What are the default foreground and background colors?
Blue and yellow
Black and white
Red and green
Green and yellow
What does selecting a layer mode do?
Copies the layer to all the other layers
Locks the layer so that it can't be changed
Changes the
appearance of the layer or image based on underlying layers
Temporarily hides the layer from view
What happens if you paint on a Quickmask with black?
The painted area will be black
The painted areas are added to the selection
The painted
areas are subtracted from the selection
Painting an area has no effect
In order to create a symmetrical bi-linear gradient, the Blend Tool must be dragged from the
center of the
image.
left side of the image.
top of the image.
bottom of the image.
What can you do with the Tool Options dialog?
Change the tool icons
Preview how a tool works
Set various
options for the selected tool
Change which tools are available
After adding a new brush to GIMP's search path, what must you do to make it visible in the toolbox?
Drag and drop the brush file onto the image window
Click on Use New Brush with the mouse
Hit the Refresh
button to reindex the brush directory
You cannot add new brushes
Distort filters are used to do what to an image?
Create special
effects
Fix out of focus images
Remove atmospheric distortion
Correct hues created by color filters
What must you do with floating selections before you can edit them?
Anchor to an
existing layer or convert to a normal layer
Create an alpha channel in the selection
Hide all the existing layers
Paste the contents onto an existing layer
Transparency can be completely eliminated by...
adding an Alpha Channel.
adding a Layer Mask.
Semi-Flattening the image.
removing the
Alpha Channel.
How do you toggle QuickMask on and off?
Type in QM on the keyboard
Double click the title bar
Click the first button at the bottom left of the
toolbox
Small button in
the lower left corner of the image screen
What must a file have in order to save it with alpha transparency?
A green layer
An alpha channel
Both an alpha and beta channel
A transparent layer
The GIMP's native format is
.PSD
.GMP
.XCF
.PNG
How do you start the Paths tool?
Select the relevent icon in the toolbox
Use Tools>Paths from the image menu
Use the hotkey B
All of these are
correct
How do you manipulate text to create special effects outside the text editor?
Text may only be edited with the text editor
Export the text to a raster based drawing program
Convert the text
item into a selection or path
Explode the text
How can you access help for an unfamiliar tool?
Search the help files index
Read the manual
Hover the mouse
over the tool and press F1
Search the internet
What mode must the image be in order for the Colorify filter to be used?
RGB
Grayscale
Indexed
CMYK
How does GIMP make text editable?
By blending text into the background color
By putting text on top of all the other layers
By placing each
text item on a separate text layer
You cannot use text in GIMP
How do you save specific settings for a tool so you can use them again later?
Use the Save
Options to button on the Tool Options dialog
Custom settings cannot be saved
Use the toolbox command
Use the Saveas command
What purpose does the alpha channel serve?
Encodes
information about layer transparency
It is the first channel in an image
Tells all the other layers what color to be
Sets the color index for every layer
How can you see all the images you have open?
Click on the Active image thumbnail to open the
Images dialog
All of these are
correct
Use the Windows menu
use ALT+TAB to scroll through them
What tool do you use to trim unwanted information from a photo?
Use the Eraser
Use the Resize button
Use the Crop
tool
Use the Trim tool
Which of the following operations CANNOT be undone with the Undo Tool?
Inverting the colors of the image.
Zooming in with
the Zoom Tool.
Increasing the image size.
Rotating the image.
What is one use for guides?
To keep you from getting lost
Guides you through the process
You can send a guide for coffee
Help with
positioning an object accurately
How do group your favorite tools for easy access?
Tools cannot be grouped
Use a coding editor to change the positions of the
windows
Open several dialogs at one time
Use the Tools
dialog
How do you change the active pattern?
Type in Pattern
Click on the
pattern in the toolbox and use the dialog
Draw a new pattern
Import a new pattern from a pattern website
How are palettes accessed in GIMP?
By using the
Palettes dialog
By typing Palettes with the keyboard
There are no palettes in GIMP
By clicking the Paths dialog
What does a palette allow you to do in GIMP?
Store colorwheel files
Paint with gradients
Paint with a
selected set of colors
Use 16 million colors at the same time
Why does the shape of the cursor change when inside the image window?
To blend in with the image
To stand out from the image
To make it easier to see
To indicate
which tool is active
How can a selection be feathered?
Manually with the Paintbrush tool.
By using the Feather tool afterwards only.
By pre-selecting a feather amount in tool options
only.
By pre-selecting
a feathering amount in tool options, or by using the Feather tool afterwards.
What happens to the Undo History when an image is closed?
It is saved as a separate file.
It is deleted.
It is saved as a series of images.
It is saved into the image metadata.
What is a gradient?
A tool to make road drawings smooth
The meaure of angle in a photographic image
A group of colors randomly selected and placed in a
set
A set of colors
arranged in a linear order
What do the commands in the zoom submenu do?
Makes the computer run faster
Stretches the image to fit in the window
Change the
magnification level of the image
Change the image size
The term Units refers to what?
The number of editing sessions for an image
The unit of
measure in the image
The distance from one corner of the image to the
other
The amount of ram required to edit the image
What is meant by the term tileable pattern?
The pattern can be sent to a ceramic shop and made
into custom tiles
The pattern has white spaces between each
repetition
The pattern can
be adjoined left to right or top to bottom without creating seams
It can be used in architectural drawings of
kitchens
In a JPEG file, what happens if image compression is increased?
You have to use a decompressor to open the file
The file takes up more space
Image quality
decreases
It takes longer to open the file
How do you return tool settings to their default values?
Exit the program and restart
Default settings cannot be restored
Use the Reset
Options Button on the Tool Options dialog
Use the Restore menu
How many fonts can you use with GIMP?
Only Windows True Type fonts can be used
GIMP supports a dozen fonts
Almost any font
ever created can be used with GIMP
Only one font at a time may be used in an image
What must you do to use an image produced in GIMP in another program?
Copy the file to the other program's folder
You cannot use GIMP images in other programs
All programs support GIMP's native format
Export a file
format that the program can use
What tools may be used to paint on a QuickMask?
Only the Brush tool
Any drawing tool
and the Bucket Fill tool
Only the eraser
Only the Pencil tool
How do you recall saved settings for a tool?
Exit the program and restart
Start with an image that used those settings and
copy
Use the Restore
Options button on the Tool Options dialog
Use the Restore menu
How do you change the size of a brush?
By using the
scale slider
By erasing the bits that are too big
By typing Brushsize at the keyboard
By trimming the brush with scissors
How do specifiy which portion of an image you want to modify?
Use the View Selection command
Draw a red circle around it
Use the
Selection tools
Cut and paste the part you want into a new image
How does the Emboss filter change the image's appearance?
Inverts the colors
Gives the
appearance of being stamped and carved
Makes the image black and white
Adds a raised letter text tag
How do you change the colors in the basic palette?
Click on the
color and use the Color Editor
Type in Change Color
Use the paintbucket tool
Use the color adjustment on your monitor
How do you create new gradients?
Use the Paint program that comes with Microsoft
operating systems
Use the Gradient
Editor
Use the Toolbox Editor
Use the Brush tool to edit existing tools
How many images can you open at a time?
As many as your
computer will handle
Ten is the maximum
One at a time
No more than twelve
A pixmap or set of pixmaps used for painting is called what in GIMP?
Eraser
Knife
Trowel
Brush
How do you delete saved options for a tool?
Find the file in Windows Explorer and use the
delete key
File a service request with your IT department
Right click on the tool and delete it
Use the Delete
Options Button on the Tool Options dialog
What tool can be used to sharpen a slightly blurry image?
Saturation
Defuzz
Focus
Unsharp Mask
What images can be used to create brushes?
Almost any image
Only images created in GIMP
Images cannot be used to create brushes
Only images copied with GIMP
Instead of tracing around an area of interest, which tool allows you to paint your selection?
MaskIt
PaintQuick
QuickMask
QuickPaint
What does the HSV noise filter do?
Removes noise from the active selection or layer
Adds noise to
the active layer or selection to create a grainy effect
Despeckles an image
Cleans up the audio in a movie clip
How can you quickly restore dialogs that have been closed?
Restart the program
Use the Options command
Use the Windows
menu command
Use the Preferences command
What is Dot for Dot mode?
The image color are inverted one pixel at a time
The image is copied pixel by pixel into another
image window
The image is displayed at the same size that it
prints
Provided zoom
factor is 100%; each pixel is displayed as one pixel on the screen
What is a Palette?
A color selector for dipping brushes with the mouse
A board artists use to apply paint
A set of
discrete colors
In order to have varying degrees of transparency in a single layer...
there must be a Layer Mask.
the layer opacity must be adjusted.
there must be an
Alpha Channel.
the image must be Flattened
How do raster graphics files store graphical elements?
In a resolution independent format
As specially encoded text
As arrays of
pixels
As a combination of pixels and text
What happens if you toggle QuickMask off with an active selection?
The selection is erased
The selection is
displayed with marching ants
The selection is lost
The selection is copied to the clipboard
What happens if you click and drag a selection with handles?
You move the contents of the selection
You cannot move a selection outline
You create a new layer called Move
You move the
selection outline, not it's contents
If the layers window is closed, how do you open it?
go to Tools > Dockable Windows > Layers
go to Image > Mode > Layers
go to Windows
> Dockable Dialogs > Layers
go to View > Mode > Layers
What happens to a photograph viewed in indexed mode?
It increases the resolution by a factor of 2
Colors wash out to black and white
It looks coarse
and grainy
You can only view one color at a time
What is brush spacing?
The distance
between consecutive brush marks
The distance between brush files in each folder
The distance between brush icons in the tool box
The distance from one brush stroke to another
Where is the one place you can always find any tool?
There is no one place to find every tool
The Toolbox
In the dialog docks
The Tools menu
What is the Curves tool used for?
Correcting
exposure problems in photos
Bending objects in photos
Correcting alignment problems in photos
Highlighting curvy roads on maps
What opacity is required to render Difference Clouds?
One-hundred percent opacity only.
Any opacity.
Any opacity
other than complete transparency.
Complete transparency only.
What is a drawable?
Tools that draw simple objects in images
Tools that allow you to draw on images
Anthing that you can draw in GIMP
Anything that
can be drawn on with painting tools
What is the purpose of the Posterize filter?
Applying a paint-like effect to the image.
Indexing the colors of the image.
Applying a cartoon-like effect to the image.
Reducing the
number of colors.
Which tools may be used to paint with gradients?
Only the Bucket Fill tool
Only the Pencil tool
Any of the
drawing tools maybe used with gradients
Only the Gradient Paint Brush
Which of the following are selection tools in GIMP?
Airbrush Select Tool, Fuzzy Select Tool, Free
Select Tool
Fuzzy Select
Tool, Free Select Tool, Scissors Select Tool,
Airbrush Select Tool, Scissors Select Tool, Fuzzy
Select Tool
Free Select Tool, Clone Select Tool, Fuzzy Select
Tool
How do you create a guide?
Type guide on the command line
Drag the word help from the menu into the image
Click and drag a
ruler into the image
Shift click and drag the word guide from the menu
How can you automatically fix an underexposed image?
Use the Equalize tool
Increase the exposure time on your camera
Move the Exposure slide control
Use the
Normalize tool
How do you delete a guide?
Use the eraser tool
Drag it out of
the image
Right click and hit delete
Use the delete key
How can you tell which brush is active?
You can only tell by looking at the Current Brush
variable
The cursor changes to represent the current brush
There is no way to tell until you start painting
The current
brush is shown in the Brush/Pattern/Gradient areal of the toolbox
What do brushstrokes look like when painted with a gradient?
They start out dark, but become sparkly in the
middle
They are the same color on each end, but different
in the middle
They change
color from one end to the other
They start out near the bottom of the image and end
near the top
What does it mean when a file is dirty?
The file has been corrupted
Your file contains adult oriented images
You are
attempting to close a file that has been edited but not saved
The file cannot be saved
What happens if you paint on a Quickmask with white?
The painted area will be white
The painted
areas are added to the selection
Painting an area has no effect
The painted areas are subtracted from the selection
What happens to non-text changes made to a text layer if you edit the text later?
Everything on the text layer is deleted
Any changes made
after the text is edited are lost if the text is edited again
Everything on the text layer is copied to a new
layer
No changes can be made without the text editor
What is the helpline?
A website for GIMP users
A line that will layout a pattern for your approval
A phone number you can call to get help with GIMP
A thin line that
shows how a finished line will look
What does the small curved line with 2 arrowheads (next to the color swatches) do?
Moves the selection set down and left
Swaps foreground
and back ground colors
Rotates the image
Switches from landcape to portrait mode
What are the four selection modes?
Replace, Add,
Subtract, Intersect
Feather, Hard Edge, Random, Adaptive
Multiply, Add, Subtract, Divide
Hue, Saturation, Lightness, Alpha
What happens if you already have a selection when initializing QuickMask?
The mask
initializes with the content of the selection
You cannot initialize QuickMask with an existing
selection
The original selection will be merged with the new
selection
The original selection is discarded
Which of these Color Tools have the same basic functionality?
Brightness-Contrast,
Levels, Curves
Threshold, Levels, Curves
Color Balance, Hue-Saturation, Desaturate
Colorize, Hue-Saturation, Color Balance
What is the purpose of Dithering an indexed image?
Dithering reduces the size of an indexed image.
Dithering
prevents loss of detail due to banding.
Dithering makes animation possible.
Dithering preserves all original colors of the
un-indexed source.
Stroking a path created from text give you the possibility to create what?
Paths cannot be used to manipulate text
Much higher
quality results than rendering text as a layer
Poor quality text in relation to other methods
Creating 3D text
Layers may be rotated
in increments of 90, 180, and 270 degrees or by Arbitrary
Rotation.
in increments of 90 degrees only.
by Arbitrary Rotation only.
in increments of
90 and 180 degrees or by Arbitrary Rotation.
How do you change the size of a parametric brush?
Through either
keypresses or mouse wheel rotations
By manually editing the parameters
By clicking the up and down arrows on the brush
By using formulas to change the size
Which filter changes affected pixels to a random color?
Glass
Hurl
Random
Wind
How can you change the opacity of a simple selection?
Use the eraser
tool with the desired opacity
Use a fade command
Change the layer opacity
Apply a glass material
How are graphical elements represented in SVG files?
In a resolution
independent format
As arrays of pixels
SVG files are not image files
As a combination of pixels and text
How many layer modes are available in GIMP?
Twelve
Fifty
Twenty one
Nine
What is the file extension for animated brushes?
.gxc
.gih
.grx
.gab
Which distortion filter can be used to produce an image that looks like a sketch?
Laplace
Difference of
Gaussians
Neon edge detect
Glass Block
On the multiwindow interface, closing Toolbox will yield what result?
You cannot close the tool box
You can only view images
GIMP will exit
after confirming this action
You will not have access to the tools
What does the color area in the toolbox show?
GIMP's basic
palette
The brightest and darkest colors
The last color used
The most used colors in the image
Which tools alter the colors in some part of the image?
Paint tools
Fade tools
Pigment tools
Color tools
What is the Shrink Wrap command used for?
To resize the
window to fit the image
To resize the image window to fit the screen
To resize the image to fit the window
To wrap the image to protect it from unauthorized
editing
Can you use GIMP to draw complicated drawings?
GIMP is a good cad program
GIMP is not
designed to be used for drawing
GIMP will draw only basic shapes like rectangles
GIMP is a great drawing tool for artists
What is the purpose of the Color Exchange tool?
Swapping one
color in the image with another.
Indexing the colors of the image.
Swapping the colors of the image with their
inversions.
Swapping the colors of the image with those of
another image.
What is the difference between the Paintbrush and Pencil Tools?
The Pencil Tool can draw in various shapes.
The Pencil Tool can only produce lines one pixel
thick.
The Pencil Tool has only one brush shape.
The Pencil Tool
is not antialiased.
The points of a path may be edited...
at any time.
after finishing the path
until the tool
is switched.
only if the stroke is undone.
Which tools alter the color distribution of the entire image?
Image Alteration tools
Pigment tools
Paint tools
Color tools
When can you use the Windows menu command?
Only by shelling out to the operating system
Only when it is flashing
Anytime the program is running
Only when an
image is open
What happens if you click and drag a selection without handles?
You move the contents of the selection
You move the selection outline
You erase the contents of the selection
You create a new
selection
What is the keyboard shortcut for opening the Image menu?
Ctrl+Alt+End
Shift+F10
Alt+F10
Ctrl+Alt+F12
How do you separate an object with a complex shape for selection?
Use feathering
Use the separate command
Use an object layer
Use a sharp selection
"Dilate" is found under which filter category?
Enhance
Distort
Blur
Generic
Where can you find the Colors tools in the default setup?
Only in the Colors dialog
In the toolbox and the menus
Only in the menu
bar
Only in the toolbox
How many operations can be done before Undo Memory is used up?
An infinite amount without having to save manually.
An infinite amount, as long as the undo history is
saved each time.
Only one.
The number
varies depending on operation size.
Can text be edited after a text layer has been modified with another tool or filter?
No, all modifications must be undone before
editing.
Yes, all modifications will remain in the edited
text.
Yes, but all
modifications will be discarded.
No, text layers cannot be edited.
How do you create multiple views of the same image?
You cannot have multiple views of the same image
Use the window command
Use the New View
command
Use the Nview Menu
What does feathering allow you to do?
Float a pasted object into place slowly
Soften the sharp
edges of a selection
Sharpen fuzzy images
Sharpen the edges of the selected image
What sort of operation can be performed on an image with the Image Menu items?
Only operations not available in the tool box
Nearly every
operation possible in GIMP
Only operations that are customized
Only a select set of expert level tools
In QuickMask, which area is normally fogged over?
The image boundary
The cut and paste objects
The selected area
The unselected
area
What is the keyboard shortcut to fit an image in the window?
Shift+Ctrl+E
zoomfit
Ctrl+F+Z
Shift+Z
Which tool can be used to add 3D depth and effects to an image?
Illusion
Cubism
Bump Map
Map Object
How do you reset the palette to the default colors?
Use the paintbrush tool
Click on the
default colors icon
Close and restart the program
Click the Reset All button
What happens if you paint on a Quickmask with gray?
The painted areas are partially subtracted
The painted
areas are partially selected
The painted area will be gray
Painting an area has no effect
The Transform tools are used for what purpose?
To fix out of focus images
To change the image from color to black and white
To alter the
geometry of the image
To add elements from other images
How do you fix a digital photo that's not straight?
Use the Straighten tool
Take another photo
Use the Rotate
tool
Crop the photo to eliminate as much background as
possible
The clone tool...
can be used on multiple layers, but only in the
image it samples.
can only be used on the layer that it samples.
will remember the last sample used after switching
tools.
can be used
across multiple layers and images.
What happens when you drag and drop an image into the toolbox window?
The image opens
in it's own image window
The image is added to the current image as another
layer
It replaces the current image with the new one
The images are merged into one
What is the purpose of the Colorize tool?
Rotates the hues of each individual color.
Applies a single
hue to the entire image.
Swaps one color of the image with another.
Replaces the colors of a black and white image.
The Pixelize filter is found under which category?
Distort
Generic
Blur
Artistic
In order to use the NL Filter, what property must a layer have?
It must have an Alpha Channel
It must have a Mask Layer
It must not have
an Alpha Channel
It must have one-hundred percent opacity.
How does GIMP feather objects?
By reducing the resolution around the selection
edge
By using a fogging tool
By deleting randomly selected pixels
By applying a
Gaussian blur to the selection channel
What two things must happen in order to use the Paths tool?
Path tools can be used anytime with no
prerequisites
You must create a path, then massage it
You must create
a path, then stroke it
You must choose a path, and use the compass
