Test your basic knowledge |

Computer Graphics Design

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Any form of communication used to inform - persuade - or remind a consumer about a product or service.






2. A type of graphics in which the image is created using a series of pixels.






3. One 0 or 1 of binary code






4. A file format typically found on higher-end digital cameras; the cameras performs no enhancement processing. This format maintains the best picture quality - but because it's proprietary format - not all images viewers can display it.






5. CADD line placed on a drawing to indicate measurements






6. Determines the color model used to display and print the photoshop file






7. Computer aided drafting and design






8. CADD line made with a series of dashes representing an unseen surface






9. An area on a layer or image - that has been chosen using a marquee tool - to be edited/painted/changed. This effectively protects all other parts of the layer or image.






10. Causes lines or objects to "jump" to a predetermined location






11. This affects the highlights - shadows - and midtones of an image.






12. Uniformly spaced lines.






13. The extent to which something blocks light. You can change the opacity of layers - filters - and effects so that more (or less) of the underlying image shows through.






14. Measurement unit for pixel count on digital cameras






15. Contols how different areas within a layer or layer set are hidden and revealed to show layers beneath






16. A setting in photoshop that has been placed/installed in the menu bar for you - so that you don't have to repeatedly create these particular settings for a project. Example: US Paper






17. The purity of a hue or color.






18. Any area that is free from type or graphics; also known as negative space






19. Adding white to a hue






20. 8 bits= byte. Measurement unit of storage space on the computer






21. An image/line/shape made only in black - it has no gray. Bitmap mode only contains black and white pixels.






22. CADD drawing consisting of front - top - and right side view






23. To pick or choose something to work with on the screen. Usually an arrow or box in the tools






24. Paper orientation that is horizontal






25. Part of the page in which there are no images or text






26. The size of each element in relationship to the whole piece






27. In color - the word shade is used to reference how dark the color is. For example - hunter is a shade of green. Shades are derived from a combination of hue and black.






28. In color - the word tint is used to reference how light a color is.






29. A set of instructions that causes some action to take place






30. A feature that hides specific areas so that you can work on the part of the image that is not masked.






31. Stylized or simplified versions of natural shapes






32. Closeness creates a bond between people and between elements on a page






33. A message - paid for by a company or organization - used to persuade consumers to purchase a particular product or service






34. To make a file small so it uses less storage space






35. A file format for storing images - including photographs and line art that is now owned by Adobe Systems






36. The exact center of the page.






37. A device that captures a copy of a 2-D object so it can be brought into the computer






38. The effects created by photographs or digital images






39. When one or more elements on a page are not balanced






40. A type of creative thinking in which one generates new solutions to problems






41. Design is typically off-center or created with an odd or mismatched number of disparate elements






42. Freeform lines






43. Converting to binary code ( i.e. video - voice - scanning)






44. It also includes data compression - but because it is limited to 256 colors - it is more effective for scanned images such as illustrations rather than color photos.






45. Visual element in a page design that the viewer notices first






46. Each time you click when using a selection tool or the pen tool an anchor point is created; each point is the beginning of a new line segment.






47. Imaginary lines dividing the image into thirds both horizontally and vertically. You place important elements of your composition where these lines intersect.






48. Unit of measurement. 72 points= 1"






49. Design in which eye moves from left to right - down to the lower left and to the right again






50. Shapes found in nature or they can be manmade shapes