Input Device

What is an input device?

• It is hardware component you connect to a computer that has information sent to it.

• It is hardware component you connect to a computer that allows users to enter data and instructions into a computer

• It is hardware component you don't connect to a computer that has information sent to it.

• It is hardware component you connect to a computer that allow you to conveys (delivers) information to user

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

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

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

What is a scanner?

• This is a very basic video camera used to feed live video into a computer.

• A device that ‘scans’ images, book pages, etc.

• A device that captures digital photographs.

• A device that captures moving images, or video.

What does OMR stand for?

• Optical Mark Recognition
• Optical Meter Reader
• Operator Mark Recognition
• Online Meter Reader

What is MICR used for?

• Bank Cheques
• Bank Statements
• Payslips
• Shop Receipts 

Which of the following is a scanning device

• Optical mark reader

• Touch pad

• Light pen

• Remote control

A device mainly used for playing games

• keyboard

• OCR

• Joystick

• Scanner

This device reads a series of thick and think black lines on an item

• MICR

• Barcode reader

• OMR

• Magnetic Strip Reader