Choose an Output for the Job

Supplied materials

• Paper and pencil; answers may also be spoken or typed.
• All cases, labels, numbers and rules are supplied on this page. No real account, private information or purchase is needed.

Learn the idea

A computer can give information through pictures, sounds or printed pages. Different output tools serve different jobs. A speaker helps a person hear recorded words; a screen helps a person see a picture. A printer makes a paper copy. The right choice depends on what information the learner needs.

Match the required way of receiving information to the output tool described. A keyboard is an input tool; typing does not itself provide a printed page.

Use this supplied case: A learner wants to hear a recorded bird sound. Choose the output. Use the details in this example. An adult may read the words aloud. Point, draw or say your answer.

1. Follow the worked example one step at a time. Say or draw what happens.
2. Match the required way of receiving information to the output tool described.
3. Say which detail makes the example answer fit. Pick another answer and say why it does not fit.
4. Try the question and practice questions. Read the rule again if your answer does not match the explanation.

Check your reasoning

Your answer is temporary and is not saved to an account. Download your current answer before leaving or reloading. Written work on paper or in another app stays in your own file.

Take it further

A pretend tool menu includes speaker, screen, printer. A learner needs a paper story plus spoken directions. Expected: printer for paper and speaker for the spoken output.

Nothing here is saved to an account or sent to a teacher. The answer download includes your current choice and any checked feedback. It does not include choices from the separate More practice section. Download that section separately.