Scanning Devices

Question 1

________________ convert scanned text and images into a form that the system unit can process.

Answer 1

Scanning Devices

Question 2

Five types of scanning devices:

Answer 2

1. Optical Scanners
2. Card Readers
3. Bar Code Readers
4. RFID Readers
5. Character and Mark Recognition Devices

Question 3

An ___________, also simply known as a _________, accepts documents consisting of text and /or images and converts them to machine-readable form.

Answer 3

• Optical Scanner
• Scanner

Question 4

Four types of optical scanners:

Answer 4

1. Flatbed
2. Document
3. Portable
4. 3D

Question 5

_____________ is much like a copy machine. The image to be scanned is placed on a glass surface, and the scanner records the image.

Answer 5

Flatbed scanner

Question 6

______________ is similar to a flatbed scanner except that it can quickly scan multipage documents. Automatically feeds one page of a document at a time through a scanning surface.

Answer 6

Document scanner

Question 7

______________ is typically a handheld device that slides across the image, making direct contact.

Answer 7

Portable scanner

Question 8

____________ use lasers cameras, or robotic arms to record the shape of an object.

Answer 8

3D scanners

Question 9

_____________ interpret this encoded information. Ex) Credit cars, debit card, access card.

Answer 9

Card readers

Question 10

The most common card reader is the _______________. Encoded information is stored on a thin magnetic strip located on the back of the card.

Answer 10

magnetic card reader

Question 11

Many credit cards, known as ____________, include additional security in the for of a microchip embedded in the credit card.

Answer 11

chip cards

Question 12

_________ or __________ are from grocery stores.

Answer 12

• bar code readers
• scanners

Question 13

Bar code reader devices are either handheld ___________ or _______________. They contain photoelectric cells that scan or read ________, or the vertical zebra-striped marks printed on product container.

Answer 13

• wand readers
• platform scanners
• bar codes

Question 14

__________________ are widely used by retail stores to automate the processes to check out customers, to change product prices, and to maintain inventory records.

Answer 14

UPCs (Universal Product Codes)

Question 15

______________ is widely used y the United Parcel Service (UPS) and others to automate the process of routing packages, tracking in-transit packages, and locating lost packages.

Answer 15

MaxiCode

Question 16

_______________ are tiny chips that can be embedded in almost everything. These chips contain electronically stored information that can be read using an ____________ located several yards away.

Answer 16

• RFID (radio-frequency identification) tags
• RFID reader

Question 17

Character and mark recognition devices have three types:

Answer 17

1. MICR
2. OCR
3. OMR

Question 18

________________________ are used by banks to automatically read those unusual numbers on the bottom of checks and deposit slips.

Answer 18

Magnetic-ink character recognition (MICR)

Question 19

_____________________ uses special preprinted characters that can be read by a light source and changed into machine-readable code.

Answer 19

Optical-character recognition (OCR)

Question 20

___________________ senses the presence or absence of a mark, such as a pencil mark.

Answer 20

Optical-mark recognition (OMR)