The actual number of pixels (resolution) in a monitor is called ______ resolution.

• A. Dynamic
• B. Native
• C. Maximum
• D. Virtual

Answer: (B)

The main idea is that a display has a fixed, physical grid of pixels, and that grid is called its native resolution. This is the actual number of pixels the screen is built to show, such as 1920 by 1080 or 3840 by 2160. When you run the display at its native resolution, each input pixel maps directly to one corresponding pixel on the screen, so the image is at its sharpest because there’s no scaling or interpolation happening. If you choose a non-native resolution, the image has to be scaled to fit that fixed grid, which can make it look softer or blurrier. Terms like dynamic resolution describe changing the rendering size for performance reasons, not the physical pixel count. Virtual resolution refers to a rendering target that may be scaled to the native pixels, and maximum resolution is about the highest input size a monitor can accept, not the actual panel resolution.