Input Device

Input Device

9th - 10th Grade

16 Qs

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Input Device

Input Device

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Computers

9th - 10th Grade

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16 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is simply a set of buttons. Each button has a symbol assigned. A very common, general purpose, input device that allows text (abc…), numbers (123…) and symbols (%$@...) to be entered into a computer.

Media Image
Media Image
Media Image

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is a pointing device found on most PCs. Sensors on the bottom of the mouse detect when the mouse is moved. Data about this movement is sent to the computer.

Mouse

Touchpad / Trackpad

Trackball / Tracker Ball

Joystick / Joypad

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is pointing device found on most laptops. Used instead of a mouse since it takes up less space. The user moves a finger across the touch pad and this movement data is sent to the computer.

Mouse

Touchpad / Trackpad

Trackball / Tracker Ball

Joystick / Joypad

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is this pointing device is not moved about like a mouse, instead it has a large ball that the user spins. Data about which direction the ball is spun is passed to the computer.

Mouse

Touchpad / Trackpad

Trackball / Tracker Ball

Joystick / Joypad

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is this device when the user selects items on the screen by touching the surface.

Graphics Tablet

Touch Screen

Light Pen

Joystick / Joypad

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

A pointing device often used by designers and artists to allow natural hand movements to be input to graphics applications. A stylus is held like a pen and moved over the surface of the tablet. Data about the stylus movements are sent to the computer.

Light Pen

Joystick / Joypad

Graphics Tablet

Touch Screen

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is a device used as a pointing device or to ‘write’ on the screen of a computer. It is rarely used today since graphics tablets and high-quality touch screens provide similar functionality.

Touchpad / Trackpad

Graphics Tablet

Trackball / Tracker Ball

Light Pen

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