Input and Output Devices

The syllabus says that you should be able to:
a. identify the following input devices:
o keyboards,
o numeric keypads,
o pointing devices (including mouse, touch pad and tracker ball),
o remote controls,
o joysticks,
o touch screens,
o graphics tablet,
o magnetic stripe readers,
o chip readers,
o PIN pads,
o digital cameras,
o video cameras,
o web cams,
o scanners,
o microphones,
o sensors,
o MICR,
o OMR,
o OCR,
o barcode readers,
o light pens;
b. identify suitable uses of the input devices stating the advantages and disadvantages of each;
c. identify the following output devices:
o monitors (CRT, TFT),
o printers (laser, ink jet and dot matrix),
o plotters,
o speakers,
o control devices (motors, buzzers, lights, heaters);
d. identify suitable uses of the output devices stating the advantages and disadvantages of each.