPM Touch Typing Fundamentals

Question 1

What is touch typing?

Accepted Answer

Typing without looking at the keyboard using all fingers

Answer

Touch typing is the technique of typing without looking at the keyboard, using all fingers in assigned positions.

Question 2

What is the 'home row' on a standard QWERTY keyboard?

Accepted Answer

The ASDF–JKL; row where fingers rest by default

Answer

The home row consists of the keys A, S, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, and ; — where fingers rest in neutral position.

Question 3

What tactile feature on F and J keys helps typists locate the home row without looking?

Accepted Answer

Raised dots or bumps

Answer

Small raised bumps on the F and J keys allow typists to feel the home row anchor points without looking at the keyboard.

Question 4

Which fingers are assigned to the home row anchor keys F and J in touch typing?

Accepted Answer

Index fingers

Answer

The left index finger rests on F and the right index finger rests on J in standard touch typing technique.

Question 5

In touch typing, which finger is responsible for pressing the spacebar?

Accepted Answer

Either thumb, whichever is more natural

Answer

Either thumb can press the spacebar; most typists develop a personal preference, typically the dominant hand's thumb.

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