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The document discusses various input and output devices, highlighting their advantages and disadvantages across different applications such as industrial processes, gaming, and word processing. It also covers specific types of printers, the functionality of QR codes, and the role of various devices in data entry and output. Additionally, it addresses security concerns and the impact of technology on skills and user behavior.

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2 Input and output devices2 Input and output devices

The document discusses various input and output devices, highlighting their advantages and disadvantages across different applications such as industrial processes, gaming, and word processing. It also covers specific types of printers, the functionality of QR codes, and the role of various devices in data entry and output. Additionally, it addresses security concerns and the impact of technology on skills and user behavior.

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Input and output devices

Answers to exercises

2a For example:
Industrial process (sensor input, control/monitor output)
Advantages:
• better/faster control than humans
• do not forget to take readings
• safer.

Disadvantages:
• more expensive
• deskilling
• security issues.

Game console (controls by gamer, sound/screen outputs)


Advantages:
• more realistic
• more interesting games
• can save status.

Disadvantages:
• people can become ‘hooked’
• online games pose problems for teenagers.

Word processor (keyboard input, printer or monitor output)


Advantages:
• easier to make corrections
• can save/alter/paste/etc.
Disadvantages:
• skills, such as spelling, are lost.

Answers to exam-style questions

1 a inkjet printer, one from:


• small number of high-quality documents
• photographs.
3D printer, one from:
• physical prototypes (CAD/CAM)
• physical models (from blueprints)
• medical applications (prosthetics, drugs, etc.).

b EITHER laser printer, plus one from:


• uses toner/powdered ink
• uses positive/negative charged drums
• no moving head
• faster printing
• high volume possible.
OR dot matrix printer, plus one from:
• impact printer
• head (matrix of pins) strikes a coloured or black ribbon
• very slow and low-quality printing
• cannot print quality graphics or photos
• can use continuous stationery
• can make carbon copies
• capable of working in damp, dusty or dirty atmospheres.

2 Three from:
• cards can be read accidentally
• only small amounts (up to around $50) can be withdrawn at a time
• more chance of fraud if a card is lost or stolen
• not everyone will have a contactless card
• devices can read cards wirelessly and steal money.

3 a (c) keyboard
b (d) scanner
c (a) reading barcodes
d (e) dot matrix printer
e (a) (graph) plotter
f (b) laser printer
g (c) heat
h (a) CRT monitor
i (e) mouse
j (e) (graph) plotter
5 a) QR code
b) OMR
c) sensor
d) microphone
e) scanner
f) remote control
g) RFID reader
h) laser printer
i) dot matrix printer
j) mouse

6 a i )• The camera in a smartphone or tablet is used to capture an image of the QR


code.

• An app in a smartphone/tablet interprets the QR code.


• If it is a web address, browser software automatically reads data generated by
the app.

ii) • advertising (email addresses, website addresses, phone numbers, etc.)


• links to apps to allow easy downloads
• Wi-Fi authentication
• augmented reality (position and objects in VR world)
• virtual online stores.

b) Advantages, two from:


• holds more information than barcodes
• fewer errors than with barcodes (QR codes have built-in error-checking systems)
• easier to read (do not need expensive laser or LED scanners, unlike barcodes)
• easier to transmit QR codes as text or image
• can encrypt QR codes.
Disadvantages, two from:
• more than one QR format is available
• can be used to transmit malicious codes (known as attagging)
• anyone can generate QR codes using many free apps.

c) When an item from the screen is selected by touching it, this is the touch screen
acting as an input device. The result of selection can produce another page which is
shown on the screen, therefore it is now acting as an output device.

7 a) Keyboard – input data into a spreadsheet or word processor


b) Driving wheel – used in simulators; joystick – used in video/computer games
c) QR code reader – advertising websites or a company website
d) Barcode reader – used in supermarkets to hold details of items
e) Microphone – intruder alarm system; voice activation (for example, in cars)
f) Touch screen – selections from a menu
g) 3D printer – for example, producing solid objects during development, prosthetics
and for medical uses
h) Dot matrix printer – in pay slips where continuous stationery and carbon copies are
needed
i) RFID – for example, livestock or packet tracking, passports or admission passes at
a theme park
j) Chip and PIN reader – payments at a restaurant (for example, where PIN needs to be
typed in to match the one stored on the chip in the card)

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