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KS3 ICT Quiz - Data Input 01 (Questions)

As a KS3 ICT student, you will know that before you can process data you need to get the data into the computer.
There are various devices for this purpose. Input devices are examples of hardware e.g. scanners and
microphones. Some input devices like a keyboard or touch screen are manual but others, such as sensors, are
automatic. A keyboard in some form is a common input device since most data that needs to be entered are letters,
symbols and numbers. Anyone who has used a desktop computer will also be familiar with the mouse.

Early mice for computers looked very different to how they do today. They were not designed with ergonomics
(ease and comfort of use) in mind. The mouse only really became common in the mid 1980s and may become out
of date, replaced by touchscreens. The development of the mouse made using a computer easier, instead of
needing to use a joystick or keys on the keyboard, just moving the mouse around and clicking had the same effect.
Drawing images on a computer has been made a lot easier with the development of a graphics pad (tablet). This
uses a stylus which is just like an artist using a pen, pencil or brush on paper.

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1. Input devices are ....... 2. An input device can be classed as .......

[ ] firmware [ ] manual or automatic
[ ] hardware [ ] semi-automatic or fully electronic
[ ] software [ ] manual or hydraulic
[ ] Tupperware [ ] none of the above

3. The most common input device is a ....... 4. Which is not a computer input device?
[ ] concept keyboard [ ] Barcode reader
[ ] GKOS keyboard [ ] Flatbed scanner
[ ] MIDI keyboard [ ] Joystick
[ ] QWERTY keyboard [ ] Laser printer

5. QWERTY keyboards are so called because ....... 6. Touch screens are used for input at cash machines
[ ] it is the order of the keys on the first row .......
of letters [ ] because they are cheaper than
[ ] it had to be called something keyboards/keypads
[ ] QWERTY means typewriter in Spanish [ ] because they are faster to process data
[ ] they were named after James Qwerty [ ] because they are harder to reprogram
their designer than keyboards
[ ] because they are more robust than
keyboards

7. Concept keyboards are used in restaurants because 8. A mouse has movement sensors. These sensors
....... .......
[ ] each key has a word or easily [ ] calculate where the cursor is on the
recognisable picture screen
[ ] it doesn't matter if drinks get spilled on [ ] measure the movement of the mouse in
them two directions
[ ] they can add the price of a whole meal [ ] detect the movement of the mouse over
without mistakes the surface it is on
[ ] they need little staff training to use [ ] work out the direction and distance the
efficiently mouse has moved

9. Photographers often edit their digital pictures ....... 10. Editing digital photos on a Graphics pad .......
[ ] using a Graphics table [ ] gives better quality results than a
[ ] using a Photo tablet mouse
[ ] with a Graphics lozenge [ ] is easier and more accurate than using
[ ] with a Graphics tablet a mouse
[ ] is hard - Graphics pads are only used
for CAD work
[ ] is more efficient than using a joystick

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KS3 ICT Quiz - Data Input 01 (Answers)

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1. Input devices are ....... 2. An input device can be classed as .......

[ ] firmware [ x ] manual or automatic
[ x ] hardware [ ] semi-automatic or fully electronic
[ ] software [ ] manual or hydraulic
[ ] Tupperware [ ] none of the above
Hardware is the word used to describe any of the physical Examples of automatic input devices are a magnetic stripe
parts of a computer system reader and optical mark readers. You may think these are
manual as a person needs to move the magnetic stripe or
the sheet of paper but they are not - the device inputs the
data to the computer, not the person holding the magnetic
stripe or paper

3. The most common input device is a ....... 4. Which is not a computer input device?
[ ] concept keyboard [ ] Barcode reader
[ ] GKOS keyboard [ ] Flatbed scanner
[ ] MIDI keyboard [ ] Joystick
[ x ] QWERTY keyboard [ x ] Laser printer
The QWERTY keyboard layout was developed during the A printer is an output device
1870s when mechanical typewriters were first made

5. QWERTY keyboards are so called because ....... 6. Touch screens are used for input at cash machines
[ x ] it is the order of the keys on the first row .......
of letters [ ] because they are cheaper than
[ ] it had to be called something keyboards/keypads
[ ] QWERTY means typewriter in Spanish [ ] because they are faster to process data
[ ] they were named after James Qwerty [ ] because they are harder to reprogram
their designer than keyboards
This was the best way to avoid the keys of a mechanical [ x ] because they are more robust than
typewriter sticking together when they were pressed quickly. keyboards
There is no reason why QWERTY keyboards should be They don't contain moving parts
used for computers other than people are used to them

7. Concept keyboards are used in restaurants because 8. A mouse has movement sensors. These sensors
....... .......
[ ] each key has a word or easily [ ] calculate where the cursor is on the
recognisable picture screen
[ ] it doesn't matter if drinks get spilled on [ ] measure the movement of the mouse in
them two directions
[ ] they can add the price of a whole meal [ x ] detect the movement of the mouse over
without mistakes the surface it is on
[ x ] they need little staff training to use [ ] work out the direction and distance the
efficiently mouse has moved
The pictures on the keys make them quick and easy to use Software in the computer converts the signals from the
mouse into movements of the cursor on the screen

9. Photographers often edit their digital pictures ....... 10. Editing digital photos on a Graphics pad .......
[ ] using a Graphics table [ ] gives better quality results than a
[ ] using a Photo tablet mouse
[ ] with a Graphics lozenge [ x ] is easier and more accurate than using
[ x ] with a Graphics tablet a mouse
Some have a display so you can see the image develop [ ] is hard - Graphics pads are only used
under the stylus. Others are linked to a separate screen for CAD work
[ ] is more efficient than using a joystick
Graphics pad and graphics tablet mean the same

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