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Comptia A +: Hardware Display Devices
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1. 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.
Analog CRT monitor
4
16:9
Pixel pitch
2. A DVI-A (digital video-analog) is used for an ________________. Some LCD monitors have either a D-sub or this connection.
Dual link
DB-15
LCD monitor that accepts an analog connection
HDCP
3. ____ 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.
DVI HDMI
Degauss
Refresh
LCD
4. 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.
Refresh
Degauss
VN (Twisted Nematic)
VN (Twisted Nematic)
5. A ____ connection on a video card provides digital output. These connections are rated as either single link or dual link.
Converter box
Progressive scanning
Better
DVI-D (digital video-digital)
6. 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.
640 480
Analog output
F-type
Analog output
7. There are ____ to identify and possibly fix dead pixels on a monitor.
CRT native
Utilities
1400 1050
VA (Vertical Alignment)
8. 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.
16:9
1680 1050
1024 768
Resolution
9. The ____ is the distance between pixels. A lower number means a sharper image and possibly higher resolutions.
IPS (In Plane Switching)
DVI-A connection
Pixel pitch
DisplayPort
10. 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.
Viewing angle
Widescreen
Resolution
1600 1200
11. ____ DVI-D connectors have 3 rows of 6 pins with one additional larger horizontal pin.
DVI-I (digital video-integrated)
4
DVI-D (digital video-digital)
Single link
12. Most manufactures have started using a ____ measure of response time - which makes the response time faster than a white-to-black response time.
G2G (grey-to-grey - or GTG)
Worse
Shadow mask
Dead pixel
13. ____ 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.
CRT
1400 1050
Brightness
DVI HDMI
14. 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.
Better
Degauss
Refresh
Progressive scanning
15. Common resolutions are often described using a naming standard - although these standards encompass much more than just resolution size. VGA = ____ x ____.
Higher sharper
640 480
Higher sharper
analog digital
16. A ____ screen is typically desired for watching movies - or on laptops where the screen is viewed in full sunlight.
Brighter
Dual
Shadow mask
Response time
17. Be aware that the display qualities of your monitor depend on the capabilities of both the monitor and the ____.
Return policy
S-video
1280 1024
Video card
18. Common resolutions are often described using a naming standard - although these standards encompass much more than just resolution size. VGA = ____ x ____.
640 480
Response time
DVI-A (digital video-analog)
DVI-I DVI-D
19. ____ panels are the most expensive type of panel - and could be difficult to find.
Interlacing
IPS (In Plane Switching)
4:3
LED (Light Emitting Diode)
20. The ____ is the distance between pixels. A lower number means a sharper image and possibly higher resolutions.
Pixel pitch
1400 1050
Static
Video card
21. Dual link DVI-D can support 60 Hz up to ____ x ____ resolution.
both video and audio input
2048 1536
Response time
Progressive scanning
22. Common resolutions are often described using a naming standard - although these standards encompass much more than just resolution size. SVGA = ____ x ____.
Same cable
IPS (In Plane Switching)
DMS-59
800 600
23. The ____ connector - sometimes called a VGA connector - uses a DB-15 connector with three rows of pins.
Normal
D-sub
1152 864
1280 1024
24. ____ is drawing the screen in two passes; odd lines on the first and then the even lines on the second pass.
Resolution
6
perture grill
Interlacing
25. 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 ____.
VA (Vertical Alignment)
Converter box
IPS (In Plane Switching)
Dead pixel
26. 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.
VA (Vertical Alignment)
Contrast ratio
1920 1200
Higher voltage
27. LCD monitors often include features for HDTV support such as support for ____ to watch copy-protected content.
HDCP
Interlacing
Separately
Contrast ratio
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.
1400 1050
1600 1200
CRT
Static
29. 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.
1280x720 1920x1080
both video and audio input
Resolution
Y brightness
30. ____ are tube monitors with a flatter glass tube that results in an image with less distortion around the edges.
Flat displays
Higher sharper
Resolution
Color shift
31. There are two methods of controlling the illumination of the phosphor - 2) an ____ consists of a screen of ultra thin vertical and horizontal wires. This configuration allows more electrons through resulting in a richer color display.
VN (Twisted Nematic)
Color shift
Physical effective
Aperture grill
32. You can connect LCD monitors to a video card with a DVI-I connector with either a ____ or ____ connection.
CRT
DVI-I DVI-D
1152 864
4:3
33. VA panels have ____ color reproduction and wider viewing angles than TN displays - but with slower response times and a higher cost.
Better
VN (Twisted Nematic)
LCD monitor that accepts an analog connection
LCD
34. The DMS-59 uses a special cable that ____________into separate video interfaces. For example - the cable might split the signal into two DVI-I connectors - two D-sub connectors - or one DVI-I connector and one D-sub connector.
800 600
Dot pitch
Splits the signal
Adapter
35. ____ 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.
Aspect ratio
DVI-I (digital video-integrated)
IPS (In Plane Switching)
both video and audio input
36. DisplayPort does not use ______ than DVI and HDMI.
DVI-D (digital video-digital)
Converter box
Higher voltage
Dot pitch
37. The ____ contrast ratio indicates the difference that can be displayed at the same time.
Pixel pitch
Dynamic
Static
Separately
38. Common resolutions are often described using a naming standard - although these standards encompass much more than just resolution size. XGA+ = ____ x ____.
2048 1536
1152 864
Response time
1680 1050
39. ____ displays have a 4:3 aspect ratio (used in CRT displays).
Composite video
Utilities
Normal
Single link
40. DVI-D ____ link cable.
16:9
4:3
Composite
Single
41. 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 ____.
Response time
Converter box
Higher voltage
Progressive scanning
42. S-video (separate-video - Y/C - or S-VHS) connections are present on many video cards and supply ____ - video-only TV output.
Analog
Splits the signal
Utilities
VN (Twisted Nematic)
43. DisplayPort uses a different signal format than DVI or HDMI. However - it supports sending DVI or HDMI signals over the same port using a simple ____.
Physical effective
Pixels
Adapter
30 99
44. VA panels suffer from ____ that produces uneven colors across the display with loss of detail in dark scenes.
Pixel pitch
1920 1200
Response time
Color shift
45. ____ 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).
Better
CRT
Dual link
Return policy
46. DVI-D ____ link cable.
TFT (thin film transistor)
Dead pixel
Dual
HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface)
47. Be aware that the display qualities of your monitor depend on the capabilities of both the monitor and the ____.
Dot pitch
Video card
Flat displays
Composite
48. 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.
1920 1200
DVI-D (digital video-digital)
Aperture grill
Backlight
49. ____ on the screen can be mistaken for a dead pixel.
Debris
Aperture grill
Flat displays
6
50. 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.
2048 1536
DVI-D (digital video-digital)
1400 1050
800 600