Junior College Bridging - Information and Communication Technology Chapter Test 2

Chapter 2 Input and output devices

Name: Class: Date:

1. ​A drone is a remote controlled flying vehicle. A drone is being used to monitor floods
in Mumbai.
(a) Complete the following sentences, using the most appropriate word or words from
the list below.

buzzer joystick monitor pressure sensor

ROM speaker temperature sensor video camera

(i) The drone is microprocessor controlled with input from a [1]

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(ii) Images of the floods are captured using a [1]

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(iii) The images sent from the drone are displayed on a [1]

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(b) Name ​three ​advantages of using a drone to monitor the floods rather than collecting
the data manually. [3]

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2. ​Direct data entry is one method of entering data into a computer.

For each statement in the table below, write down the most appropriate input device
from the list. [4]

Magnetic stripe
Bar code reader Chip reader Keyboard MICR
reader

Temperature
Microphone Mouse PIN pad RFID reader
sensor

Statement Input device

The device used to input the account number printed at

the bottom of a cheque

The device used to input the four-digit code when a

debit card is used

The device used to input the data made up of black lines

and spaces on household goods

The device used to input the data from a contactless

credit card
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3. ​Circle ​two ​items which are used for direct data entry. [2]

Keyboard MICR Microphone

Mouse Printer RFID

4. ​Truck repair shops tend to use dot matrix printers to produce their invoices.
Identify ​two ​advantages of using a dot matrix printer rather than a laser printer in this
environment. [2]

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5. ​Complete the following sentences, using the most appropriate technology from the
list.

(a) A device that is most suited to being used to produce hard copy output in a general
office environment is called [1]

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(b) The input device that reads the cheque number from a bank cheque is called [1]

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(c) A device that outputs hard copy large architectural drawings is called [1]

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(d) A device that outputs sound is called [1]

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6. ​A farmer has purchased a computerised feeding system for her goats. A goat has an
RFID tag attached to its ear, which is recognised by the computer. The system uses a
passive RFID tag.
(a) Describe how the RFID tag can be activated. [3]

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(b) The system recognises the goat and therefore gives the correct feed to the animal.
Describe how RFID technology will be used to give the correct feed to the animal. [3]

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(c) A city hospital has decided to use emerging technology to automate its packaging
and dispensing of medicines to patients. It has decided to use a robotic system which
identifies the medicine using bar codes.
The system currently uses bar codes to read the data on the medicine packets as well
as the shelf that the medicine packets are located on. The hospital is considering using
embedded RFID chips in the packaging rather than bar codes.
Explain the advantages of using RFID chips in this scenario. [6]

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7. ​Tick the most appropriate device for reading the details from the following media: [4]

Optical Magnetic Bar code Chip and

Mark Ink Reader PIN reader
Reader Character (✓) (✓)
(✓) Reader
(✓)

Debit card

Bank cheques

A candidate’s responses for

multiple-choice exam questions

A label on a can of soup

8. ​A school is holding an athletics competition. The timings of each running event will be
measured electronically using sensors at the start and finish. Runners begin a race in
starting blocks. When the starting pistol is fired the electronic timing starts. The winner
of the race is the first to break the light beam at the end of the race.
(a) Complete the table using the most appropriate words from the list below. [3]

Infra-red sensor Light sensor Moisture sensor Motion sensor

pH sensor Pressure sensor Sound sensor Temperature sensor

Device

Data from the starting pistol is read by

this device

This device detects that the athlete has

left the starting block

When the light beam is broken the data is

read by this device
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(b) A member of the sports department will use a computer to produce a magazine of
the competition. He will include photographs stored in a digital camera as well as
printed photographs.
Identify the methods he would use to transfer the photographs to the computer. [2]

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9. ​Contactless debit cards are replacing standard debit cards. Some countries are
introducing contactless debit card transactions at ATM machines.
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages to the bank of using these cards at an ATM.
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10. ​When a person buys goods in a supermarket they have to pay at the checkout.
(a) Identify ​three ​input devices used at the checkout. [3]

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(b) Identify ​two ​output devices used at the checkout. [2]

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