Peripherals+Questions+(Int+2)

1. What is meant by the speed of data transfer of a device?

2. Describe one situation when a touchpad would be preferable to a mouse.

3. Describe two advantages of using a digital camera rather than a scanner.

4. Name two advantages that LCD monitors have over CRT monitors.

5. Name three features that could be used when deciding which backing storage device would be the most appropriate when storing data.

6. Describe three functions that an interface could perform.

7. What is meant by the capacity of a backing storage device?

8.(a) Name two input devices. (b) Describe one use for each of your choices in (a).

9. (a) Name two output devices. (b) Describe one use for each of your choices in (a).

10. Give one disadvantage of using a CD-R compared with a DVD-R.

11. Describe two advantages of using a hard disk compared with tape.

12. State one data format conversion that an interface may have to perform.