Test your basic knowledge |

Comptia A +: Hardware Display Devices

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. Green monitors are Energy Star or Green Star compliant. These monitors use less than ____ watts and reduce power consumption by ____% when in sleep or suspended mode.






2. Common resolutions are often described using a naming standard - although these standards encompass much more than just resolution size. SVGA = ____ x ____.






3. A ____ screen is typically desired for watching movies - or on laptops where the screen is viewed in full sunlight.






4. ____ panels offer the best contrast ratios of the display types - and are well suited for movies that require good contrast.






5. Because ____ monitors have better color reproduction than TN monitors and are cheaper than IPS monitors - they are still used by many graphic artists.






6. ____ displays have a 4:3 aspect ratio (used in CRT displays).






7. It is common for ____ monitors to support a wide number of resolutions - but LCD monitors often have a____ (optimum) display resolution.






8. Video cards and monitors with a built-in TV tuner have an ____ cable TV connector. Most video cards that provide cable TV input also include audio output. However - most of these cards do not provide analog or digital monitor output.






9. ____ panels are the most expensive type of panel - and could be difficult to find.






10. DVI-D ____ link cable.






11. The ____ contrast ratio indicates the difference that can be displayed at the same time.






12. LCD monitors often include features for HDTV support such as an HDMI input that accepts ____________ through the HDMI port.






13. A DVI-A (digital video-analog) is used for an ____________. Use a cable with a D-sub connection on one end and this connection on the other end to connect to the monitor.






14. Most manufactures have started using a ____ measure of response time - which makes the response time faster than a white-to-black response time.






15. 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.






16. VA panels have ____ color reproduction and wider viewing angles than TN displays - but with slower response times and a higher cost.






17. The ____ contrast ratio indicates the difference that the monitor is capable of producing.






18. 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.






19. Common resolutions are often described using a naming standard - although these standards encompass much more than just resolution size. XGA = ____ x ____.






20. 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






21. Composite signals combine three qualities of video into a single signal; the Y channel is for brightness or luminance and ____ and ____ channels provide ____ information.






22. The ____ refers to the difference in light intensity between the brightest white and the darkest black. An example is 1000:1. A higher initial number indicates a better quality picture.






23. 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.






24. 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.






25. Because of how the ____ monitor works - portions of the display tube cannot be used for displaying the image.






26. 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.






27. ____ female port.






28. 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 ____.






29. If you watch HDTV content (DVD movies) on a 16:10 monitor - the display will either be stretched slightly or have black bars (areas without video content) on the top and the bottom. If you want to optimize DVD viewing from your computer - consider pu






30. If you watch HDTV content (DVD movies) on a 16:10 monitor - the display will either be stretched slightly or have black bars (areas without video content) on the top and the bottom. If you want to optimize DVD viewing from your computer - consider pu






31. There are ____ to identify and possibly fix dead pixels on a monitor.






32. Screen size is often expressed in two different measures - the ____ screen size (also called the actual size) and the ____ viewing size that identifies the largest image size that can be displayed.






33. Common resolutions are often described using a naming standard - although these standards encompass much more than just resolution size.WUXGA = ____ x ____.






34. 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.






35. ____ panels offer the best contrast ratios of the display types - and are well suited for movies that require good contrast.






36. The HDTV connector uses a ____-pin mini-din cable.






37. ____ 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






38. 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.






39. The ____ contrast ratio indicates the difference that the monitor is capable of producing.






40. 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.






41. The ____ is the number of pixels - and is expressed using two numbers: the number of horizontal rows and vertical columns.






42. The ____ indicates how quickly a pixel can go from black - to white - and back to black and is indicated in milliseconds (ms).






43. DisplayPort uses a digital-only signal. To connect a VGA monitor to it - you will need a special active ____ that reformats the signal for analog devices.






44. VA panels have ____ color reproduction and wider viewing angles than TN displays - but with slower response times and a higher cost.






45. DVI-D ____ link cable.






46. 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






47. An ____ connector supplies analog - video-only TV output in three separate channels: R (red) - G (green) - and B (blue).






48. The ____ contrast ratio indicates the difference that can be displayed at the same time.






49. Video cards with HDTV output typically include a conversion cable that converts the 7-pin connector into three ____ cables for connecting to an HDTV device.






50. ____ is drawing the screen in two passes; odd lines on the first and then the even lines on the second pass.