COMPXM COMPLETE EXAM REVIEW WITH
FULL SOLUTIONS
●● CGA
Answer: Color Graphics Adapter - Supports 4 colors at 320x200 or 2
colors at 640x200
●● EGA
Answer: Enhanced Graphics Adapter - 16 colors at 640x350
●● VGA port
Answer: Video Graphics Array; 15-pin, three-row D-subminiature
connector. Other names: DB-15, DE-15, HD-15
●● VGA
Answer: Video Graphics Array - 16 colors at 640x480 or 256 colors at
lower resolutions
●● XGA
Answer: Extended Graphics Array - 65,536 colors at 800x600 or 256
colors at 1024x768
●● Wide XGA
,Answer: 1366x768 resolution
●● XGA+
Answer: 1152x864 resolution
●● Wide XGA+
Answer: 1440x900 resolution
●● SVGA
Answer: Super Video Graphics Array, 16M colors, 1280x1024
●● Super XGA
Answer: Super Extended Graphics Array, 1400x1050
●● WSXGA+
Answer: Widescreen SGA+ 1680x1050
●● Ultra XGA
Answer: 1600x1200
●● WUXGA
Answer: Widescreen Ultra Extended Graphics Array - 1920x1200
,●● DVI port
Answer: Digital Visual Interface; accepts both analog and digital signals
but only through specific connectors. DVI-D, DVI-A, and DVI-A/D or
DVI-I. DVI-I and DVI-D also support Dual-Link connections by having
extra pins.
●● DisplayPort
Answer: Compact 20-pin connector; supports up to 2560 x 1600 and 120
Hz refresh rates. Can drive up to four displays by a single port and is
capable of signal encryption and transmission of audio. Also comes in
Mini Displayport.
●● HDMI
Answer: High Definition Multimedia Interface; also comes in mini and
micro variations
●● S/PDIF
Answer: Sony/Phillips Digital Interface; digital audio output that comes
in both electrical and optical variations. Electrical usually uses RCA on
coax, optical uses fiber.
●● RG-6 cable
Answer: Coaxial connection 75 Ohms
, ●● RG-59 cable
Answer: Coaxial connection 75Ohms
●● F connector
Answer: Coaxial connector, pin center, outer threaded ring
●● Component video
Answer: Uses 3 RCA connectors that split the signal into its
components, 1 for brightness and 2 for color (Yellow, red, white)
●● S-Video
Answer: Sends video signal from a computer to a TV, shaped similarly
to PS/2
●● MIDI/Joystick port
Answer: On legacy systems, a female DB-15 port with the pins arranged
in 2 rows instead of 3
●● ST connector
Answer: Fiber connector (stick it in and twist it)
●● SC connector
FULL SOLUTIONS
●● CGA
Answer: Color Graphics Adapter - Supports 4 colors at 320x200 or 2
colors at 640x200
●● EGA
Answer: Enhanced Graphics Adapter - 16 colors at 640x350
●● VGA port
Answer: Video Graphics Array; 15-pin, three-row D-subminiature
connector. Other names: DB-15, DE-15, HD-15
●● VGA
Answer: Video Graphics Array - 16 colors at 640x480 or 256 colors at
lower resolutions
●● XGA
Answer: Extended Graphics Array - 65,536 colors at 800x600 or 256
colors at 1024x768
●● Wide XGA
,Answer: 1366x768 resolution
●● XGA+
Answer: 1152x864 resolution
●● Wide XGA+
Answer: 1440x900 resolution
●● SVGA
Answer: Super Video Graphics Array, 16M colors, 1280x1024
●● Super XGA
Answer: Super Extended Graphics Array, 1400x1050
●● WSXGA+
Answer: Widescreen SGA+ 1680x1050
●● Ultra XGA
Answer: 1600x1200
●● WUXGA
Answer: Widescreen Ultra Extended Graphics Array - 1920x1200
,●● DVI port
Answer: Digital Visual Interface; accepts both analog and digital signals
but only through specific connectors. DVI-D, DVI-A, and DVI-A/D or
DVI-I. DVI-I and DVI-D also support Dual-Link connections by having
extra pins.
●● DisplayPort
Answer: Compact 20-pin connector; supports up to 2560 x 1600 and 120
Hz refresh rates. Can drive up to four displays by a single port and is
capable of signal encryption and transmission of audio. Also comes in
Mini Displayport.
●● HDMI
Answer: High Definition Multimedia Interface; also comes in mini and
micro variations
●● S/PDIF
Answer: Sony/Phillips Digital Interface; digital audio output that comes
in both electrical and optical variations. Electrical usually uses RCA on
coax, optical uses fiber.
●● RG-6 cable
Answer: Coaxial connection 75 Ohms
, ●● RG-59 cable
Answer: Coaxial connection 75Ohms
●● F connector
Answer: Coaxial connector, pin center, outer threaded ring
●● Component video
Answer: Uses 3 RCA connectors that split the signal into its
components, 1 for brightness and 2 for color (Yellow, red, white)
●● S-Video
Answer: Sends video signal from a computer to a TV, shaped similarly
to PS/2
●● MIDI/Joystick port
Answer: On legacy systems, a female DB-15 port with the pins arranged
in 2 rows instead of 3
●● ST connector
Answer: Fiber connector (stick it in and twist it)
●● SC connector
