Question

If students in your class are taking a standardized test using a form with rectangles that they fill in with a pencil, what technology will be used to grade the test?(A) OCR(B) OMR(C) BCR(D) MICR

Answer 1

Answer:

Option (B) OMR

Explanation:

• OMR stands for Optical Mark Recognition
• OMR technology is used in grading multiple choice question papers.
• As the name itself suggests this technology uses the optical technology to grade the mark sheets.
• The filled scoring sheets are scanned using a image scanner to score the marks gained.
• This technology has some similarities with OCR but here the case provided uses the OMR technology.So, option (B) is correct answer.
• Option (A) OCR stands for Optical Character Recognition which is used in distinguishing the printed text and hand written text in digital documents.So, option (A) is wrong option.
• Option (C) BCR stands for Bar Code Scanner is a technology used in scanning a bar code and it converts them into digital data.So, option (C) is wrong option.
• Option (D) MICR stands for Magnetic Ink Character Recognition technology used in banking technology in cheques and documents.So, option (D) is wrong option.