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Comptia A +: Hardware Display Devices

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






2. The s-video connector is a ____-pin mini-din connector that has two separate channels - one for Y (luminance) and one for UV (color).






3. Additional monitor features include built in ____ or ____ hub.






4. Most manufactures have a minimum number of ____ pixels that must exist before they will consider an exchange. In addition - some place limitations on where they must be located in order to qualify.






5. ____ on the screen can be mistaken for a dead pixel.






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






7. The ____ connection has all of the pins present in both the DVI-A and DVI-D connections. Most video cards and many LCD monitors have this connection.






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






9. 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






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






11. ____ (1280 x 720 progressive scan) and ____ (1920 x 1080 with interlacing) identify displays that do not support full HD content - with both 720p and 1080i being comparable in quality.






12. ____ are tube monitors with a flatter glass tube that results in an image with less distortion around the edges.






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






14. The smaller the dot pitch - the more room there is for____ resolutions and the ____ a picture may be.






15. DVI-D ____ link cable.






16. 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.






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






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.






19. 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.






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






21. 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.






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






23. The ____ connector - sometimes called a VGA connector - uses a DB-15 connector with three rows of pins.






24. Monitor size is typically described using a ____ measurement.






25. DVI-D ____ link cable.






26. 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.






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






28. ____ monitors will typically list the monitor size along with the viewable image size which is smaller than the total screen size. Because of how the monitor is made - not all of the available screen size can actually display an image.






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






30. A DVI-A (digital video-analog) is used for an ________________. Some LCD monitors have either a D-sub or this connection.






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






32. VA panels suffer from ____ that produces uneven colors across the display with loss of detail in dark scenes.






33. 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 ____.






34. Be aware that the display qualities of your monitor depend on the capabilities of both the monitor and the ____.






35. ____ and ____ are electrically equivalent - meaning that a simple pin-to-pin adapter is all that is required to connect a DVI device to an HDMI port.






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






37. ____ link allows for longer cable lengths and a higher video resolution and you should choose this type of video card whenever possible.






38. For manufacturers - the ____ is royalty free - whereas including an HDMI connector requires a fee for each connector used. Manufacturers such as Dell and Apple are starting to use DisplayPorts in monitors and video cards - but these are not yet used






39. Without a built-in tuner - video input is limited to a ____ channel - and changing TV channels must be done at the ____ device before inputting into the video card.






40. 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.






41. 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 ____.






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






43. Dual link DVI-D can support 60 Hz up to ____ x ____ resolution.






44. A DVI-A (digital video-analog) is used for an ________________. Some LCD monitors have either a D-sub or this connection.






45. 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






46. 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.






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






48. LCD displays are very delicate and occasionally a pixel fails to display properly (called a ____).






49. You can connect an analog CRT or LCD monitor to a video card with a DVI-I connector. This requires a cable with a ____ connection on one end and a ____ connection on the other end.






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