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This MCQ section contains the Computer fundamentals quiz on the input and output devices. You can test your IQ on the MCQ Quiz of Input and Output Devices. Each question is a multiple-choice type with a single answer. The section consists of 20 questions with multiple-choice options.
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Computer Fundamentals MCQ Quiz – Input and Output devices
1. Which of the following device is not a type of output device?
Answer: Option C Explanation: The correct option is C. The scanner is an input device. It scans the hard copy documents or images and converts them to digital format.
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2. Which of the following device allows you to input alphanumeric characters and special characters into the computer?
Answer: Option D Explanation: The correct option is D. The keyboard is an input device that allows the user to input alphabets, numbers, and special symbols into the computer.
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3. Which of the following is not an example of hardware?
Answer: Option B Explanation: The correct option is B. Interpreter is not hardware. It is a software program that translates or interprets the high-level language into the intermediate language or the machine language.
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4. Which of the following term is used to define all input and output devices?
Answer: Option A Explanation: The correct answer is A. All the input and the output devices are in the form of computer hardware.
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5. What is the function of a scanner?
Answer: Option C Explanation: The correct option is C. The scanner is an input device that converts hardcopy text or images into digital format.
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6. Dot-matrix, Deskjet, Laser, and Inkjet belong to which type of computer hardware?
Answer: Option D Explanation: The correct option is D. The Dot-matrix, LaserJet, Inkjet, DeskJet, etc. are all types of printers.
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7. What type of devices are computer speakers or headphones?
Answer: Option C Explanation: The correct answer is option C.
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8. Laser printer is a kind of _____________.
Answer: Option B Explanation: The correct answer is option B
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9. For what purpose, the joystick is used?
Answer: Option B Explanation: The correct answer is option B.
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10. Which of the following devices in a group belong to the input as well as the output devices?
Answer: Option A Explanation: The correct answer is option A. Modem, touchscreen, and headset are all input as well as output devices.
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11. What is the purpose of the wheel placed between the left and right buttons of a mouse?
Answer: Option B Explanation: The correct answer is option B. The wheel on the mouse is used for scrolling through multiple pages on the computer screen.
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12. It is one of the famous pointing devices that is popularly used in desktop computers.
Answer: Option C Explanation: The correct option is C. The mouse is a type of pointing device that is mostly used in desktop computers.
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13. Which of the following device converts analog to a digital signal and vice versa?
Answer: Option C Explanation: The correct answer is option C. Modem stands for modulator-demodulator. It converts incoming analog data into digital format and outgoing digital data into the analog signal.
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14. Which of the following device consists of a spherical ball, which moves within a socket and has a stick mounted on it?
Answer: Option D Explanation: The correct option is D.
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15. A web camera is a video capturing device attached to the computer system, mostly using a _________________.
Answer: Option C Explanation: The correct option is C. Universal Serial Bus, o in short USB is a common plug-play cable that connects different electronic devices that support USB interface.
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16. Which of the following devices converts computer output data into an analog form that can be transmitted over a telephone line?
Answer: Option D Explanation: The correct option is D.
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17. Which of the following is an optical input device that interprets pencil marks on paper media?
Answer: Option A Explanation: The correct answer is A.
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18. Which of the following are the two types of monitors?
Answer: Option B Explanation: The correct option is B. CRT is a Cathode Ray Tube and the LCD is Liquid Crystal Display. Both are the display units or monitors.
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19. The standard keyboard possesses different types of keys on it. Which of the following keys are normally seen on the top of the keyboard?
Answer: Option A Explanation: The correct option is A. The function keys from F1 to F12 are normally located on the top of the standard keyboard.
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20. This peripheral device is mostly used in financial institutions to process a large number of cheques by recognizing the magnetic encoding number printed at the bottom of the cheque?
Answer: Option B Explanation: The correct option is B. MICR stands for Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
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