COMPUTER HARDWARE COMPONENTS FUNCTIONS
EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL STORAGE DEVICES
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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true
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false
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Unless your drive is a DVD drive or a DVD combo drive, a drive capable of reading multiple disc formats including DVDs, it cannot read DVD discs. Also, realize that although you may have a drive capable of reading CD-ROM, CD-RW, and CD-R discs, it still may be unable to read DVD discs.
Detailed explanation-2: -Looking at the above description, we note that the basic mechanism for reading the data on a CD or DVD is that a laser beam is bounced off the surface and the reflected light is measured: the bumps on the surface modify the reflection.
Detailed explanation-3: -DVD-ROM. Digital Versatile disc-Read Only Memory drives are the direct evolution from CD-ROM drives. DVDs had greater capacity and performance. DVD-ROM drives can read CD-DA, CD-ROM, and CD-R/RW discs, but they also read DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, and (sometimes) DVD-Audio discs.