Chattahoochee Technical College

CIST 1001

DISCOVERING COMPUTERS: TECHNOLOGY IN A WORLD OF COMPUTERS, MOBILE DEVICES, AND THE INTERNET

CHAPTER SEVEN: INPUT AND OUTPUT END OF CHAPTER SOLUTIONS

STUDY GUIDE

1)Define these terms: data, software, and command. Give an example of a user response.

1. 2. List features that are common to most keyboards.

1. 3. Describe how a keyboard shortcut functions and give an example.

1. 4. Explain the criminal and beneficial purposes of keyboard monitoring software.

1. 5. Differentiate among compact, ergonomic, gaming, and wireless keyboards.

1. 6. Define the term, pointer. Name objects a pointing device can select.

1. 7. List different mouse types.

1. 8. Describe the following input devices: touchpad, pointing stick, and trackball.

1. 9. Explain how to interact with a touch screen. Outline steps for calibrating a touch screen.

1. 10. Describe security issues surrounding using finger swipes and fingerprints as passwords.

11 [EB] Define the terms, enrollment and matching, with regards to finger-scan technology.

12. Describe how desktop monitors, smartphones, portable media players, digital cameras, kiosks, and navigation systems use touch input.

13. Explain issues surrounding using a mobile device while driving.

14. List methods and devices for using pen input. Define the term, digitizer.

15. Define the term, motion input. Describe how the entertainment industry, military, and medical field use motion input.

16. Name hardware and devices used for voice and audio input.

17. Name types of voice recognition applications.

18. Outline steps involved in using DV technology.

19. List steps for setting up and using a webcam. Describe webcam security issues.

20. Explain what occurs during a videoconference and the technology needed.

21. Describe types of scanners and reading devices. Explain how to work with QR codes.

22. Explain why a retailer would use RFID technology and how a bank uses MICR technology.

23. Give examples of data collection devices and describe how they are used.

24. Define the term, output. List types of output.

25. [EB] Describe the contributions of Ursula Burns, with regard to document management.

26. Define the terms, display and monitor. Describe different types of monitors.

27. Differentiate among LCD, LED, OLED, and AMOLED technologies.

28. Describe how display quality is determined. Define these terms: native resolution, nit, and candela.

29. Explain the purpose of the GPU.

30. List and describe port types for monitors.

31. [EB] Describe video standards used to define display properties.

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32. Describe the technologies used by HDTV. Explain the capabilities of a Smart TV.

33. Explain safety issues surrounding hardware radiation.

34. Describe orientation options for printouts.

35. Explain what is needed for to print using Bluetooth.

36. [EB] Describe the contributions of HP, with regards to printers and other technology products.

37. Explain how an ink-jet printer works.

38. Explain how resolution affects printer quality.

39. Outline steps for printing from a smartphone or tablet.

40. Explain how a photo printer uses PictBridge. Compare the price and quality of laser printers to ink-jet printers.

41. Explain issues surrounding whether an institution should charge students printing fees.

42. Describe the following printer types: all-in-one, thermal, mobile, label, plotter, and impact.

43. Explain how computers and mobile devices use speakers, such as satellite speakers, to emit sound.

44. Differentiate between headphones and earbuds.

45. Define the term, data projector. Differentiate between LCD and DLP projector technology.

46. Describe uses of interactive white boards and force-feedback. Define the term, tactile output.

47. List types of assistive technologies for input and output.

48. Explain issues surrounding payment for assistive technologies.

49. Explain how the space exploration field uses technology.