Chapter 4

Question 1

What is a common pointing device that the user slides along a flat surface to move a pointer around the screen and clicks its buttons to make selections?

Answer 1

mouse

Question 2

What is a device containing a tiny chip and a radio antenna that is attached to an object so it can be identified using radio frequency identification technology?

Answer 2

RFID Tag (Radio Frequency Identification Tag)

Question 3

What is a display device that is touched with the finger to issue commands or otherwise provide input to the connected device?

Answer 3

Touchscreen

Question 4

What is an input device that reads printed text and graphics and transfers them to a computer in digital form.

Answer 4

Scanner

Question 5

What is an LCD display that is backlit with LEDs.

Answer 5

Light Emitted Diode Display

Question 6

What is an input device that takes pictures and records them as digital images.

Answer 6

digital camera

Question 7

What is a wearable display device that looks like a pair of glasses but has a built-in display?

Answer 7

smart glasses

Question 8

What is a type of flat-panel display that uses emissive organic material to display brighter and sharper images than LCDs.

Answer 8

OLED

Question 9

What is an output device that sprays droplets of ink to produce images on paper.

Answer 9

printer

Question 10

What is the ability of a scanning device to recognize scanned text characters and convert them to electronic form as text, not images.

Answer 10

OCR (Optical Character Recognition)

Question 11

True or False: A keyboard is an example of a pointing device.

Answer 11

False

Question 12

True or False: Near Field Communications (NFC) is most commonly used for electronic payments.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

True or False: UPC is a type of barcode.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

True or False: Consumer kiosks located in retail stores commonly use touch screens for input.

Answer 14

True

Question 15

True or False: An ink-jet printer normally produces a better image than a laser printer.

Answer 15

False

Question 16

With _________________ _____________ software, pen-based computers can convert handwritten text into editable, typed text.

Answer 16

handwriting recognition

Question 17

A(n) __________ can be used to convert flat printed documents, such as a drawing or photograph, into digital form.

Answer 17

scanner

Question 18

The smallest colorable area in an electronic image (such as a scanned document, digital photograph, or image displayed on a display screen) is called a(n) ____________

Answer 18

pixel

Question 19

Virtually all portable computers and mobile devices, and most desktop computers today, use________________________, which are smaller, thinner, and lighter than the______________________________used with desktop computers in the past.

Answer 19

flat panel, led, or lcd; cathode ray tube or CRT

Question 20

is a biometric reader an input or output device?

Answer 20

Input

Question 21

is e-paper an input or output device?

Answer 21

output

Question 22

is a speaker an input or output device?

Answer 22

output

Question 23

is a 3d printer an input or output device?

Answer 23

Output

Question 24

is a flat panel display an input or output device?

Answer 24

Output

Question 25

camera an input or output device?

Answer 25

input

Question 26

is a data projector an input or output device?

Answer 26

Output

Question 27

is a microphone an input or output device?

Answer 27

Input

Question 28

is a OLED monitor an input or output device?

Answer 28

Output

Question 29

is a touchpad an input or output device?

Answer 29

Input