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Comptia A +: Hardware Display Devices
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The ____ identifies the angle at which the image can still be seen. With LCD monitors - the image will be dimmer and colors distorted when viewed from an angle. It is described with two numbers: horizontal angle and vertical angle - with a higher num
DVI-I (digital video-integrated)
1920 1200
Viewing angle
Video card
2. DVI-D ____ link cable.
VN (Twisted Nematic)
Single
Flat displays
DVI-D (digital video-digital)
3. TN panels have ____ viewing angles and contrast ratios than the other display types.
CCFL (Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp)
Worse
Resolution
Single link
4. Common resolutions are often described using a naming standard - although these standards encompass much more than just resolution size. UXGA = ____ x ____.
1400 1050
Dead
1600 1200
Interlacing
5. ____ displays have a 4:3 aspect ratio (used in CRT displays).
Contrast ratio
Dynamic
Normal
640 480
6. The ____ contrast ratio indicates the difference that the monitor is capable of producing.
Speakers USB
Dynamic
1024 768
Resolution
7. ____ video cable and female port.
DisplayPort
Aspect ratio
Composite
800 600
8. The ____ is the distance between pixels. A lower number means a sharper image and possibly higher resolutions.
Pixel pitch
DB-15
G2G (grey-to-grey - or GTG)
Resolution
9. You can connect analog CRT monitors to a video card with a...
CRT native
External
1400 1050
D-sub connector
10. Most manufactures have started using a ____ measure of response time - which makes the response time faster than a white-to-black response time.
Pixel pitch
1400 1050
G2G (grey-to-grey - or GTG)
Widescreen
11. Additional monitor features include built in ____ or ____ hub.
1920 1200
Pixels
1680 1050
Speakers USB
12. As with composite and s-video - audio must be supplied to the device...
Brighter
Separately
both video and audio input
1920 1200
13. You can use a DVI-to-HDMI cable to connect the ____ output from a video card to a monitor or an HDTV device that has an HDMI connector. However - this configuration only supplies video - and not audio - to the display device.
DVI-D (digital video-digital)
Refresh
Worse
Shadow mask
14. VA panels suffer from ____ that produces uneven colors across the display with loss of detail in dark scenes.
DVI-I (digital video-integrated)
Color shift
1024 768
Interlacing
15. The ____ rate is the amount of time (measured in Hz) required for the CRT's electron beam to paint the screen from top to bottom. Increasing the rate reduces screen flicker.
CRT
Refresh
Aperture grill
perture grill
16. The ____ is the number of pixels available on a display screen. Specifically - it is described by the amount of pixels horizontally across the display by the amount of pixels vertically down the display.
Dual
Backlight
Dynamic
Resolution
17. You can only connect a digital monitor to a DVI-D connector. Connecting an analog monitor - such as a CRT monitor - is only possible by using a special ____.
Shadow mask
Video card
Pixel pitch
Converter box
18. The ____ is the distance between pixels measured in millimeters. The standard in color monitors in about .15 mm to .30 mm.
Laptop
Separately
Dual
Dot pitch
19. A quicker ____ is needed when viewing moving images such as video or games. If it is too slow (above 8ms) the result are ghosting or blurred images.
Progressive scanning
DMS-59
Converter box
Response time
20. Common resolutions are often described using a naming standard - although these standards encompass much more than just resolution size. UXGA = ____ x ____.
1600 1200
Brighter
Shadow mask
6
21. Common resolutions are often described using a naming standard - although these standards encompass much more than just resolution size. WSXGA+ = ____ x ____. UXGA = 1600 x 1200 WUXGA = 1920 x 1200
1680 1050
Normal
Pixels
TFT (thin film transistor)
22. DVI-D ____ link cable.
Single
DVI-D (digital video-digital)
IPS (In Plane Switching)
Interlacing
23. It is common for ____ monitors to support a wide number of resolutions - but LCD monitors often have a____ (optimum) display resolution.
Color shift
CRT native
IPS (In Plane Switching)
Return policy
24. Increasingly - the difference between an LCD monitor and an HDTV is being blurred. You can purchase an HDTV that can also function as a monitor - or a monitor that can function as a TV. Resolutions used by HDTV are: ____ and ____.
Refresh
Dead
1280x720 1920x1080
800 600
25. ____ on the screen can be mistaken for a dead pixel.
Static
Debris
Analog CRT monitor
LED (Light Emitting Diode)
26. Common resolutions are often described using a naming standard - although these standards encompass much more than just resolution size. SXGA+ = ____ x ____.
1400 1050
Brightness
Shadow mask
7
27. ____ DVI-D connectors have 3 rows of 8 pins plus the horizontal pin (often called a 25-pin - 24+1-pin - or 24-pin connector).
1152 864
Dual link
IPS (In Plane Switching)
1280x720 1920x1080
28. Resolutions with a W in the name are X____ resolutions with a 16:10 aspect ratio. In addition to these standard resolutions - you can also purchase monitors with the 16:9 aspect ratio used by HDTV content.
1600 1200
Y brightness
Dual
Widescreen
29. The D-sub connector on a video card provides....
Analog output
Static
Backlight
Utilities
30. The ____ contrast ratio indicates the difference that the monitor is capable of producing.
800 600
HDCP
Dynamic
Diagonal
31. Full HD content is designed for a resolution of 1920 x 1080 using ____ (where each line on the screen is redrawn in order). Full HD support is therefore referred to as 1080p.
Progressive scanning
Converter box
Normal
Color shift
32. LCD monitors often include features for HDTV support such as an HDMI input that accepts ____________ through the HDMI port.
Analog
Higher sharper
G2G (grey-to-grey - or GTG)
both video and audio input
33. LCD monitors often include features for HDTV support such as an HDMI input that accepts ____________ through the HDMI port.
IPS (In Plane Switching)
both video and audio input
D-sub connector
DB-15
34. TN panels have ____ viewing angles and contrast ratios than the other display types.
DVI-I (digital video-integrated)
Video card
Worse
Brighter
35. VA panels suffer from ____ that produces uneven colors across the display with loss of detail in dark scenes.
Pixel pitch
DMS-59
Color shift
LED (Light Emitting Diode)
36. ____ female port.
DVI-D (digital video-digital)
Resolution
perture grill
Contrast ratio
37. Common resolutions are often described using a naming standard - although these standards encompass much more than just resolution size.WUXGA = ____ x ____.
DVI-A connection
Shadow mask
1920 1200
D-sub DVI-A
38. RT monitors use an electron beam that hits phosphor dots inside of a vacuum tube. While it is possible for a CRT monitor to have a digital connection - virtually all CRT monitors connect to the video card using a ____ (also called a D-sub) connector.
Normal
DVI-I DVI-D
CRT
DB-15
39. ____ panels offer the best contrast ratios of the display types - and are well suited for movies that require good contrast.
Analog output
Response time
IPS (In Plane Switching)
VA (Vertical Alignment)
40. ____ panels have relatively slow response times (6ms to 16ms) - and have a slight purple tint in blacks when viewed from a wide angle.
Diagonal
640 480
IPS (In Plane Switching)
Worse
41. ____ panels have relatively slow response times (6ms to 16ms) - and have a slight purple tint in blacks when viewed from a wide angle.
Pixels
DMS-59
IPS (In Plane Switching)
Dual
42. Because of how the ____ monitor works - portions of the display tube cannot be used for displaying the image.
CRT native
CRT
Refresh
Separately
43. There are two methods of controlling the illumination of the phosphor - 1) ____ that consists of a metal screen full of holes that are aligned with each dot. The screen shields the electron beam from illuminating between dots and leaves an outline ar
Debris
Aperture grill
Analog
Shadow mask
44. VA panels suffer from ____ that produces uneven colors across the display with loss of detail in dark scenes.
Laptop
Widescreen
Color shift
CRT
45. LDC monitors use ____ panels that are the most common type used in computer monitors - especially in smaller sizes. These panels have very good response times (2ms to 5ms) - so are well-suited for games with a lot of motion.
Aperture grill
Dot pitch
Normal
VN (Twisted Nematic)
46. A DVI-A (digital video-analog) is used for an ________________. Some LCD monitors have either a D-sub or this connection.
Response time
640 480
DVI-I DVI-D
LCD monitor that accepts an analog connection
47. Common resolutions are often described using a naming standard - although these standards encompass much more than just resolution size. XGA = ____ x ____.
1024 768
D-sub
2048 1536
Pixels
48. Single link DVI-D connectors can support 60 Hz up to ____ x ____ resolution.
IPS (In Plane Switching)
Normal
1920 1080
800 600
49. Because of how the ____ monitor works - portions of the display tube cannot be used for displaying the image.
Brightness
Degauss
CRT
G2G (grey-to-grey - or GTG)
50. You can connect LCD monitors to a video card with a DVI-I connector with either a ____ or ____ connection.
DVI-I DVI-D
IPS (In Plane Switching)
Speakers USB
VN (Twisted Nematic)