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    Practice Set of Types of Hardware

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    I. Webcams are used for video conferencing and recording video. II. Compact discs are created using a laser beam. III. A bit represents a single binary digit (0 or 1) while a byte represents 8 bits used together. IV. OCR converts text to digital format while OMR reads marks on answer sheets. V. Barcodes are read by barcode readers.

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    Practice Set of Types of Hardware

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    I. Webcams are used for video conferencing and recording video. II. Compact discs are created using a laser beam. III. A bit represents a single binary digit (0 or 1) while a byte represents 8 bits used together. IV. OCR converts text to digital format while OMR reads marks on answer sheets. V. Barcodes are read by barcode readers.

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    I. Webcams are used for video conferencing and recording video. II. Compact discs are created using a laser beam. III. A bit represents a single binary digit (0 or 1) while a byte represents 8 bits used together. IV. OCR converts text to digital format while OMR reads marks on answer sheets. V. Barcodes are read by barcode readers.

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    Practice Set of Types of Hardware

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    Amit Kumar
    I. Webcams are used for video conferencing and recording video. II. Compact discs are created using a laser beam. III. A bit represents a single binary digit (0 or 1) while a byte represents 8 bits used together. IV. OCR converts text to digital format while OMR reads marks on answer sheets. V. Barcodes are read by barcode readers.

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    Basic questions-Types of hardware

    I. Why do we use webcam?


    II. Which disc is created using laser beam?
    III. Define the term byte. Differentiate between a bit and a byte.
    IV. Differentiate between OCR and OMR.
    V. Name the device which is used to read the barcode. Explain in short.
    VI. Explain LCD. Write the features of an LCD monitor.
    VII. What are plotter? State their areas of application
    VIII. Distinguish between input unit and output unit.
    IX. Name the storage device whose contents have to be erased completely everytime when a user wants to
    change or add some data.
    X. What are the characteristics of a computer?
    XI. Define the different types of scanners.
    XII. What is MICR? Where is it mostly used? What are the major advantages and disadvantages of MICR as
    general purpose input medium?
    XIII. What are the functional units of a computer?
    XIV. Differentiate between a flash drive and a memory card.
    XV. Differentiate between RAM and ROM.
    XVI. Describe the main applications of a computer.
    XVII. Identify input/output devices from the clues given below:
    (a) Transfers typed or handwritten texts, graphs, diagrams and photographs into a digital format.
    (b) Reads the code number, which is encoded as a series of black and white lines on the product.
    (c) Checks and marks an examination answer sheet that contains multiple choice questions.
    (d) Processes the cheque number and code.
    (e) Produces images on paper such as numbers, alphabets and graphics.
    (f) Receives sound in the form of electric current from a sound card and then converts it to the sound
    format.

    Multiple Choice Questions

    I. A computer is free from tiredness, monotony, etc., reflects which characteristic?


    (a) High speed
    (b) Versatile
    (c) Accuracy
    (d) Diligence
    II. The first computer mouse was invented by
    (a) Christopher Sholes
    (b) C.B. Mirick
    (c) Douglas Engelbort
    (d) Russel A Kirsch
    III. Out of the following, whom do you think is the most probable user of a Light Pen?
    (a) Computer Programmer
    (b) Graphic Designer
    (c) Journalist
    (d) Scientist
    IV. Input device used to make a digital copy of a photograph.
    (a) Graphics Tablet
    (b) Scanner
    (c) MICR
    (d) OMR
    V. ……….. is a medium size scanner which has rolling drum to scan your documents.
    (a) Drum
    (b) Handheld
    (c) Flatbed
    (d) Roller
    VI. Large amount of cheques are processed by using
    (a) OCR
    (b) MICR
    (c) OMR
    (d) All of the above.
    VII. What does OCR stand for?
    (a) Optical Character Reader
    (b) Optical Character Recognition
    (c) Operational Character Reader
    (d) Only Character Reader
    VIII. Which of the following does not represent an I/O device?
    (a) Speaker
    (b) Plotter
    (c) Joystick
    (d) CU
    IX. It is responsible for all numerical and logical calculations.
    (a) CPU
    (b) CU
    (c) MU
    (d) ALU
    X. Control Unit is called the ………….. of a computer system.
    (a) heart
    (b) nerve centre
    (c) primary memory
    (d) All of these
    XI. The largest unit of memory is
    (a) Terabyte
    (b) Petabyte
    (b) Exabyte
    (d) Geopbyte
    XII. …… memory is used to store large amount of information permanently.
    (a) RAM
    (b) ROM
    (c) Secondary
    (d) Primary
    XIII. The ……… offers more than five times the storage capacity of traditional DVDs.
    (a) Compact disc
    (b) Pen drive
    (c) Blu-ray disc
    (d) Ext-DVD
    XIV. Pen drive is also known as
    (a) Flash drive
    (b) Data stick
    (c) Thumb drive
    (d) All of the above
    XV. Which of the following storage device can be used for storing large backup data?
    (a) Floppy disks
    (b) Hard disk
    (c) Magnetic tapes
    (d) None of these

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