Name: _______________________________________

Date:

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Input Devices and Media Quiz
Questions
1. What is an input device? _______________________________________________________________
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2. State two benefits of using direct data entry devices.
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3. What sort of information could be held on a smart card? ______________________________________
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4. Explain what is meant by the following: EFTPOS, MICR and MIDI.

EFTPOS _________________________________________________________________________
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MICR ___________________________________________________________________________
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MIDI ___________________________________________________________________________
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5. Name three Touch sensitive devices used for Input of data.

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Prepared by: Mr. Thompson

6. For each of the following: a - Identify the most appropriate input device; and b - explain whether it is a
manual input device or direct data entry device.
i. Transferring a whole page of a document into your word processing package without the need to
type it in.
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ii. Reading data on bank cheques.
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iii. Correcting multiple choice examination answer sheets.
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iv. Monitoring traffic on a busy highway.
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7. Explain one advantage and one disadvantage of a Voice-recognition system.
Advantage___________________________________________________________________________
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Disadvantage_________________________________________________________________________
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Prepared by: Mr. Thompson