The syllabus says that you should be able to:
- 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;
- identify suitable uses of the input devices stating the advantages and disadvantages of each;
- identify the following output devices:
- monitors (CRT, TFT),
- printers (laser, ink jet and dot matrix),
- plotters,
- speakers,
- control devices (motors, buzzers, lights, heaters);
- identify suitable uses of the output devices stating the advantages and disadvantages of each.
Notes covering this section:
- Input Devices - Keyboards
- Input Devices - Pointing Devices
- Input Devices - Audio / Visual
- Input Devices - Card Readers
- Input Devices - Reading Text / Codes
- Input Devices - Sensors
- Input Devices - Remote Control
- Output Devices - Audio / Visual
- Output Devices - Printing / Plotting
- Output Devices - Control Actuators
