Questions

Question 1

A designer should be able to

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Design a newspaper assignment

Question 2

Balance, continuity, and or unity are examples of

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Principles

Question 3

A really effective design should have

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Immediate graphic impact

Question 4

A “mock up” given to a client is considered a

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Proof

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A “mock up” of a finished package design is called a

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Prototype

Question 6

When a client gives an artist the requirements of a project/job, the artist calls these basic requirements

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Specifications

Question 7

You have been commissioned to create a logo for a local company. The client insists their symbol be an exact duplicate of a copyright-protected image from another company. Your best approach would be to

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Suggest that the client use an original idea and explain copyright infringement laws

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A set of rules explaining acceptable usage of a logo is called a

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Corporate identity manual

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The main task when creating a logo is to create a symbol that

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Communicates something about the client or product

Question 10

If asked to create a package design for a children’s cereal, what would be the best choice for the target market

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Cartoon or caricature

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The process of generating as many ideas as possible rapidly is called

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Brainstorming

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To compare approaches/solutions to a design problem/ project in an expedient way is to create a

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Series of thumbnails sketches

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When selecting the most readable type for a billboard application/media vehicle,a design should consider

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Bold San serif

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Historically, the color purple represents

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Royalty

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In our culture,the color yellow represents

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Happiness

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Primary colors would be an appropriate color to use in a doctors office or clothing line for what target market?

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Infants and toddlers

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When laying out a multiple-page book,start by

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Design a consistent page format

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An appropriate use of a “duo tone” image would be of a/an

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Mother and child

Question 19

A well designed travel brochure should contain

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Less text,more pictures

Question 20

A video storyboard is used primarily to

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Establish a sequence of events/actions

Question 21

Billboards convey a message in mere seconds so the design should

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Convey a single clear simple concept

Question 22

When developing thumbnails, the work must be _______ as the final product.

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The same aspect ratio/ proportions

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A __________ leave little doubt as to what the final product will look like

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Comprehensive

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When designing a children’s ad, the use of ________ may be a good visual approach.

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Cartoons

Question 25

How many 2 x 3.5 inch images can be placed on a single-sided 8.5 x 11 inch paper,without bleeds?

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8

Question 26

A ________ pencil would give you the most contrast in a graphite drawing.

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6B

Question 27

Reductions and enlargements percentages can be calculated by using a ___________

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Proportion wheel

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Converging lines,eye level and vanishing points are associated with

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Perspective

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What are 2 types of water color paint?

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Opaque and transparent

Question 30

In photography, the term megapixel means

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One million pixels

Question 31

The four most common sizes for a professionally printed photograph are 4x5", 8x10" , 11x 14" and

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16 x 20 inches

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In an ad layout when a photo fades out at the edges to the white of the background before it overlaps another element or text is called

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Vignette

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An image whose colors or shades of grey merge smoothly into the other colors or shades instead of producing a series of large and small dots to create the image is called

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Continuous tone

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A __________ image contains dots of varying sizes and spacing that represent different values and produce a gradient like effect.

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Halftone

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Art work that is created with lines, no shading, usually black and white is called

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Line art

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In commercial art and digital design , PMS stands for

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Primary matching system

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The following Would indicate a "spot color " job:

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Pantone C 78

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The process colors used in printing a four color job are

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Cyan, magenta, yellow, black

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What type of printing would be a process used to print on textiles (cloths)?

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Screen

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The process of thermography creates a __________ or embossed finish.

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Raised

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When sending artwork to output, the designer should send all digital files AND a

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Mock-up sample (prototype)

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Good eye contact,acknowledgement and asking questions are all signs of a/an

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Active listener

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Which would NOT be inappropriate to be asked on an interview,where the others have no relevance to the July are applying for?

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Career objectives

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A designer should ________ while on a photo shoot.

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Observe and direct the photographer

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A software system that incorporates images, sound and a slide show is

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Multimedia

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When creating a multimedia presentation,use

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Graphics and typography

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Multimedia is the best quality in what format?

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JPEG/ compressed

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How many fonts are typically considered acceptable in an ad layout?

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1-3

Question 49

The orientation of a page called "landscape" is

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Horizontally