Input devices (keyboard, mouse, touchscreen) in Intro to Computing - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to print the name of an input device.

Intro to Computing

device = '[1]'
print(device)

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Akeyboard

Bprinter

Cmonitor

Dspeaker

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Choosing output devices like monitor or speaker instead of input devices.

The keyboard is an input device used to type data into a computer.

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medium

Complete the code to check if the input device is a mouse.

Intro to Computing

if device == '[1]':
    print('This is a pointing device')

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Amouse

Bprinter

Ctouchscreen

Dkeyboard

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Confusing touchscreen with mouse.

Using output devices like printer.

The mouse is a pointing input device used to control the cursor on the screen.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to correctly identify a touchscreen device.

Intro to Computing

device = 'touchscreen'
if device [1] 'touchscreen':
    print('Input device detected')

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A=

B==

C!=

D=>

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using '=' instead of '==' in the if condition.

Using invalid operators like '=>'.

The '==' operator checks if two values are equal, which is needed in an if condition.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a list of input devices and print the first one.

Intro to Computing

input_devices = ['[1]', '[2]', 'touchscreen']
print(input_devices[0])

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Akeyboard

Bmonitor

Cmouse

Dprinter

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Including output devices in the input devices list.

Mixing up the order of devices.

The list includes 'keyboard' and 'mouse' which are input devices. The first item printed is 'keyboard'.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a dictionary with device names as keys and their types as values.

Intro to Computing

devices = {
    '[1]': 'input',
    '[2]': 'input',
    '[3]': 'output'
}
print(devices)

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Akeyboard

Bmouse

Cmonitor

Dprinter

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Assigning output device types to input devices.

Confusing device names and types.

The dictionary maps 'keyboard' and 'mouse' as input devices, and 'monitor' as an output device.