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Input Devices & Media

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Which of the following devices is used to perform
input into the computer? a. Touch-sensitive screen
b. Joystick
a. Monitor c. Puck
b. Mouse d. Light pen
c. External hard drive
d. USB flash drive 8. Which of these has a ball positioned at the top?

2. An example of a point and draw device is a a. Optical mouse


b. Pointing stick mouse
a. keyboard c. Touchpad mouse
b. joystick d. Trackball mouse
c. mouse
d. scanner 9. Which type of keyboard would most likely be used
by a physically challenged person?
3. Which of the following devices is NOT used in
point of sale terminals? a. Concept keyboard
b. Alphanumeric keyboard
a. Printer c. Virtual keyboard
b. Plotter d. Left-handed keyboard
c. Barcode reader
d. Electronic cash register 10. Which of the following is not a validation method?

4. The technology used to read pencil or pen marks on a. Range check


a multiple choice answer sheet is b. Check digit
c. Dual input
a. OCR d. Format check
b. OMR
c. POS 11. Checking for accurate copying of data is known as:
d. MICR
a. Validation
5. What is the most common input device? b. Verification
c. Source document
a. Mouse d. Data capture
b. Printer
c. Monitor 12. Which one of the following is not an advantage of
d. Keyboard magnetic strip codes?

6. Which of the following is not a pointing device? a. They are easy and cheap to produce.
b. The strip can store enough information for
a. Joystick simple transactions.
b. MICR c. The data can be changed, altered, forged or
c. Light pen erased by magnetic fields.
d. Mouse d. Cuts down on paperwork that would otherwise
be involved in a transaction.
7. A device that enables the user to control the
movement of objects on the screen by operating a 13. Which of the following is not true about barcodes?
small lever is a
a. They are cheaper than RFID. d. Weight
b. They can be reused again and again.
c. They can become difficult to read if they are
ripped, soiled or removed.
d. They must be passed over a reader.
14. Sensors can be used to measure all of the following
except:

a. Pulse
b. Temperature
c. Sound
d. OMR
15. OCR:

a. Detects marks on paper


b. Detects the unique ridges in a fingerprint
c. Understands and easily converts handwritten
text
d. Detects the shape of characters
16. Which of the following is a scanning device?

a. Optical mark reader


b. Touch pad
c. Light pen
d. Remote control
Item 17 refers to the following diagram.

17. The above diagram represents a data capture


method called

a. MICR
b. OCR
c. OMR
d. USB
18. Which of the following is detected by using a
pressure sensor?

a. Activity
b. Light
c. Warmth
Input Devices & Media
Answer Section

MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. ANS: B PTS: 1 NOT: CSEC June 2010
2. ANS: C PTS: 1 NOT: CSEC June 2010
3. ANS: B PTS: 1 NOT: CSEC June 2010
4. ANS: B PTS: 1 NOT: CSEC Specimen 2008
5. ANS: D PTS: 1 NOT: Log on to IT for CSEC (2nd Ed.)
6. ANS: B PTS: 1 NOT: Log on to IT for CSEC (2nd Ed.)
7. ANS: B PTS: 1 NOT: Log on to IT for CSEC (2nd Ed.)
8. ANS: D PTS: 1 NOT: Log on to IT for CSEC (2nd Ed.)
9. ANS: A PTS: 1 NOT: Log on to IT for CSEC (2nd Ed.)
10. ANS: C PTS: 1 NOT: Log on to IT for CSEC (2nd Ed.)
11. ANS: B PTS: 1 NOT: Log on to IT for CSEC (2nd Ed.)
12. ANS: C PTS: 1 NOT: Log on to IT for CSEC (2nd Ed.)
13. ANS: B PTS: 1 NOT: Log on to IT for CSEC (2nd Ed.)
14. ANS: D PTS: 1 NOT: Log on to IT for CSEC (2nd Ed.)
15. ANS: D PTS: 1 NOT: Log on to IT for CSEC (2nd Ed.)
16. ANS: A PTS: 1 NOT: Log on to IT for CSEC (2nd Ed.)
17. ANS: C PTS: 1 NOT: CSEC June 2011
18. ANS: D PTS: 1 NOT: CSEC June 2011

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