The syllabus says that you should be able to:

  1. identify the following input devices:
    • keyboards,
    • numeric keypads,
    • pointing devices (including mouse, touch pad and tracker ball),
    • remote controls,
    • joysticks,
    • touch screens,
    • graphics tablet,
    • magnetic stripe readers,
    • chip readers,
    • PIN pads,
    • digital cameras,
    • video cameras,
    • web cams,
    • scanners,
    • microphones,
    • sensors,
    • MICR,
    • OMR,
    • OCR,
    • barcode readers,
    • light pens;
  2. identify suitable uses of the input devices stating the advantages and disadvantages of each;
  3. identify the following output devices:
    • monitors (CRT, TFT),
    • printers (laser, ink jet and dot matrix),
    • plotters,
    • speakers,
    • control devices (motors, buzzers, lights, heaters);
  4. identify suitable uses of the output devices stating the advantages and disadvantages of each.