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Answer ALL questions. Ei Kay
For each question, choose an answer A, B, C or D and put a cross in the box .
Mark only one answer for each question. If you change your mind about an answer,
put a line through the box and then mark your new answer with a cross .
1. Name the input and output devices A, B, C and D using the words from the list.
A B C D
Chip reader Digital camera Joystick Light pen
Microphone Remote control Scanner Tracker ball
A Tracker Ball B Scanner
C Joy stick D Chip reader
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2. Ring two items which are output devices.
Blue-Ray disc Graph plotter Graphics Optical mark reader
Projector Web cam
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1 _________________________ 2 ___________________________
3. Tick TRUE or FALSE next to each of these statements.
TRUE FALSE
A command line interface is a user friendly method of
communication with a computer
A desktop computer is not easily carried around
A joystick is an example of hardware
Output devices are examples of software
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4. Which one of these is a portable device?
A A super computer
B A PC
C A laptop
D A mainframe computer
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5. The most appropriate type of software for producing a slide show is:
A Presentation software
B Graphics software
C Word processing software
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D Web authoring software [1] Mark
6. Which one of these is an appropriate output for a slide now?
A Microphone
B Webbcam
C Data projector
D Plotter
[1] Mark
7. The device used to measure the temperature in an oven is a:
A transmitter
B sensor
C modem
D scanner
[1] Mark
8. All devices used to input data to, or output data from, a computer are:
A access devices
B peripheral devices
C communication devices
D wireless devices
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9. Which one of these will not retain data when the computer is turned off?
A Hard drive
B RAM
C Flash drive
D ROM
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10. Which one of these is the largest storage capacity?
A 2 TB
B 200 MB
C 500 KB
D 5 GB
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11. Which one of these terms gives the speed of a computer processor?
A 64-bit
B 2.1 GHz
C 3 MB cache
D 4 KB
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12. Which one of these is part of system software?
A Device driver
B Optical mark reader
C Touch screen
D Control software
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13. Computer memory is measured in bytes.
Which one of these is the largest?
A 1 kilobyte
B 1 terabyte
C 1 gigabyte
D 1 megabyte
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14. Which one of these is an example of secondary storage?
A Central Processing Unit (CPU)
B Application software
C Hard disk
D RAM
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15. An air conditioning system is used in a school.
The device used to measure the temperature is a type of:
A scanner
B plotter
C monitor
D sensor
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16. Data being processed by a computer is stored in:
A RAM
B CD
C OCR
D ROM
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17. Supermarket customers can pay for goods using bank cards.
Which one of these devices is used t read electronic data from a bank card?
A Bar code scanner
B Optical character reader
C Biometric scanner
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D Chip and pin reader [1] Mark
18. Supermarket customers can pay for goods using bank cards.
Which one of these devices is used t read electronic data from a bank card?
A Bar code scanner
B Optical character reader
C Biometric scanner
D Chip and pin reader
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19. The devices shown are all parts of a computer system.
F o r e a c h d e v i c e g
Device
output. 1 ___________________________
Input
Output
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Device 2 _Speaker__________________________
Input
Output
Device 3 __Webcam_________________________
Input
Output
keyboard
Input
Output
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20. Identify one device that can be used for both input and visual output.
modem
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(Total for Question 20 = 30 marks)
