PAST PAPER QUESTIONS

(INPUT & OUTPUT DEVICES)

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Which of the following devices is NOT used in point d) cheque processing

of sales terminals? 7. Which of the following is an example of the type of
a) Printer data that visually records meetings?
b) Plotter a) Audio
c) Bar code reader b) Graphics
d) Electronic register c) Text
d) Video

2. Resolution determines the clarity of the image

8. Which of the following can be considered as
displayed on a monitor. The term resolution refers
peripheral devices?
to the number of pixels
a) Primary storage media
a) present horizontal on the screen
b) User interfaces
b) present vertically on the screen
c) Secondary storage media
c) present in a unit area of the screen
d) Operating systems
d) that makes up the colour

9. Three basic operations that are performed in

3. Identify the list that is arranged starting from the
CORRECT sequence by the computer are
BEST to WORST print quality.
a) output, input, processing
a) Laser, dot matrix, inkjet
b) input, processing, output
b) Inkjet, don matrix, laser
c) output, storage, input
c) Laser, inkjet, dot matrix
d) storage, input, output
d) Dot matrix, inkjet, laser

10. Which of the following devices is suitable for input

4. Which of the following is NOT an audio output of the data in the illustration below?
device?
a) Microphone
b) Earphone
c) Headphone
d) Speakers
a) Barcode reader
5. An example of a point and draw device is a b) Joystick
a) keyboard c) Light pen
b) joystick d) Touch terminal
c) mouse
d) scanner 11. Which of the following is an example of a manual
input device?
6. An application in which scanners are commonly a) Barcode reader
used is b) Keyboard
a) publishing c) Mouse
b) billing d) Plotter
c) printing report
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 16. Which of the following is an example of manual
input devices?
a. Barcode reader
Item 12 refers to the following diagram.
b. Keyboard
c. MICR
d. Plotter

17. Which of the following items of computer hardware

is used primarily in the music industry?
a. OMR
b. MIDI
12. The above diagram represents a data capture method c. Plotter
called d. Scanner
a) MICR
b) OCR 18. What is the name of the item of hardware shown in
c) OMR the diagram below?
d) USB

13. Which of the following is MOST suitable for

printing multi-form sheets?
a) Ink-jet
b) Dot-matrix
c) Laser
d) Plotter
a. System Unit
b. Computer Unit
14. Which of the following units performs mathematical
c. Expansion Unit
calculations? d. Computer Processing Unit
a) Control
b) Fetch 19. Which device enable a computer to access other
c) Arithmetic and logic computers and the Internet via telephone lines?
d) Central processing a. Plotter
b. Modem
c. Hard disk
15. Which of the following is an output device?
d. Keyboard
a. Monitor
b. Keyboard
c. Joystick 20. Which of the following is MOST suitable for
d. Mouse printing building plans?
a. Plotter
b. Laser printer
c. Dot-matrix printer
d. Thermal transfer printer

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STRUCTURED QUESTIONS
May 2008 #1
Use the figures A to D to answer the questions below.

(a) Write the terms Figure A to D on your paper. Then classify EACH figure as an input, output or storage
device. [4]
(b) Give the names of the devices labelled Figure A, Figure B, Figure C and Figure D. [2]

May 2008 #3
You are the technician in an office complex. You are called because an employee who has a colour inkjet printer
has tried repeatedly to print a document that has both text (in black) and a chart (in colour). The chart prints in
colour, but the text prints faded in some places and appears in streaks in other parts of the document.

(a) Give TWO possible reasons why this might have happened. [2]
(b) After this problem is fixed the employee calls again to say that the printer does not print on a multi-part
form.
(i) Give the reason for the printer not printing on the second sheet of the form. [1]
(ii) What kind of printer would have been more appropriate for this task? [1]
(c) You ask the employee to provide you with a hardcopy and a softcopy of the document she is trying to
print. She is not sure what you mean. Explain the terms ‘hardcopy’ and ‘soft copy’.

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May 2011 #2 (a)
Match EACH of the following applications with the most appropriate device. Write the application number with
the device letter next to it to indicate your choice. [5]
Application Application Device Device
No. letter
1 Cheque Processing A Biometric Systems
2 Point-of-sale B Joystick
3 Security C Plotter
4 Games D Magnetic Ink character recognition
5 Architectural Design E Bar code reader

January 2011 #3
Match the following tasks with the BEST device suitable to perform the task. Write the device number (1, 2,.., 10) with
the task letter (A, B,…, J) you choose besides it. [10]

Device Task
Device Task
No. Letter

1 Touch terminal A Printing of large building plans

2 Joystick B Marking a multiple choice examinations

Optical Mark Reader

3 C Preparing architectural drawings
(OMR)
Magnetic Ink Character Activating a buzzer when someone enters the
4 D
Reader (MICR) server room
Making selections by touching parts of the
5 Biometric System E
screen

6 Plotter F Listening to music on your computer

Allowing access to a computer by scanning the

7 Inkjet Printer G
iris of your eye

8 Pads and Tablets H Processing of cheques

9 Headphones I Printing colour greeting cards at home

10 Sensor J Used for playing games

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