section 2 input and output revision question

Here is a lost of devices that may be attached to a computer system:

LCD screen
keyboard
portable hard drive
mouse
touchpad
laser printer
flash/ pen drive
microphone
digital camera
speakers
web camera
CD ROM drive

a) write down the names of all the output devices in the above list.
LCD screen, portable hard drive, flash/pen drive, laser printer, speaker
b) List two other output devices not in the above list.
multimedia projector, monitors
c) Give the name of one input device that is not included in the list above.
Remote control
d) Give the name of one device in the list above that could be used to back up data programs
flash/pen drive


2. a) Give two uses for each of the following input devices in a personal computer:
i) mouse right button for selecting and entering, left button for optioning.
ii) microphone transport sounds, change the sound
iii) digital camera can take digital pictures, displays the picture that has been taken
b) Give the names for output devices and give one use for each of them.

3.copy and complete the table below
Application Most Suitable Output Devices
Altering the user that an error has occurred by
making a beep
buzzers
Printing a poster in color inkjet printer
listening to a radio station using the internet speaker
Producing a large plan of a house graph plotter
Producing a hard copy of a speed sheet printers
Producing a hard copy of a spreadsheet printers
producing a color picture on paper taken with a
digital camera
inkjet printer
producing a series of invoices with several copies
that can be sent to different departments
laser printer
Producing a warning when a bar code is read
incorrectly
buzzers
for listening to messages from a mail system speaker
Displaying the results of a quick search on the
availability of a holiday
monitors

4. Touch screens can often be seen at tourist information offices.
a) Describe what a touch screen is and how it works
touch screens are displays that can detect the presence and location f a touch to the screen. A
finger is usually used to make selections on the screen, and some systems allow several fingers to be
used, for example re-sizing an image on the screen by moving two fingers closer together or further
apart.

b) Give one advantage of using a touch screen as an input device for use by the general public
rather than using a monitor and a mouse.
Can select the phrase or words faster
5. There are a number of different printers, each with their own advantages and
disadvantages.
The names of theses printers are listed here
Laser printer
Inkjet printer

Identify the name of the printer being described for each one of the following:
a) A printer which is used in offices for printing lots of documents in a short period of time.
laser printer
b) An inexpensive printer that is ideal for the home which can print in color as well as black and white.
inkjet printer
c) a PRINTER WHICH SPRAYS the ink onto the page.
inkjet printer
d) the type of printer where you have to be careful not to smudge the damp printouts as they come out
the printer.
inkjet printer
e) The type of printer which uses a toner cartridge
laser printer
f) The printer which is cheap to buy but which has high running costs owing to the high cost of the ink
cartridges
inkjet printer






Test yourself

Using the words in the list below, copy out and complete the sentences A to O underlining the words
that you have inserted. Each word may be used more than once.

input touchpad keyboard microphone
scanner optical character recognition laser joysticks
output sensors mouse stylus
inkjet digital touch

A) Devices used to get data from the outside world into the computer are called input devices
B) The commonest input device, which comes with all computers, is the keyboard
C) A mouse is used to move a pointer or cursor around the screen and to make selections when a
desktop computer is used
D) Where space is restricted, such as when a ;laptop is being used on your knee, a touchpad is used
instead of a mouse.
E) joysticks are used primarily with games software
F) In voice recognition systems a microphone is used as the input device
G) The device used to input text and images is called a scanner
H) Special software can be used to recognize the individual letters in a scanned piece of text and this is
called optical character recognition
I) Cameras that do not use film and can transfer an image to the computer are called digital cameras
J A pen-like device used to draw or write on a tablet is called a stylus
K Quantities such as temperature and pressure can be detected and measured using sensors
L Printers and plotters are examples of output devices
M The type of printer that is very fast and uses a toner cartridge is called a laser printer
N A cheaper printer, which squirts a jet of ink at the paper, is called an inkjet printer
O Touch screens are sometimes as an input device for multimedia systems and are popular for
information points o be used by the general public