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Year 7 Computing — Input and output devices

Decide whether a device is an input or an output device by asking which way the information travels.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.A device that carries information back out of the computer to you is called an ______ device. Fill in the missing word.

  2. 2.Match each device to what it carries.

    • Microphone
    • Speaker
    • Scanner
    • Printer
    • Keyboard
    • A picture coming out
    • Letters going in
    • Sound going in
    • A picture going in
    • Sound coming out

  3. 3.A touchscreen shows you a picture, and you can also tap it to give a command. Which is true of it?

    • a) It is an input device and an output device
    • b) It is only an output device
    • c) It is only an input device
    • d) It is neither, because it has no cable

  4. 4.Sort these ones too. Some of them are less obvious than they look.

    Groups: Input device · Output device

    • Webcam
    • Joystick
    • Headphones
    • Projector
    • Light pen
    • Plotter

  5. 5.A microphone takes the sound of your voice and sends it into the computer. Which kind of device is it?

    • a) An input device
    • b) An output device
    • c) A storage device
    • d) Neither of those

  6. 6.A barcode reader takes the pattern of lines on a packet and sends it into the computer. Which kind of device is it?

    • a) Neither of those
    • b) Both at once
    • c) An input device
    • d) An output device

  7. 7.A pair of headphones takes sound out of the computer and carries it to your ears. Which kind of device is it?

    • a) An input device
    • b) Both at once
    • c) An output device
    • d) Neither of those

  8. 8.A device that carries information into the computer is called an ______ device. Fill in the missing word.

Answer key — Year 7 Computing — Input and output devices

  1. 1. output
  2. 2. Microphone → Sound going in; Speaker → Sound coming out; Scanner → A picture going in; Printer → A picture coming out; Keyboard → Letters going in
  3. 3. a) It is an input device and an output device
  4. 4. Webcam → Input device; Projector → Output device; Joystick → Input device; Plotter → Output device; Light pen → Input device; Headphones → Output device
  5. 5. a) An input device
  6. 6. c) An input device
  7. 7. c) An output device
  8. 8. input