dESKTOP PUBLISHING - PART 1
1) A point is the measurement from the top of the
ascender to the bottom of the:
a. Bowl.
b. Baseline.
c. Serif.
d. Descender.
2) Red, yellow, and blue are what type of colors?
a. Primary
b. Secondary
c. Tertiary
d. Complementary
3) What is the visual perception of motion that is
repetitive?
a. Contrast
b. Movement
c. Emphasis
d. Rhythm
4) Empty space in a design is often referred to as:
a. White space.
b. Area.
c. Foreground.
d. Background.
5) The digital image to be used in a poster needs to
be cropped. What is actually being done to the
image?
a. Making it smaller by changing the width and height ratios
b. Deleting unwanted parts of an image so that the result is more useful
c. Making it larger by changing the width and height ratios
d. Changing the color scheme from CMYK to Pantone
6) Which system that is based on ink colors
common to printing is MOST widely used in
graphic communications?
a. HVC
b. Crayola
c. Pantone
d. Primary
7) Graphic communication is using what to convey
a message?
a. Morse code
b. Words, drawings and photographs
c. Radio commercials
d. Public speaking
8) What type of printing uses a plastic or rubber
carrier?
a. Gravure
b. Screen
c. Offset
d. Flexography
9) Mixing a primary and a secondary color
produces a:
a. Split complementary.
b. Tertiary.
c. Color triad.
d. Shade.
10) What type of printing is done when using
CMYK?
a. Spot color
b. Process color
c. Pantone
d. Black and white
11) Which is NOT a form of printing processes?
a. Gravure
b. Gutenberg
c. Offset
d. Flexography
12) In desktop publishing, the correct order for the
five stages of development is:
a. Rough-layout, comprehensive layout, thumbnails, and final product.
b. Thumbnails, comprehensive layout, roughlayout, and final product.
c. Thumbnails, comprehensive layout, roughlayout, and final product.
d. Thumbnails, rough-layout, comprehensive layout, and final product.
13) The image quality of a printer is measured in
what units?
a. DPI
b. LPI
c. PPI
d. CCD
14) What is Desktop Publishing?
a. An application software like PageMaker
b. The use of audio editing equipment
c. The use of a computer system and graphic
software
d. A software that allows you to layout a
document
15) Given a 3" x 5" space for a photograph in a
brochure and a 6" x 10" photograph, what
technique should be used in order to fit the
entire photograph into the brochure?
a. Scaling
b. Cropping
c. Deleting
d. Altering
16) What does a document show when a design
consistently uses the same typeface for
headings, subheadings, captions, and text?
a. Rhythm
b. Emphasis
c. Unity
d. Shape
17) In 1440, Gutenburg revolutionized the written
word with his invention of what?
a. Movable type
b. Paper
c. Ink
d. Halftones
18) What are examples of cool colors?
a. Orange, yellow and red
b. Pink, periwinkle and mauve
c. Black, white and gray
d. Blue, green and purple
19) Which emotions does the color blue generally
evoke?
a. Envy and luck
b. Bright and cheerful
c. Excitement and power
d. Calm and serious
20) Given a 4-column format for a newsletter with
2¼" columns, ½" gutters, and ½" margins, what
is the total width of the page in inches?
a. 11 1/8
b. 11 ½
c. 12 1/8
d. 12 ¼
21) Given a standard tri-fold brochure with ¾"
margins (top, bottom, left and right), what size
gutters in inches are needed in following layout
rules?
a. ½
b. ¾
c. 1
d. 1 ½
22) Given a 2" x 4" photograph and a 4" x 8" layout
space, what scale percentage is needed to fit the
photograph?
a. 50
b. 100
c. 150
d. 200
23) What are the three basic shapes?
a. Square, circle, rectangle
b. Rectangle, octagon, sphere
c. Square, circle, triangle
d. Octagon, triangle, sphere
24) The US department of labor publishes The Occupational Outlook Handbook where can you learn about the prospects in many fields. The projections are for how many years?
a. 5
b. 10
c. 15
d. 20
25) Time zones in the US and parts of Canada are divided into ____ standard time zones.
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
ascender to the bottom of the:
a. Bowl.
b. Baseline.
c. Serif.
d. Descender.
2) Red, yellow, and blue are what type of colors?
a. Primary
b. Secondary
c. Tertiary
d. Complementary
3) What is the visual perception of motion that is
repetitive?
a. Contrast
b. Movement
c. Emphasis
d. Rhythm
4) Empty space in a design is often referred to as:
a. White space.
b. Area.
c. Foreground.
d. Background.
5) The digital image to be used in a poster needs to
be cropped. What is actually being done to the
image?
a. Making it smaller by changing the width and height ratios
b. Deleting unwanted parts of an image so that the result is more useful
c. Making it larger by changing the width and height ratios
d. Changing the color scheme from CMYK to Pantone
6) Which system that is based on ink colors
common to printing is MOST widely used in
graphic communications?
a. HVC
b. Crayola
c. Pantone
d. Primary
7) Graphic communication is using what to convey
a message?
a. Morse code
b. Words, drawings and photographs
c. Radio commercials
d. Public speaking
8) What type of printing uses a plastic or rubber
carrier?
a. Gravure
b. Screen
c. Offset
d. Flexography
9) Mixing a primary and a secondary color
produces a:
a. Split complementary.
b. Tertiary.
c. Color triad.
d. Shade.
10) What type of printing is done when using
CMYK?
a. Spot color
b. Process color
c. Pantone
d. Black and white
11) Which is NOT a form of printing processes?
a. Gravure
b. Gutenberg
c. Offset
d. Flexography
12) In desktop publishing, the correct order for the
five stages of development is:
a. Rough-layout, comprehensive layout, thumbnails, and final product.
b. Thumbnails, comprehensive layout, roughlayout, and final product.
c. Thumbnails, comprehensive layout, roughlayout, and final product.
d. Thumbnails, rough-layout, comprehensive layout, and final product.
13) The image quality of a printer is measured in
what units?
a. DPI
b. LPI
c. PPI
d. CCD
14) What is Desktop Publishing?
a. An application software like PageMaker
b. The use of audio editing equipment
c. The use of a computer system and graphic
software
d. A software that allows you to layout a
document
15) Given a 3" x 5" space for a photograph in a
brochure and a 6" x 10" photograph, what
technique should be used in order to fit the
entire photograph into the brochure?
a. Scaling
b. Cropping
c. Deleting
d. Altering
16) What does a document show when a design
consistently uses the same typeface for
headings, subheadings, captions, and text?
a. Rhythm
b. Emphasis
c. Unity
d. Shape
17) In 1440, Gutenburg revolutionized the written
word with his invention of what?
a. Movable type
b. Paper
c. Ink
d. Halftones
18) What are examples of cool colors?
a. Orange, yellow and red
b. Pink, periwinkle and mauve
c. Black, white and gray
d. Blue, green and purple
19) Which emotions does the color blue generally
evoke?
a. Envy and luck
b. Bright and cheerful
c. Excitement and power
d. Calm and serious
20) Given a 4-column format for a newsletter with
2¼" columns, ½" gutters, and ½" margins, what
is the total width of the page in inches?
a. 11 1/8
b. 11 ½
c. 12 1/8
d. 12 ¼
21) Given a standard tri-fold brochure with ¾"
margins (top, bottom, left and right), what size
gutters in inches are needed in following layout
rules?
a. ½
b. ¾
c. 1
d. 1 ½
22) Given a 2" x 4" photograph and a 4" x 8" layout
space, what scale percentage is needed to fit the
photograph?
a. 50
b. 100
c. 150
d. 200
23) What are the three basic shapes?
a. Square, circle, rectangle
b. Rectangle, octagon, sphere
c. Square, circle, triangle
d. Octagon, triangle, sphere
24) The US department of labor publishes The Occupational Outlook Handbook where can you learn about the prospects in many fields. The projections are for how many years?
a. 5
b. 10
c. 15
d. 20
25) Time zones in the US and parts of Canada are divided into ____ standard time zones.
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
Answers:
1. D
2. A
3. D
4. A
5. B
6. C
7. B
8. D
9. B
10. B
11. B
12. D
13. A
14. C
15. A
16. C
17. A
18. D
19. D
20. B
21. D
22. D
23. C
24. B
25. D
1. D
2. A
3. D
4. A
5. B
6. C
7. B
8. D
9. B
10. B
11. B
12. D
13. A
14. C
15. A
16. C
17. A
18. D
19. D
20. B
21. D
22. D
23. C
24. B
25. D