Input devices
Click here to link to the OCR text book - Read pages 14 to 17 then complete the tasks below
10. Why are specialist keyboards needed?
11. Describe two situations where a key pad would be more suitable than a full-size keyboard.
12. Why do laptops have touchpads?
13. Remote controls are common in the home. Describe how remote controls could be used in:
a) a supermarket
b) an estate agent office
c) by a trainer who coaches swimming
14. Why do Chip and PIN readers also have magnetic stripe readers?
Practise these Exam-type questions
1 Identify three input devices that could be used with a desktop computer and give one use for each. [6 marks]
2 Describe how a touch screen on a smartphone can be used to display and view a photograph stored
in its memory. [4 marks]
3 Describe how a photograph of a new member could be captured by a receptionist at a leisure centre so
that it could be input into a database and used on a membership card. [3 marks]
10. Why are specialist keyboards needed?
11. Describe two situations where a key pad would be more suitable than a full-size keyboard.
12. Why do laptops have touchpads?
13. Remote controls are common in the home. Describe how remote controls could be used in:
a) a supermarket
b) an estate agent office
c) by a trainer who coaches swimming
14. Why do Chip and PIN readers also have magnetic stripe readers?
Practise these Exam-type questions
1 Identify three input devices that could be used with a desktop computer and give one use for each. [6 marks]
2 Describe how a touch screen on a smartphone can be used to display and view a photograph stored
in its memory. [4 marks]
3 Describe how a photograph of a new member could be captured by a receptionist at a leisure centre so
that it could be input into a database and used on a membership card. [3 marks]