Computer Knowledge

Computer Hardware Devices

893 Questions

Computer Hardware Devices focuses on the physical components of a computer system, including input, output, and memory devices. It tests practical understanding of ports, displays, and peripheral technologies. This topic is common in the computer knowledge section of banking and SSC exams.

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Computer Hardware Devices Questions

Multiple choice
  1. Keyboards and micro-processer

  2. Keyboard and VDU

  3. Microprocessor and VDU

  4. None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

A dumb terminal is a device that has no local processing power. It consists essentially of a keyboard for input and a Video Display Unit (VDU) for output.

Multiple choice
  1. Personal Difference Assistant

  2. Protocol Deformation Assistant

  3. Personal Digital Assistant

  4. Palmtops Digital Apple

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

PDA stands for Personal Digital Assistant, a term used for handheld devices that functioned as personal information managers.

Multiple choice
  1. keyboard

  2. sound card

  3. floppy disk controller

  4. COM 1 port

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

 IRQ 1 enables keyboard to communicate with the microprocessor. If we assign the same IRQ to two devices, this will result in an IRQ conflict and the system or the device may malfunction.

Multiple choice
  1. periscope

  2. camera

  3. mirror

  4. microscope

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

A camera is a device which is used to view the object on a screen. Periscope is a device used to see the concealed positioned objects, a microscope to look the larger view of very small objects which are not visible with the naked eye. Mirror produces and image only till the time that a particular object is lying in its path.

Multiple choice
  1. Digital camera

  2. CD

  3. Pinhole camera

  4. Cellophane sheet

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Structure of a pinhole camera is easy and can be easily constructed at home by using general materials from the surroundings like cardboard trace paper etc. But digital camera, CD or cellophane sheet requires an expertise hand and some mechanical devices so cannot be constructed at home.

Multiple choice
  1. Printers

  2. Speakers

  3. Screens

  4. All of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Printers, speakers, and screens (monitors) are all devices used to output data from a computer system.

Multiple choice
  1. Optical mark readers

  2. Bar code readers

  3. Optical recognition systems

  4. PDA

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

A PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) is a mobile device, not a data scanning unit like OMR, barcode readers, or OCR systems.

Multiple choice
  1. port a punch.

  2. MICR.

  3. mark sensing.

  4. None of the above.

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

EFT (Electronic Funds Transfer) is a digital process and does not rely on physical media like mark sensing or MICR in the way the question implies.