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INFORMATION AND COMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY GYAMFI SERIES
2. Storage devices make it possible to produce and distribute commercial software.
3. Storage devices are used for transferring information between computers
4. They are used for storing software and information that you do not need to use
immediately.

QUESTIONS

B.E.C.E 2011

OBJ. Q6. Which of the following devices has the largest storage capacity?
A. digital versatile disk B. Compact Disk C. floppy Disk D. Hard Disk

B.E.C.E 2013

OBJ. Q4. In which of the following are the storage devices arranged on the basis of lowest to
the highest. A. CD, DVD, Flash Disk and Hard Disk B. floppy disk, Hard disk, DVD, CD
C. floppy disk, CD, DVD, and hard disk. D. floppy disk, DVD, CD, and Hard disk

B.E.C.E 2013

Obj. Q5. A pen drive……………. A) inputs information B) puts out information
C) retrieves information D) stores information

1. Which of the following computer drives is also referred to as drive A:/ a) floppy drive
b) hard drive c) CD/DVD drive d) pen drive

2. Which of the following computer drives is also referred to as drive C
a) floppy drive b)pen drive c) hard drive (local drive) d) zip drive
3. Which of the following secondary storage devices is less durable? A) the pen drive
B)floppy disk(diskette) c) the CD/DVD D) the hard disk

4. In computing, a group of 8 bits is referred to as………… a) nibble b) byte c) bit d) word
5. The smallest unit of data measurement is called the….. a) byte b) bit c) nibble d) word

BASIC INPUT AND OUTPUT DEVICES
Input is the data that we feed into the computer to enable it process into useful information.
Therefore,
Input device is a computer hardware device that is used to feed the computer with data and
commands. The data fed into the computer can be a text, a sound, a picture or any other form
of data.
Commands are special messages that you give to the computer to perform certain functions.
These include clicking on a button to close a window, double clicking a file icon to open the file
and so on. The types of input devices are: keyboard, scanner, mouse, light pen etc.

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