Exam 7: Input and Output: Examining Popular Devices

Using ink-jet printer technology, but on a much larger scale, which of the following creates photo-realistic-quality color prints?

Touchpads are found most often on desktop computers.

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which industry almost exclusively uses MICR?

When a bank receives a check for payment, it uses an OCR inscriber to print the amount of the check in OCR characters in the lower-right corner.

Some mobile printers have a built-in wireless port through which they communicate with a computer wirelessly.

Which of the following is a touch-sensitive device, resembling a dry-erase board, that displays the image on a connected computer screen?

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Many mobile computers and mobile devices use LCD monitors. What does LCD stand for?

Discuss the security issues and concerns associated with webcams.

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What are sophisticated printers that are used in specialized fields such as engineering and drafting called?

Discuss the function of a bar code reader and bar codes.

What kind of mouse, like the ones shown in the accompanying figure, uses devices that emit and sense light to detect movement?

Some input devices include a kind of output that provides the user with a physical response from the device. What kind of output is this?

____________________ software converts a scanner image into a text file that can be edited with a word processing application.

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Today's joysticks, wheels, gamepads, and motion-sensing game controllers include a technology that sends resistance to the device in response to actions of the user. What is this technology called?

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT LCD monitors and LCD screens sometimes use a new type of technology to produce color, which produces a brighter display that is also easier to read. What is this new technology called?

____________________ is a category of output that includes news reports, movies, and live performances.

Several video standards have been developed to define the resolution, number of colors, and other display properties.

To capture a handwritten signature, a user writes his or her name on a signature capture pad with a stylus that is attached to the device.

The lower the time in milliseconds it takes to turn a pixel on or off on an LCD monitor, the slower the response time.

A printout in ____________________ orientation presents its information printed across the widest part of the paper.