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Form 4 Ict

Section A defines and provides examples of common computer input devices. It asks questions about devices like keyboards, mice, touchscreens, webcams, and magnetic strips. Section B defines terms related to operating systems, data encryption, optical mark recognition, optical character recognition, and barcodes. It also discusses graphical user interfaces and asks about application software examples.

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Form 4 Ict

Section A defines and provides examples of common computer input devices. It asks questions about devices like keyboards, mice, touchscreens, webcams, and magnetic strips. Section B defines terms related to operating systems, data encryption, optical mark recognition, optical character recognition, and barcodes. It also discusses graphical user interfaces and asks about application software examples.

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Section A

Use the following words to answer the following questions for section A.

Trackball, Credit Card, Magnetic Strip,

Swiping, Digital Photography, Microphone, Webcam,Trackpad,Pointing Devices,


Pinpad ,

Alphanumeric keyboard,Analogue Converter,Touchscreen,Numeric keypad

1.A general input device that allows text ,numbers ,symbols to be entered into a computer

2.A small keyboard that only has numbers.

3.A device used to enter a person's Personal Identity Number.

4.______used to move an on screen cursor(usually an arrow)

5.Device found on most laptops ,used instead of a mouse since it takes up less space.

6.Taking a close up photograph slowly with great detail.

7.A basic video camera used to feed live- video data into a computer.

8.A device that has a tiny chip of computer memory from which data can be read back using
a chip reader.

9.A strip of material that stores data in the form of magnetised dots.

10.A device that converts sound into a signal that can be fed into a computer.
Section B

11.Define Operating System

12.Define data encryption

13.What does MCIR stand for?

14.What does OMR stand for?

15.What does OCR stand for ?

16.What is the function of an MCIR?

17.List the common applications of OMR

18.How does an OCR scanner work?

19.Define the term barcode

20.Define application software

21.What is the input device used by people with limited movement (disabled) or by the very
young to control a GUI pointer.

22.List four features of a GUI.

23. A pointing device often used by designers to allow natural hand movement to be input
into graphics applications.

24. Application software examples include Word processor, and Spreadsheet. List 2 other
examples.

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