SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Comptia A +: Hardware Display Devices
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
certifications
,
comptia-a-+
,
it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Common resolutions are often described using a naming standard - although these standards encompass much more than just resolution size.WUXGA = ____ x ____.
Dual
Refresh
both video and audio input
1920 1200
2. DVI-D ____ link cable.
Single link
1920 1080
Resolution
Single
3. A ____ screen is typically desired for watching movies - or on laptops where the screen is viewed in full sunlight.
Brighter
Higher sharper
LED (Light Emitting Diode)
Response time
4. 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
Shadow mask
Y brightness
HDTV
Progressive scanning
5. A ____ screen is typically desired for watching movies - or on laptops where the screen is viewed in full sunlight.
Resolution
Higher sharper
D-sub connector
Brighter
6. Single link DVI-D connectors can support 60 Hz up to ____ x ____ resolution.
Composite video
RCA
1920 1080
7
7. DVI-D ____ link cable.
Single
Screen
Diagonal
Dual link
8. Common resolutions are often described using a naming standard - although these standards encompass much more than just resolution size. SVGA = ____ x ____.
Shadow mask
800 600
Color shift
Response time
9. 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 ____.
Backlight
Converter
1280x720 1920x1080
2048 1536
10. Common resolutions are often described using a naming standard - although these standards encompass much more than just resolution size. XGA+ = ____ x ____.
1920 1080
Dynamic
1152 864
Composite
11. ____ panels have the best color reproduction quality and viewing angles of the display types - and are well suited for graphic design where full and accurate color representation is required.
CRT
Resolution
6
IPS (In Plane Switching)
12. 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 ____.
Y brightness
1280x720 1920x1080
DVI-A connection
Interlacing
13. Common resolutions are often described using a naming standard - although these standards encompass much more than just resolution size. UXGA = ____ x ____.
CCFL (Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp)
Video card
1400 1050
1600 1200
14. A ____ connection on a video card provides digital output. These connections are rated as either single link or dual link.
Interlacing
DVI-D (digital video-digital)
1680 1050
analog digital
15. The D-sub connector on a video card provides....
DVI-A connection
30 99
Response time
Analog output
16. 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
Refresh
Response time
Shadow mask
4:3
17. ____ panels offer the best contrast ratios of the display types - and are well suited for movies that require good contrast.
1280 1024
VA (Vertical Alignment)
1600 1200
perture grill
18. 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.
VN (Twisted Nematic)
Interlacing
16:9
DB-15
19. ____ are tube monitors with a flatter glass tube that results in an image with less distortion around the edges.
Digital
Flat displays
DVI-A connection
1600 1200
20. You can connect LCD monitors to a video card with a DVI-I connector with either a ____ or ____ connection.
1600 1200
DVI-I DVI-D
LCD
LCD monitor that accepts an analog connection
21. VA panels have ____ color reproduction and wider viewing angles than TN displays - but with slower response times and a higher cost.
IPS (In Plane Switching)
Better
Video card
Analog CRT monitor
22. The ____ connector - sometimes called a VGA connector - uses a DB-15 connector with three rows of pins.
Normal
D-sub
Static
16:9
23. LCD monitors often include features for HDTV support such as built-in speakers and audio-out to ____ speakers. LCD monitors often include features for HDTV support such as an HDTV tuner to allow you to watch TV and change channels when the monitor is
External
DVI-D (digital video-digital)
Adapter
Flat displays
24. 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.
Converter
Interlacing
800 600
DB-15
25. ____ panels have the best color reproduction quality and viewing angles of the display types - and are well suited for graphic design where full and accurate color representation is required.
1280 1024
Return policy
IPS (In Plane Switching)
Static
26. Common resolutions are often described using a naming standard - although these standards encompass much more than just resolution size. VGA = ____ x ____.
1280x720 1920x1080
Analog output
640 480
Speakers USB
27. ____ is drawing the screen in two passes; odd lines on the first and then the even lines on the second pass.
Brightness
Viewing angle
Interlacing
Dead
28. The D-sub connector on a video card provides....
Analog output
Backlight
Refresh
Backlight
29. Common resolutions are often described using a naming standard - although these standards encompass much more than just resolution size. VGA = ____ x ____.
640 480
Interlacing
DVI-D (digital video-digital)
6
30. ____ 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).
Response time
Dual link
Progressive scanning
G2G (grey-to-grey - or GTG)
31. There are currently two methods used for the backlight - 2) ____ backlights provide brighter screens - lower power consumption - a wider color range - greater contrast - and mercury-free construction. They use DC power - eliminating the need for an i
TFT (thin film transistor)
Aspect ratio
Widescreen
LED (Light Emitting Diode)
32. There are currently two methods used for the backlight - 1) ____ that is currently the most common backlight source and require an inverter to provide AC power to the backlight.
Utilities
CCFL (Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp)
Better
Normal
33. LCD monitors often include features for HDTV support such as support for ____ to watch copy-protected content.
CRT
HDCP
Response time
U V color
34. If the video card only has a DVI-D connector and you have an analog-only monitor - it is often cheaper to purchase a new ____ instead of the converter box.
4:3
Pixel pitch
Video card
Widescreen
35. VA panels have ____ color reproduction and wider viewing angles than TN displays - but with slower response times and a higher cost.
DVI-I DVI-D
Better
Laptop
Dynamic
36. Common resolutions are often described using a naming standard - although these standards encompass much more than just resolution size. UXGA = ____ x ____.
CRT
Analog CRT monitor
1680 1050
1600 1200
37. ____ monitors use a single value for the screen size. These monitors can use the entire screen for displaying images - use a liquid crystal material and transistors to display images.
1680 1050
1920 1080
Brightness
LCD
38. The ____ connector is used to allow multiple video ports from a single connection.It is typically included on slimline video cards that can have only a single port. It sends out two separate DVI-I signals through the single connector.
Higher voltage
DMS-59
DVI-A (digital video-analog)
1024 768
39. The ____ contrast ratio indicates the difference that the monitor is capable of producing.
Dynamic
Shadow mask
D-sub DVI-A
CRT
40. 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.
CCFL (Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp)
Physical effective
Resolution
Progressive scanning
41. The LCD ____ provides the light that makes the individual pixels visible. The light itself is actually along the top - bottom - and/or sides - with a special layer that reflects the light throughout the display.
Color shift
Backlight
Viewing angle
DMS-59
42. ____ panels are the most expensive type of panel - and could be difficult to find.
Widescreen
IPS (In Plane Switching)
Dual
HDTV
43. Some LCD monitors have a D-sub connection - or you might need a cable with this connection on one end and a _______ on the other end to connect to the LCD monitor.
LED (Light Emitting Diode)
1152 864
F-type
DVI-A connection
44. ____ monitors use a single value for the screen size. These monitors can use the entire screen for displaying images - use a liquid crystal material and transistors to display images.
Flat displays
Debris
LCD
16:9
45. Composite signals combine three qualities of video into a single signal; the Y channel is for brightness or luminance and ____ and ____ channels provide ____ information.
U V color
Brighter
Dual
D-sub
46. Cheaper TVs and monitors at lower resolutions or using ____ (where every other line is drawn with each pass) are not capable of displaying all of the video content in full HD.
Resolution
1152 864
Interlacing
Laptop
47. The ____ is the number of pixels - and is expressed using two numbers: the number of horizontal rows and vertical columns.
1152 864
Resolution
Interlacing
Pixel pitch
48. Be aware that the display qualities of your monitor depend on the capabilities of both the monitor and the ____.
Video card
30 99
Color shift
Brightness
49. It is common for ____ monitors to support a wide number of resolutions - but LCD monitors often have a____ (optimum) display resolution.
CRT native
D-sub DVI-A
Refresh
Dual
50. ____ is a digital video and audio connector used for high-definition digital audio and video. Itcombines the audio and video signals onto a single cable. You can use HDMI connectors with a video card with an ____ connector. Many of these video cards
30 99
CRT
HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface)
Better