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COMPUTER SCIENCE FOR 9TH CLASS (UNIT # 3)

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THEORY
Question: Name two very important input devices and describe their purpose
in computer system?
Keyboard:
• Keyboard is an important input device.
• It is used to enter data and instructions to the computer.
• Standard arrangement of keys is QWERTY arrangement.
• Numeric keypad is on the right side of the keyboard.
• Keyboard is connected to system unit with the help of ports.
• As soon as a key is pressed signal for that character is generated and passes to
main storage of computer.
Mouse:
• Mouse is an important input device.
• It is a pointing device.
• It is used to select different options.
• It has two or three buttons with a ball at the bottom.
• When mouse is moved on mouse pad, ball at the bottom rotates and an arrow like
pointer moves on the screen.
• Mouse is also used to draw pictures and to edit text.

Question: Name different areas of a keyboard and some key functions.

Some areas of keyboard are as under:
i) Alphanumeric keypad
ii) Numberic keypad
iii) Function keypad
iv) Screen Navigation & Editing Keys
Some key functions are as under:
Key Name Function of the Key
ESC It performs variety of functions defined by operating system.
CTRL Perform a command or function
SHIFT It is used to change lowercase characters to capitals.
Backspace It erases one character on the left of cursor.
Enter It moves the cursor to the next line. It is also used to select an
item.
Caps Lock It is turned on when it is required to type all letters in capital.
Page Down It is used to scroll down the page.

Question: What is a mouse? How it works?

• A mouse is useful input device.
• It is pointing device.
• It is used to select the items and options.
• It has 2 or 3 buttons.
• When mouse is moved on mouse pad, ball at the bottom rotates and an arrow like
pointer moves on the screen.
• Mouse is also used to draw pictures and to edit text.
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Question: Describe the working and uses of a trackball.
• It is a pointing device.
• It is like a mouse turned upside down.
• The user controls the cursor on the screen by rolling a plastic ball with a fingertip
or wriest.
• To execute commands with a trackball, one or more button are pressed.
• The cursor can be moved by rolling the ball with finger.
• Trackball is popular among users of laptops.

Question: What do you know about scanner? How scanner text can be
edited?
• Image scanner is a useful input device.
• It converts every bit of scanned material into electrical pulses.
• Software converts the printed documents, pictures or photographs into digital files.
• Optical character recognition (OCR) software translates the scanned document into
text that can be edited.

Question: What is meant by voice recognition? Explain.

• Today’s computers are capable to work as you speak before it.
• You need a microphone and sound card for this purpose.
• Microphone converts the sound into electrical signals.
• These electrical signals are translated by; the sound card into digitized form that
the computer can store and process.
• Translating voice to text is a capability known as voice recognition.
• We can now control the computer by giving just vocal commands such as shut
down or print.

Question: What is a color monitors? Describe some features of different

color monitors.
• Colour monitors can display images in multiple colours.
• Monitors are classified by their image producing technology.
• For example a colour graphic adapter (CGA) displays four colours.
• An extended graphic adapter (EGA) produces images upto 16 colours.
• A video graphic array (VGA) present upto 256 colours
• Now a days LCD flat-panel coloured monitors are becoming popular.
• LDCs are light in weight, consume less power and easily portable.
Question: Explain the difference between Impact printers and Non-Impact
Printers.
Impact Printers:
Impact printers work like typewriters. Impact printers come in three types based on
their speed of printing and number of characters per line. Examples are; Dot matrix
printer, Daisy Wheel printers, Line printers etc.
Non-Impact Printers:
They produce a printed image without striking the paper. Their printing quality and
speed is very good. They are noiseless. Examples are; Ink jet printers, Electrostatic
printers, Electro thermal printers etc.
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Question: Explain the working of a dot-matrix printer.
Dot matrix printer uses tiny pins arranged to hit the ribbon and the paper. In dot
matrix printer, each letter is formed with the combination of dots. A dot matrix printer
arranges pins to print dots that form characters and all kinds of images.

A normal dot matrix printer has speeds varying from 50 to 600 characters per
second. The carriage width of a printer also varies ranging from 80 columns to 132
columns. A standard-width printer prints 80 characters per line.

Question: Explain how Ink-jet printer differs from Laser printer.

Inkjet Printer:
Ink jet printer work like dot matrix except that ink jet printers have fine nozzles
instead of tiny pins.
Laser Printer:
Laser printer are fastest non-impact printers. They use laser and electro-photographic
technology and have printing speeds greater than 20,000 lines per minute.

Question: What is a plotter? How it works?

Plotters are special output devices that print out black/white or coloured graphics
output. Plotters produce large drawing or images such as construction plans of
buildings or blue prints of complex machines like aircraft design. The two basic types
of plotters are drum plotter and flatbed plotter.

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