Questions 1

Short-answer questions
1 Function keys, Direction keys, Enter key, Caps Lock key, Tab key, Ctrl key, Alt key, Windows
key etc.
2 Any two of the following:
(a) Trackball – is a movable ball that rotates with the fingers and performs the same
function as a mouse (moves a pointed arrow on the screen).
(b) Pointing stick – looks like a pencil eraser protruding from the keyboard of laptops and
portable computers and performs the same function as a mouse.
(c) Touch pad – a pressure and motion sensitive small flat surface that allows you to move a
pointed arrow on the screen by moving your finger over it.
(d) Joystick/gaming pad/gaming wheel – moves an object on the screen by pushing on a
lever, moving directional arrows/turning a wheel.
(e) Light pen – hand held light sensitive device that detects the light on a screen. The CPU
detects the pen’s location. This device is used by architects, graphic designers and
illustrators.
(f) Digitising/graphics tablet – a flat tablet attached to the computer used to enter sketches
and drawings onto the computer with the aid of a stylus or puck.
3 Trackballs do not require as much space.

Multiple choice
1 a
2 d
3 c
4 b
5 d

Puzzle
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Fill in the blanks

1 d
2 a
3 e
4 f
5 b
6 c

Multiple choice
1 a
2 b
3 d
4 b

Short-answer questions
(These are just some of the possible answers.)
1 Often found on items in the supermarket. To display information on the item such as price.
2 (a) OCR – Optical Character Reader/Optical Character Recognition
(b) MICR – Magnetic Ink Character Reader
(c) OMR – Optical Mark Reader
(d) ATM – Automated Teller Machine
3 An OCR reads text from paper and translates it into an electronic format.
4 (a) Clicking – used to select an item on the screen or a pull down menu.
(b) Double clicking – used to open a document or program.
(c) Dragging and dropping – moving an object to another location or copying a document from
floppy disk to hard disk or vice versa.
(d) Right clicking – displays a list of commands, depending on a particular application.

True or false?
1 F
2 T
3 T
4 F
5 F
6 T
7 T
8 F
9 T
10 T
11 F
12 F
13 T
14 F
15 T
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