Deck 7: Input and Output: Examining Popular Devices

Question 1

What kind of mouse, like the ones shown in the accompanying figure, uses devices that emit and sense light to detect movement?

A) mechanical
B) tracking
C) optical
D) enhanced

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Most of these types of device include a small optical scanner for reading characters and sophisticated software to analyze what is read. What kind of device is this?

A) DCR
B) ECR
C) OCR
D) SCR

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Many scanners include a certain kind of software, which can read and convert text documents into electronic files. What is that kind of software?

A) DCR
B) ECR
C) OCR
D) SCR

Answer 3

C

Question 4

What term refers to the process of entering input by speaking into a microphone?

A) voice matter
B) voice input
C) voice output
D) voice outreach

Question 5

Which of the following is a touch-sensitive display device that users interact with by touching the screen with a finger or a stylus?

A) trackpad
B) touch screen
C) touchpad
D) stylus

Question 6

Which of the following is a type of DV camera that enables a home or small business user to capture video and still images, send email messages with video attachments, add live images to instant messages, broadcast live images over the Internet, and make video calls?

A) online cam
B) webcam
C) conference cam
D) video cam

Question 7

What kind of mouse is a battery-powered mouse that sometimes uses Bluetooth technology to pair with the device?

A) light
B) optical
C) wireless
D) radio

Question 8

Which of the following kinds of keyboard has a design that reduces the chance of wrist and hand injuries?

A) basal
B) enhanced
C) strength-building
D) ergonomic

Question 9

What is the definition of a command?

A) a collection of unprocessed text, numbers, images, audio, and video
B) a series of instructions that tells a computer what to do and how to do it
C) an instruction issued by replying to a question that is displayed
D) an instruction that causes a program or app to perform a specific action

Question 10

Which of the following kinds of scanners works in a manner similar to a copy machine except it creates a file of the document in memory instead of a paper copy?

A) drum
B) baseline
C) roller
D) flatbed

Question 11

Which of the following is a device that uses a light source to read characters, marks, and codes and then converts them into digital data that a computer can process?

A) character reader
B) literature translator
C) legibility lexicon
D) optical reader

Question 12

In a graphical user interface, which of the following is a small symbol on the screen whose location and shape changes as a user moves a pointing device?

A) index
B) keypad
C) pointer
D) keystroke

Question 13

The kind of mouse on the right in the accompanying figure is motion-sensing. What kind of mouse is this?

A) resolution
B) traction
C) optical
D) touch

Question 14

What is the definition of software?

A) a collection of unprocessed text, numbers, images, audio, and video
B) a series of related instructions that tells a computer or mobile device the tasks to perform and how to perform them
C) an instruction issued by replying to a question that is displayed
D) an instruction that causes a single specific action to be performed

Question 15

Which of the following is a small, flat, rectangular pointing device that is sensitive to pressure and motion?

A) trackball
B) touchpad
C) optical mouse
D) stylus

Question 16

What is the term for a motion you make on a touch screen with the tip of one or more fingers or your hand?

A) gesture
B) flip
C) click
D) flick

Question 17

Which of the following is a technology that reads hand-drawn marks such as small circles or rectangles?

A) OMR
B) TCR
C) OCR
D) MICR

Question 18

Which of the following is a pressure-sensitive input device that allows a user to control a pointer on the screen?

A) tracking screen
B) pointing stick
C) basal pin
D) pad mat

Question 19

Which kind of software allows users to record, compose, mix, and edit music and sounds?

A) music conversion
B) music production
C) sound indexing
D) sound recognition

Question 20

Which of the following is an identification code that consists of a set of vertical lines and spaces of different widths?

A) RFID
B) OCR
C) bar code
D) turnaround

Question 21

Which of the following is a disadvantage of an all-in-one printer?

A) it requires more space than having a separate printer, scanner, copy machine, and fax machine
B) it is significantly more expensive than purchasing a printer, scanner, copy machine, and fax machine separately
C) if the device breaks down, users lose all four functions
D) all of the above

Question 22

Which kind of printer forms characters and graphics on a piece of paper without actually striking the paper?

A) nonimpact
B) dot matrix
C) shuttle-matrix
D) line

Question 23

A printer, such as that shown in the accompanying figure, creates images using a laser beam and powdered ink. What is this ink called?

A) laser dust
B) spoiler
C) toner
D) cracker

Question 24

Which of the following devices read text printed with magnetized ink?

A) ACR
B) SCR
C) OCR
D) MICR

Question 25

An important measure of LCD monitors is the time in milliseconds (ms) that it takes to turn a pixel on or off. What is this called?

A) contrast time
B) pixel time
C) pitch time
D) response time

Question 26

Which of the following reads the magnetic stripe on the back of credit cards, entertainment cards, bank cards, and other similar cards?

A) MICR reader
B) magstripe reader
C) OCR reader
D) OMR reader

Question 27

Instead of reading or scanning data from a source document, which of the following kinds of devices obtain data directly at the location where the transaction or event takes place?

A) transmission
B) data collection
C) scanning
D) recognition

Question 28

Which kind of monitor sandwiches a layer of gas between two glass plates?

A) toner
B) plasma
C) large-format
D) NLQ

Question 29

What is pixel pitch sometimes called?

A) dot pitch
B) display pitch
C) ratio pitch
D) contrast pitch

Question 30

Which of the following is the most advanced form of digital television?

A) GTV
B) XTV
C) HDTV
D) CTV

Question 31

Which of the following is used almost exclusively by the banking industry for check processing?

A) MICR
B) OCR
C) MIDI
D) OCM

Question 32

Displays are geared for a specific resolution. What is this resolution called?

A) indexed
B) baseline
C) native
D) broadband

Question 33

To display the highest quality images, an LCD monitor should plug in which of the following?

A) DVI port
B) DisplayPort
C) HDMI port
D) any of the above

Question 34

Which of the following printer is a color printer that produces photo-lab-quality pictures?

A) output
B) image
C) photo
D) pic

Question 35

Which of the following is data that has been processed into a useful form?

A) Input
B) Throughput
C) Output
D) Memory

Question 36

Many retailers see the technology shown in the accompanying figure as an alternative to bar codes because which of the following is true?

A) It utilizes direct contact.
B) It does not require line-of-sight transmission.
C) It requires each item to be checked out individually.
D) All of the above.

Question 37

Which of the following are NOT commonly used nonimpact printers?

A) ink-jet printers and photo printers
B) laser printers and thermal printers
C) mobile printers and label and postage printers
D) line printers and dot-matrix printers

Question 38

Retail and grocery stores use which kind of bar code?

A) UPC (Universal Product Code)
B) Interleaved 2 of 5
C) Codabar
D) POSTNET (Postal Numeric Coding Technique)

Question 39

Which of the following is a technology, as shown in the accompanying figure, that uses radio signals to communicate with a tag placed in or attached to an object, an animal, or a person?

A) OCR
B) RFID
C) OMR
D) TMR

Question 40

Which of the following describes the difference in light intensity between the brightest white and the darkest black that can be displayed on an LCD monitor?

A) GPU
B) Contrast ratio
C) Color matrix
D) Format indicia

Question 41

Which of the following are audio output devices that cover or are placed outside the ear?

A) earphones
B) earbuds
C) headphones
D) VoIPs

Question 42

Which of the following kinds of printer is a small printer that prints on an adhesive-type material that can be placed on a variety of items such as envelopes, packages, optical discs, photos, and file folders?

A) mobile
B) thermal wax
C) label
D) dye-sublimation

Question 43

Which of the following kinds of printers offers an alternative for blind users?

A) Braille
B) utility
C) high-contrast
D) magnifier

Question 44

Over time, which of the following is true of thermal printers?

A) They are inexpensive, but the print quality is low and the images tend to fade.
B) They are inexpensive, but the print quality is high and the images tend to last.
C) They are expensive, but the print quality is high although the images tend to fade.
D) They are expensive, but the print quality is low although the images tend to last.

Question 45

Which of the following requires any company with 15 or more employees to make reasonable attempts to accommodate the needs of physically challenged workers?

A) ADA
B) AMA
C) W3C
D) Smith-Rakoff Act of 1997

Question 46

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT A wireless keyboard is a battery-powered device that transmits data to the system unit using wireless technology. Which of the following wireless technologies commonly are used for this purpose?

A) KeyTrack
B) SATA
C) DVI
D) Bluetooth

Question 47

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Software that sees and possibly records everything that is typed on a keyboard raises the issue of privacy for the person doing the typing. What is this controversial software called?

A) keyfollowing software
B) keyboard monitoring software
C) keycapture software
D) keyhacker software

Question 48

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Who created the mouse that is used on millions of computers today?

A) Steve Wozniak
B) Albert Keys
C) Susan Nimura
D) Douglas Engelbart

Question 49

Which of the following use a row of charged wires to draw an electrostatic pattern on specially coated paper and then fuse toner to the pattern?

A) Impact printers
B) Plotters
C) Large-format printers
D) NLQ printers

Question 50

Which of the following is a touch-sensitive device, resembling a dry-erase board, that displays the image on a connected computer screen?

A) Braille printer
B) utility manager
C) accessibility wizard
D) interactive whiteboard

Question 51

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT If your instructor advises you to use the keys at the top of your keyboard that are identified by the letter F and then a number to perform certain activities, what kind of keys is she advising you to use?

A) facilitating keys
B) function keys
C) feature keys
D) finger keys

Question 52

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT When your sister goes to work, what scientific discipline is used in the design of her workplace to incorporate comfort, efficiency, and safety for her?

A) human entomology
B) factoronomics
C) form technics
D) ergonomics

Question 53

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following are tasks a pointing device can accomplish?

A) select text, enter text, click menu commands
B) move a pointer on the screen, click buttons, select graphics
C) click icons, control a pointer on the screen, change keyboard keys
D) change a pointer shape, communicate with multiple computers, click links

Question 54

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following identifies pointing devices that can be used instead of a mouse?

A) trackball, touchpad, pointing stick
B) pointing pin, trackpad, mouseball
C) clickpad, finger roll, mousetrack
D) trackball, pointing stick, thumbpad

Question 55

Some input devices include a kind of output that provides the user with a physical response from the device. What kind of output is this?

A) utility
B) interactive
C) tactile
D) physical

Question 56

Using ink-jet printer technology, but on a much larger scale, which of the following creates photo-realistic-quality color prints?

A) large-format printer
B) impact printer
C) NLQ printer
D) plotter

Question 57

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following identify mouse types used with desktop computers?

A) air mouse, sensing mouse, optical mouse
B) motion mouse, optical mouse, laser mouse
C) optical mouse, touch mouse
D) wireless mouse, synchronized mouse, optical mouse

Question 58

Which of the following are audio output devices that rest inside the ear canal?

A) earbuds
B) headphones
C) VoIP
D) e-phones

Question 59

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT When a user types data on a keyboard, what is occurring?

A) The user is using an input device to enter input into the memory of the computer.
B) The user is issuing a command that is stored in the memory of the computer and then is transformed into input data for use with a program.
C) The user is employing an input device (the keyboard) to tell the computer what tasks to perform and how to perform them.
D) The user is entering information that will be transferred to the CPU for interpretation and then to storage so that the information will be available when needed.

Question 60

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT When application software poses a question to a computer user and the user answers, what term is used to identify that answer?

A) user program directive
B) user command
C) user response
D) user interface reply

Question 61

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What kind of camera is found on a computer that allows you to be seen during a video telephone call?

A) ComCam
B) call cam
C) webcam
D) monitor cam

Question 62

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT If your friend is working with digital music and wants to record, compose, mix, and edit her music, what kind of software should she obtain for her computer?

A) music mastering software
B) music production software
C) music adaptation software
D) music synthesizing software

Question 63

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following is not true about output?

A) Output types include text, graphics, audio, and display.
B) Output is data that has been processed into a useful form.
C) The form of output varies depending on the hardware and software being used.
D) A single form of output can include more than one type of output.

Question 64

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT The quality of an LCD monitor or LCD screen depends on several factors. Which of the following is not true about the factors that affect LCD display quality?

A) Resolution is the number of horizontal and vertical pixels in a display device.
B) The response time is the time in milliseconds it takes to turn a pixel on or off.
C) Dot pitch is the distance in millimeters between pixels on a display device.
D) A lower resolution makes screen items appear smaller.

Question 65

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What distinguishes a data collection device from other input devices?

A) It obtains data directly at the location where the transaction or event takes place.
B) It can collect and store much more data in a shorter period of time than other input devices.
C) It collects data rather than computer input.
D) Its reliability is higher than any other input device so it is more suited to high security data capture use scenarios.

Question 66

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Many mobile computers and mobile devices use LCD monitors. What does LCD stand for?

A) large character display
B) liquid crystal display
C) large crystal design
D) liquid color design

Question 67

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following technologies uses a separate transistor to apply charges to each liquid crystal cell?

A) standard-matrix
B) organic-matrix
C) dynamic-matrix
D) active-matrix

Question 68

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What method is used to read a bar code?

A) The magnetic bar codes are converted by a bar code reader into a form that a computer can process.
B) A laser translates the bars on the bar code into digital signals that are stored in RAM.
C) A laser scanner produces light beams that pass through a scanner filter which then translates the light patterns into digital patterns that can be interpreted by the CPU.
D) A bar code reader uses laser beams to read bar codes.

Question 69

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following items are required in order for your company to conduct a videoconference?

A) network, television screen, tablet PCs, microphone
B) videoconferencing software or web app, speakers, communications-enabled eyeglasses for each participant
C) video camera, digital pens, microphone
D) videoconferencing software or web app, microphone, video camera

Question 70

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which industry almost exclusively uses MICR?

A) banking
B) retail
C) automobile manufacturing
D) air transportation

Question 71

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT LCD monitors and LCD screens sometimes use a new type of technology to produce color, which produces a brighter display that is also easier to read. What is this new technology called?

A) OLED
B) OLCD
C) TFT
D) TNT

Question 72

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Your instructor has asked you to perform some research regarding a computer's capability of distinguishing spoken words. What is the best search term to use for your research?

A) voice recognition
B) digital voice input
C) speech differentiation
D) speech identification

Question 73

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT If students in your class are taking a standardized test using a form with rectangles that they fill in with a pencil, what technology will be used to grade the test?

A) OCR
B) OMR
C) BCR
D) MICR

Question 74

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Some touch screens recognize when you touch the screen with two fingers or two hands. If you are looking for a device on which you can do this, what type of touch screen should you search for?

A) multi-touch
B) dual-touch
C) twin-touch
D) phase-touch

Question 75

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What type of device reads the strip of magnetic material on the back of your credit card?

A) credit card reader
B) magReader
C) magnetic stripe card reader
D) MCR

Question 76

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Several factors that affect the quality of an LCD monitor or LCD screen, including the specific resolution for which they are geared. How is this resolution described?

A) the default resolution
B) the ideal resolution
C) the native resolution
D) the active resolution

Question 77

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which type of optical scanner works in a manner similar to a copy machine?

A) pen scanner
B) sheet-fed scanner
C) flatbed scanner
D) drum scanner

Question 78

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What is a primary feature of a digital video camera?

A) It provides a straightforward way to save recorded video because it can connect directly to a computer through use of a video capture card.
B) It cannot transfer images directly to a computer, but it allows built-in camera software to edit the recorded images so that computer processing is not necessary.
C) It records video as digital signals.
D) It records video as analog signals.

Question 79

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following is NOT a use of RFID?

A) tracking airline baggage
B) managing inventory
C) checking out library books
D) routing bank checks

Question 80

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following is not true about output types?

A) Memos, press releases, and mailing labels include mostly text.
B) Traditional podcasts all make use of video output.
C) Graphics can enhance visual appeal and convey information.
D) Many websites use animation.