What program is used to make vector images?
InDesign
Photoshop
Illustrator
After Effects
What color is used to print crop marks and registration marks?
All of these
Magenta
Yellow
Black
Cyan
What design guideline should be used to create layouts?
Color scheme
Tracking adjustments
Slices
The rule of
thirds
Margins
What does the "POP" in POP-display stand for?
Package Orientation Points
Point on Package
Point of
Purchase
Poster of Purchase
Print of Poster
If black is added to a pure color, the graphic design term for the result is:
Night Color
Shade
Fuzzy
Tone
Color
Which of these papers would you use to minimize deterioration from age?
A4 Paper
Card-stock Paper
Glossy Paper
Acid-Free Paper
Tabloid Paper
What does the A in RGBA stand for?
alpha
transparency
aliasing
opacity
alpha-numerical
What is a typography serif?
A complete library of fonts.
A detail on the
end of a letter's stroke.
Letters that are formed from character pairs.
A typeface that looks handwritten.
Letters that fall below the baseline.
True or False? You can change any file type by changing the file name extension.
True
False
JPEG is typically a:
lossless format
lossy format
What program is used to browse and organize Adobe files?
Creative Cloud
Photoshop
Bridge
Edge
Which of these problems could keep a printer from being able to print a file?
All of these
Linked image files not included with the file
Raster images saved in RGB mode
Raster images sized down in the design program but
not in the raster image program
Fonts not converted to outlines or curves
When should an image be saved as an EPS file?
When you want to embed the fonts in the file.
When it is going to be used to make t-shirts by a
silk screen process.
(all of these)
When it needs to be printed in both color and
grayscale.
When it is going to be placed in another file and
printed on a postscript device.
Colors that are opposite of each other are called?
Complementary
Split-Complementary
Square
Analogous
Triadic
What is the difference between a bit map and vector image?
Bit maps are mostly used in the artistic industry,
while Vectors are used in scientific fields.
Bit maps were first pixels. Then later called
Vectors.
Bit maps are
made up of pixels. Vectors are defined by mathematical equations.
Bit maps are made up of 255 colors. Vectors are
made up of millions.
What is dot gain?
Monitor resolution setting.
Increased size
of halftone dots during printing.
Hanging punctuation.
Adding an outline to a font.
A transparent overlay layer.
This software is used for pagination:
Adobe Photoshop
CS5.5
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Dreamweaver
Resolution is a measurement of the output quality of an image, usually in terms of what?
feet, inches, or yards.
pixels, dots, or
lines per inch.
time, space, or distant.
All.
height, weight, or length.
What size is a Letter size sheet (USA)?
8.267" x 11.692"
8.5" x
11"
8" x 10"
11" x 17"
What dpi and color mode setting should you use for print?
72dpi - CMYK
72dpi - RGB
300dpi - CMYK
100dpi - CMYK
300dpi - RGB
Which type of color model is best suited for web graphics?
CMYK
sRGB
YUV
HSV
CAT
What does DPI stand for?
Dots Per Index
Digital Pixels per Inch
Digital Pixel Information
Dot Point Information
Dots Per Inch
What pixel density should one use for web layouts?
300 ppi
266 ppi
120 ppi
72 ppi
Which color best reflects these descriptions? Warmth, love, anger, danger, boldness, excitement, speed, strength, energy, determination, desire, passion, and courage.
red
purple
black
orange
yellow
What file format should images with transparent backgrounds be saved as?
tif
png
jpg
What is a "Bleed"?
The point when two ink colors merge
When printed
artwork is extended beyond the trim size
A type of gradient
In offset printing, printers mix inks using what colors?
Cyan, Magenta,
Yellow, and Black
Spot
Hex
RBG
What is a serif font?
Has small lines
trailing from the edges of letters and symbols
No extensions
HSL, one of the color-control options often found in software stands for:
Hue, Softness, Lightness
Hue, Saturation,
Lightness
Highlights, Saturation, Lowlights
What color does the "K" in CMYK stands for?
Blue
Magenta
Black
Red
Which of these best describes Photoshop and Illustrator:
Photoshop is CMYK, Illustrator is Monotone
Photoshop is web, Illustrator is print
Photoshop is
raster, Illustrator is vector
Photoshop is vector, Illustrator is raster
Photoshop is RGB, Illustrator is CMYK
What is a watermark?
A special plate the embosses plastic into paper
A translucent
mark that is mostly only visible when held up to light
Marks used to help printers line up their presses
A stain that accidentally happens during printing
Where the paper cutter will trim the page
Which of the following is a solution to create a balance?
Use one or two odd shapes and make the rest regular
shapes.
Any of these
Lighten a text-heavy piece with a bright, colorful
visual.
Repeat a specific shape at regular intervals,
either horizontally or vertically.
Center elements on a page.
What program can you use to export content for the web?
InDesign
Fireworks
Photoshop
Illustrator
All of these.
What does UI/UX design stand for?
United Interest/United Experience Design
United Interface/United Expert Design
User Interest/User Experience Design
User
Interface/User Experience Design
User Inbound/User Example Design
What is the recommended dots per inch (dpi) for images intended for display on the web or mobile devices?
150 dpi
350 dpi
72 dpi
300 dpi
Out of the following, which establishes typographic hierarchy?
Placement
All of these
Weight
Point size
Contrast
Of the following file types, which does NOT allow for a transparent background?
EPS / AI
jpeg
PNG
TIFF / PSD
What is the correct color mode for files to be printed?
RGB
CMYK
DUOTONE
GREYSCALE
Depends on the output device. RGB is better for
devices with larger gamma range.
When would it be best to use Illustrator rather than Photoshop?
When Anti-aliasing is necessary.
Creating
scalable graphics or when optimizing vector images.
When its requested.
Image editing and when manipulating photos.
Either one is just as good.
What is the right solution to create unity?
Choose visuals that share a similar color, theme,
or shape.
Line up photographs and text with the same grid
lines.
Any of these.
Repeat a color, shape, or texture in different
areas throughout.
Use the same color palette throughout.
True or False? Saving a 72dpi logo is excellent for commerical printing.
False
True
Which type of graphic can be infinitely rescaled without loss of resolution?
Pointilated
Pixelated
Despeckled
Vector
Raster
What are raster images saved in CMYK mode used for?
Web Sites
Printing
Powerpoint Presentations
Email Newsletters
Video
Texture can be used to:
All of these.
Provoke emotions.
Create contrast for interest.
Create a feeling of richness and depth.
Give a printed publication, presentation, or web
page a mood or personality.
What is the general resolution used for print?
600 ppi
144 ppi
300 ppi
72 ppi
Which image file format most commonly supports animation?
.psd
.gif
.tiff
.jpg
.ps
What does PPI stand for?
Pixels Picked Information
Points Picked Information
Pixels Per Index
Points Per Index
Pixels Per Inch
What restriction can a designer put on licensing the use of work that they have created?
Time frame in which it is produced
Quantity of items being produced
All of these
Geographic region in which it is produced
In what type of media it is produced
What does "ai" stand for regarding graphic design software?
Adobe Indesign
Alpha Identity
Auto Interlace
Photoshop
Adobe
Illustrator
What is the recommended dots per inch (dpi) for images to be printed?
300 dpi
35 dpi
150 dpi
72 dpi
What is the program Dreamweaver used for?
Vector Art
Print layout
Web Design and
web development
Animation
Which of the following is considered the industry standard for photo manipulation in graphic design?
Photoshop
Acrobat
Paint
GIMP
Dreamweaver
What graphical format Adobe Illustrator based on?
Raster
Pixel
Vector
What is color does the following hex value represent? #000000
Yellow
Blue
Black
Green
Red
Color can be used to:
Highlight important elements such as headlines and
subheads.
Group elements together or isolate them.
Signal the reader where to look first.
Provoke emotion.
All of these.
When referring to computers. A bit map would best be described as.....
a directed line segment whose length represents the
magnitude.
the line segment or its length from a fixed point
to a variable point.
a type of
graphic composed of pixels in a grid, where each pixel or "bit"
contains color.
an array of binary data.
What resolution is best suited for the web?
6 points per inch.
100 points per inch.
12 points per inch.
32 points per inch.
72 points per
inch.
Which file type does not render animation?
.gif
.swf
.tif
Which program is best for creating animation?
Adobe Flash.
Indesign.
What program is best used for vector illustration?
Adobe Indesign
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Flash
Adobe Dreamweaver
Photoshop is a product of :
Apple
Mac
Adobe
Macromedia
How many digits are in a hexadecimal color code?
3
4
6
12
5
What should raster images saved in RGB color mode never be used for?
Printing
Web Sites
Powerpoint Presentations
Video
Email Newsletters
What is leading?
The space
between the baseline of lines of type
The size of type
The space between letters
What is negative space?
A mirrored image.
The space around
and between the subject(s) of an image.
Vector shapes that have no color assigned.
Layers that are set to invisible.
The reduced space between words.
Which of these best describes "anti-aliasing"?
A smooth edge or
transition of pixels around a graphic, so it's not jagged.
Removal of errors and bad pixels from a low-res
image.
A rough placeholder graphic that will be replaced
before printing with a high-res version.
Rounding off the corners of a page.
Editing to take out the image's EXIF data.
EPS file format used to transfer post script information between programs is called...
Encapsulated
Post Script
Encapsulated Postproduction Script
(none of these)
Encapsulated Post Scan
What dpi should you use for raster images that will be printed in a glossy magazine?
266 - 300 dpi
240 - 266 dpi
1200 dpi
133 dpi
150 dpi
In typography, leading is
the distance
between the baselines of successive lines of type
the process of hand drawing letters using a lead
pencil
adding multiple dots between a chapter title and
the page number in the table of contents
adjusting two text boxes so the characters are
sitting on the same line
Which format can allow the adjustment of a design to any size without losing quality?
filename.gif
filename.eps
filename.png
filename.psd
filename.jpg
Gripper is...
The space on one
side of a document that is free of print to enable a sheet fed press to
"grip" the paper
The tongs used for pulling halftone prints from the
developer.
Best friend of Roman Emperor Augustus
The plastic case that holds slides for scanning.
Another word for bleed.
What does the printer use to know where to trim the paper after printing?
Crop Marks
Registration Marks
A Ruler
Color Bars
Why is black set to overprint by default in many programs?
Black mixed with anything else produces black.
To prevent white gaps from showing up around most
body text due to misregistration.
Most text is black and small text is hard to
register with knockouts and trapping.
(All of these
are reasons)
Adding black to most colors will not violate the
printing restrictions for TAC.
What would you call a grayscale image when printing offset?
Line art.
Halftone art.
Split fountain art.
Color art.
Posterized art.
What does it mean if two colors are complementary? They are:
next to each other on the color wheel.
perfectly shaded.
Analogous so they go together.
monochromatic based on the position.
opposite on the
color wheel.
How is a duotone image made?
By slightly offsetting two copies of the image so
that they will appear 3D when wearing special glasses.
By using two
colors of ink.
Having the image divided into half grayscale and
half CMYK.
By blending a gradient from a 100% color to a 0% of
the same color over the image.
By overlaying the image with a copy of itself,
increasing the saturation of the image.
What color does the hexadecimal code #FFFFFF make?
blue
white
black
yellow
red
Which of these is NOT an example of environmental graphics?
Bus-stop signs
Brochures
Billboards
Murals
Building wraps
Define "Ligature."
A type of pen often used for calligraphy
An accent mark that appears above some letters in
non-English languages
When a
character/glyph/grapheme is combined together with a one or more others
A fiber in the body that connects bones to other
bones
Which of the following is NOT a serif typeface?
Bodoni
Georgia
Minion Pro
Helvetica
Times New Roman
In printing, what is a bleed?
A section of the page before the edge of the page
that is safe to print within
When ink shows through to the other side of a page
Ink that accidentally spreads in an unwanted manner
Printing that
exceeds the trim line(s).
A design that carries over to multiple pages
What is a template sketch called in web design?
Page Sketch
Wireframe
Site Map
Thumbnail
What does a printer use to line up the various printing plates in a multi-color print job?
Color Bars
Registration
Marks
A T-square
In typography, kerning is
the distance between the baselines of successive
lines of type
the process of uniformly increasing or decreasing
the space between all letters in a block of text
the process of
adjusting the spacing between two characters
the process of selecting a typeface for a paragraph
style
What size sheet is called "Tabloid"?
11" x
17" (279mm x 432mm)
11" x 14" (279mm x 356mm)
8.5" x 11" (216mm x 279mm)
8.267" x 11.692" (210mm x 297mm)
Which one of the extensions are not a bitmap?
None
TIFF
JPG
JPEG
GIF
Pantone is:
Illustrator color values
Photoshop color values
Hex color values
A proprietary
color space
The height of a lower case letter is called the...
o height
small height
low height
x height
a height
In typography, tracking is...
uniformly adjusting the height of all characters
uniformly
increasing or decreasing the space between all letters in a block of text
the distance between the baselines of successive
lines of type
the process of selecting a document's typeface
Moiré is...
A special patterned paper popular for invitations.
Spotty, uneven ink absorption
To print one image over a previously printed image
A French Typography program.
Pattern
resulting from halftones and screen tints made with improperly aligned screens
What does "collateral" refer to?
All the tedious but necessary paperwork that needs
to be filled out before you can start designing.
Licensing images.
Established company designs, but using different
colors.
Printed material
used to provide information about a business and give it an image.
Web and print material used to promote sister
companies.
Of the following fonts, which is a serif font?
Arial
Verdana
Helvetica
Century Gothic
Georgia
C=0 / M=100 / Y=100 / K=0, CMYK values, will produce what color?
Red
White
Black
Green
Blue
Which software saves files by default as .png?
Fireworks
Indesign
Photoshop
Illustrator
Dreamweaver
Blue, blue-green, green is an example of:
analogous colors
monochromatic colors
complimentary colors
shades
tints
Which of these color pairs is analogous?
black-white
orange-blue
red-orange
yellow-purple
red-green
What is the result when white is mixed with a pure color?
A tint
Highlighting
A shade
White
Brighter
What file format should be used when saving a raster image for printing?
GIF
PNG
TIFF
All of these
JPG
In books and publications, odd numbered pages are on which side?
Downside.
Upside.
Left side.
Right side.
Underside.
Define "Folio"
A capitalized first letter of a chapter
When two letters are combined together into one
A terms for icon
A type of fold used in brochures
A book/page
size, or also a term meaning page number
Which of these color pairs is complementary?
red-green
green-blue
blue-red
yellow-green
blue-purple
How do you set trapping between elements within a raster image?
Apply a trapping filter to the file in the raster
image program.
Increase the Total Area Coverage of the ink.
Convert the image to CMYK.
Raster images
don't require internal trapping.
Change the color mode to 16 bits per channel.
A baseline grid refers to the layout guide for...
Headlines
Page numbers
Graphics
Binding area
Body text
Which color is used for eye mark in side for gravure printing multiple ups ?
White Color
Gold Color
Silver Color
White, Gold, Silver
Black
What is the size of a "Legal" sheet of paper?
8.267" x 11.692" (210 mm x 295 mm)
8.5" x
14" (215.9 mm x 355.6 mm)
8.5" x 11" (215.9mm x 279.4mm)
11" x 17" (279.4 mm x 431.8 mm)
What does the printer use to make sure the correct colors are being printed on the correct plates?
Crop Marks
Registration Marks
Color Bars
A Densitometer
What is an example of a knockout headline?
White headline
on a photograph.
Headline with an exclamation point.
Black headline on white paper.
Florescent ink headline.
Headline beneath photograph.
In the traditional color model, which color is complimentary to blue?
yellow
orange
green
white
purple
International Typographic Style developed in the 50's is also known by what other name?
Soho Style
Brutal Style
Swiss Style
Atomic Style
Modern Style
If a magazine cover file includes a spine, the publication will be...
Book bound
Perfect bound
Saddle stitched
Wire bound
In printing the term "caliper" refers to...
width of paper
thickness of ink deposit
diameter of print roller
paper thickness
thickness of finished publication
How is a type's point size measured?
By measuring a lower case 'x'
From Ascender to
Descender
The height of a capital 'E'
What dpi should you use for raster images that will be silkscreened on a screen that has thread count of 90?
90 - 110 dpi
170 dpi
300 dpi
72 dpi
96 dpi
What color do the first two digits in a hexadecimal represent?
Red
Blue
Green
White
None of the above.
What is flexography (or flexo) printing most commonly used for?
Solid pigment ink printing.
Lower cost
packaging printing.
Wireless network printing.
Embossed metallic printing.
Limited edition silkscreen printing.
Which one of these is not an expression of composition?
Series
Static
Symmetrical
Singular
Dynamic
How do you decide whether to spread or choke an object on top of and surrounded by another object?
You don't have to decide since all graphic software
programs automatically handle this without any flaws.
You always choke the top object if it is completely
surrounded by the bottom object.
If the top
object is lighter you spread, if the surrounding object is lighter you choke.
You always spread the top object if it is
completely surrounded by the bottom object.
All choices to spread or choke depend on the printing
press being used and must be decided by your printer.
How many Picas are in an inch?
6
3
12
18
24
The area of a printed sheet containing file information that is designed to be cut off in the binding process is called the...
Registration
Bleed
Slug
Color Key
With traditional halftone printing how long can a gradient be before it is definitely going to show banding?
6"
8"
10"
12"
24"
A yellow circle is on top of and completely surrounded by a blue box. How do you set the trapping if it is going to be printed using CMYK?
No trapping is necessary since yellow and blue are
complementary colors.
Spread the circle by overprinting a yellow stroke;
and overprint the circle's fill.
Spread the
circle by overprinting a yellow stroke; and knockout the circle's fill.
Choke the circle by overprinting a blue stroke; and
overprint the circle's fill.
Choke the circle by overprinting a blue stroke; and
knockout the circle's fill.
What dpi should you use for raster images that will be printed in a newspaper?
170 dpi
75 dpi
120 dpi
300 dpi
266 dpi
What is the purpose for the "rule of thirds" in an image?
All of the above.
To encourage placement of the main subject in the
center of the picture.
To discourage
placement of the subject at the center, or prevent a horizon from appearing to
divide a picture in half.
To create three equal sections in an image.
To align a subject within guidelines creating
harmony in the composition.
What does GCR stand for?
Gray Component
Replacement
Graphic Color Replacement
Grayscale Color Reduction
Graphic Color Renderer
Graphic Computer Render
What is the name for a common sort of typography ruler?
Point Scale Ruler
E-Scale Ruler
Picas Ruler
When looking at a color wheel, Red is at the top, Green is on the bottom, Blue and Orange tint are 180 degrees across from each other. Based on the color wheel, this is describe as what?
A Split-Complementary color scheme
A Square color
scheme
A Equilateral color scheme
A Cross-complementary color scheme
A Rectangle (tetradic) color scheme
