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Which of the following is correctly classified as an input device, an output device and a storage device respectively?
Scanner, plotter and solid-state drive is correct: a scanner is an input device, a plotter produces output, and an SSD is a storage device. The other sets misclassify devices, for example treating a keyboard as output or a monitor as storage.
- AScanner, plotter, solid-state driveCorrect
- BSpeaker, keyboard, projector
- CHard disk, mouse, monitor
- DPrinter, scanner, joystick
Explanation
A scanner feeds data in, a plotter produces output, and an SSD stores data. In the other options the first or second items are misclassified, such as a keyboard being an input device and a speaker being output.
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