Graphic Designer MCQs

Graphic Designer MCQs

Answer these 100+ Graphic Designer MCQs and assess your grip on the subject of Graphic Designer.
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1: What program is used to make vector images?

A.   Photoshop

B.   After Effects

C.   InDesign

D.   Illustrator

2: C=0 / M=100 / Y=100 / K=0, CMYK values, will produce what color?

A.   Black

B.   Blue

C.   Green

D.   Red

E.   White

3: Which of these best describes "anti-aliasing"?

A.   Rounding off the corners of a page.

B.   Removal of errors and bad pixels from a low-res image.

C.   A rough placeholder graphic that will be replaced before printing with a high-res version.

D.   A smooth edge or transition of pixels around a graphic, so it's not jagged.

E.   Editing to take out the image's EXIF data.

4: What dpi should you use for raster images that will be printed in a glossy magazine?

A.   133 dpi

B.   240 - 266 dpi

C.   266 - 300 dpi

D.   150 dpi

E.   1200 dpi

5: What dpi and color mode setting should you use for print?

A.   100dpi - CMYK

B.   300dpi - RGB

C.   72dpi - CMYK

D.   72dpi - RGB

E.   300dpi - CMYK

6: What are raster images saved in CMYK mode used for?

A.   Printing

B.   Video

C.   Email Newsletters

D.   Web Sites

E.   Powerpoint Presentations

7: Which type of graphic can be infinitely rescaled without loss of resolution?

A.   Pixelated

B.   Raster

C.   Vector

D.   Despeckled

E.   Pointilated

8: What graphical format Adobe Illustrator based on?

A.   Pixel

B.   Vector

C.   Raster

9: What resolution is best suited for the web?

A.   12 points per inch.

B.   6 points per inch.

C.   72 points per inch.

D.   100 points per inch.

E.   32 points per inch.

10: What program is best used for vector illustration?

A.   Adobe Indesign

B.   Adobe Flash

C.   Adobe Dreamweaver

D.   Adobe Illustrator

11: Photoshop is a product of :

A.   Mac

B.   Apple

C.   Macromedia

D.   Adobe

12: Which program is best for creating animation?

A.   Indesign.

B.   Adobe Flash.

13: Color can be used to:

A.   Provoke emotion.

B.   Group elements together or isolate them.

C.   Highlight important elements such as headlines and subheads.

D.   All of these.

E.   Signal the reader where to look first.

14: What is color does the following hex value represent? #000000

A.   Black

B.   Green

C.   Blue

D.   Yellow

E.   Red

15: What restriction can a designer put on licensing the use of work that they have created?

A.   In what type of media it is produced

B.   Time frame in which it is produced

C.   All of these

D.   Quantity of items being produced

E.   Geographic region in which it is produced

16: Which of the following is considered the industry standard for photo manipulation in graphic design?

A.   Paint

B.   GIMP

C.   Photoshop

D.   Acrobat

E.   Dreamweaver

17: What does "ai" stand for regarding graphic design software?

A.   Adobe Indesign

B.   Photoshop

C.   Adobe Illustrator

D.   Auto Interlace

E.   Alpha Identity

A.   35 dpi

B.   300 dpi

C.   72 dpi

D.   150 dpi

19: What is the program Dreamweaver used for?

A.   Print layout

B.   Web Design and web development

C.   Vector Art

D.   Animation

20: What is the general resolution used for print?

A.   300 ppi

B.   144 ppi

C.   72 ppi

D.   600 ppi

21: What is the correct color mode for files to be printed?

A.   DUOTONE

B.   GREYSCALE

C.   CMYK

D.   Depends on the output device. RGB is better for devices with larger gamma range.

E.   RGB

22: True or False? Saving a 72dpi logo is excellent for commerical printing.

A.   False

B.   True

23: Texture can be used to:

A.   All of these.

B.   Give a printed publication, presentation, or web page a mood or personality.

C.   Provoke emotions.

D.   Create a feeling of richness and depth.

E.   Create contrast for interest.

24: In offset printing, printers mix inks using what colors?

A.   Spot

B.   Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black

C.   RBG

D.   Hex

25: Which image file format most commonly supports animation?

A.   .jpg

B.   .ps

C.   .psd

D.   .gif

E.   .tiff

26: What file format should images with transparent backgrounds be saved as?

A.   jpg

B.   tif

C.   png

27: When would it be best to use Illustrator rather than Photoshop?

A.   Either one is just as good.

B.   When its requested.

C.   When Anti-aliasing is necessary.

D.   Image editing and when manipulating photos.

E.   Creating scalable graphics or when optimizing vector images.

28: Out of the following, which establishes typographic hierarchy?

A.   Weight

B.   Contrast

C.   Placement

D.   All of these

E.   Point size

29: Which color best reflects these descriptions? Warmth, love, anger, danger, boldness, excitement, speed, strength, energy, determination, desire, passion, and courage.

A.   orange

B.   purple

C.   black

D.   red

E.   yellow

30: What is the right solution to create unity?

A.   Line up photographs and text with the same grid lines.

B.   Repeat a color, shape, or texture in different areas throughout.

C.   Use the same color palette throughout.

D.   Any of these.

E.   Choose visuals that share a similar color, theme, or shape.

31: Which type of color model is best suited for web graphics?

A.   YUV

B.   HSV

C.   CMYK

D.   CAT

E.   sRGB

32: Which of these best describes Photoshop and Illustrator:

A.   Photoshop is raster, Illustrator is vector

B.   Photoshop is vector, Illustrator is raster

C.   Photoshop is CMYK, Illustrator is Monotone

D.   Photoshop is web, Illustrator is print

E.   Photoshop is RGB, Illustrator is CMYK

33: What program can you use to export content for the web?

A.   Fireworks

B.   All of these.

C.   Photoshop

D.   InDesign

E.   Illustrator

34: When referring to computers. A bit map would best be described as.....

A.   a directed line segment whose length represents the magnitude.

B.   a type of graphic composed of pixels in a grid, where each pixel or "bit" contains color.

C.   an array of binary data.

D.   the line segment or its length from a fixed point to a variable point.

35: What program is used to browse and organize Adobe files?

A.   Bridge

B.   Edge

C.   Photoshop

D.   Creative Cloud

36: Which of the following is a solution to create a balance?

A.   Any of these

B.   Use one or two odd shapes and make the rest regular shapes.

C.   Center elements on a page.

D.   Repeat a specific shape at regular intervals, either horizontally or vertically.

E.   Lighten a text-heavy piece with a bright, colorful visual.

37: What pixel density should one use for web layouts?

A.   72 ppi

B.   120 ppi

C.   300 ppi

D.   266 ppi

38: Which file type does not render animation?

A.   .swf

B.   .tif

C.   .gif

39: What does UI/UX design stand for?

A.   User Interest/User Experience Design

B.   United Interface/United Expert Design

C.   United Interest/United Experience Design

D.   User Inbound/User Example Design

E.   User Interface/User Experience Design

40: What does DPI stand for?

A.   Digital Pixels per Inch

B.   Dots Per Inch

C.   Dots Per Index

D.   Digital Pixel Information

E.   Dot Point Information

41: What should raster images saved in RGB color mode never be used for?

A.   Email Newsletters

B.   Printing

C.   Video

D.   Powerpoint Presentations

E.   Web Sites

42: Resolution is a measurement of the output quality of an image, usually in terms of what?

A.   feet, inches, or yards.

B.   pixels, dots, or lines per inch.

C.   All.

D.   height, weight, or length.

E.   time, space, or distant.

43: Which of these problems could keep a printer from being able to print a file?

A.   Raster images sized down in the design program but not in the raster image program

B.   Raster images saved in RGB mode

C.   All of these

D.   Fonts not converted to outlines or curves

E.   Linked image files not included with the file

44: True or False? You can change any file type by changing the file name extension.

A.   False

B.   True

45: What is leading?

A.   The size of type

B.   The space between the baseline of lines of type

C.   The space between letters

46: Colors that are opposite of each other are called?

A.   Square

B.   Triadic

C.   Complementary

D.   Split-Complementary

E.   Analogous

47: This software is used for pagination:

A.   Adobe Photoshop

B.   Adobe Dreamweaver

C.   Adobe InDesign

D.   Adobe Illustrator

E.   CS5.5

48: When should an image be saved as an EPS file?

A.   When you want to embed the fonts in the file.

B.   When it is going to be used to make t-shirts by a silk screen process.

C.   (all of these)

D.   When it needs to be printed in both color and grayscale.

E.   When it is going to be placed in another file and printed on a postscript device.

49: What size is a Letter size sheet (USA)?

A.   8.267" x 11.692"

B.   8.5" x 11"

C.   11" x 17"

D.   8" x 10"

50: What is negative space?

A.   The space around and between the subject(s) of an image.

B.   The reduced space between words.

C.   Vector shapes that have no color assigned.

D.   A mirrored image.

E.   Layers that are set to invisible.

51: What is dot gain?

A.   Adding an outline to a font.

B.   Increased size of halftone dots during printing.

C.   Monitor resolution setting.

D.   A transparent overlay layer.

E.   Hanging punctuation.

52: What would you call a grayscale image when printing offset?

A.   Posterized art.

B.   Halftone art.

C.   Color art.

D.   Line art.

E.   Split fountain art.

53: JPEG is typically a:

A.   lossless format

B.   lossy format

54: EPS file format used to transfer post script information between programs is called...

A.   Encapsulated Postproduction Script

B.   (none of these)

C.   Encapsulated Post Script

D.   Encapsulated Post Scan

55: Why is black set to overprint by default in many programs?

A.   Black mixed with anything else produces black.

B.   To prevent white gaps from showing up around most body text due to misregistration.

C.   Adding black to most colors will not violate the printing restrictions for TAC.

D.   Most text is black and small text is hard to register with knockouts and trapping.

E.   (All of these are reasons)

56: In typography, leading is

A.   adjusting two text boxes so the characters are sitting on the same line

B.   the process of hand drawing letters using a lead pencil

C.   the distance between the baselines of successive lines of type

D.   adding multiple dots between a chapter title and the page number in the table of contents

57: What does the printer use to know where to trim the paper after printing?

A.   Registration Marks

B.   Crop Marks

C.   Color Bars

D.   A Ruler

58: How many digits are in a hexadecimal color code?

A.   6

B.   3

C.   5

D.   12

E.   4

59: Which format can allow the adjustment of a design to any size without losing quality?

A.   filename.png

B.   filename.eps

C.   filename.psd

D.   filename.gif

E.   filename.jpg

60: Define "Ligature."

A.   A fiber in the body that connects bones to other bones

B.   An accent mark that appears above some letters in non-English languages

C.   When a character/glyph/grapheme is combined together with a one or more others

D.   A type of pen often used for calligraphy

61: What color does the hexadecimal code #FFFFFF make?

A.   white

B.   yellow

C.   black

D.   blue

E.   red

62: What does the A in RGBA stand for?

A.   transparency

B.   alpha-numerical

C.   aliasing

D.   alpha

E.   opacity

63: Which of these is NOT an example of environmental graphics?

A.   Building wraps

B.   Brochures

C.   Murals

D.   Bus-stop signs

E.   Billboards

64: What is a typography serif?

A.   A typeface that looks handwritten.

B.   Letters that fall below the baseline.

C.   Letters that are formed from character pairs.

D.   A detail on the end of a letter's stroke.

E.   A complete library of fonts.

65: What does it mean if two colors are complementary? They are:

A.   opposite on the color wheel.

B.   Analogous so they go together.

C.   monochromatic based on the position.

D.   perfectly shaded.

E.   next to each other on the color wheel.

66: Gripper is...

A.   The tongs used for pulling halftone prints from the developer.

B.   Another word for bleed.

C.   The space on one side of a document that is free of print to enable a sheet fed press to "grip" the paper

D.   Best friend of Roman Emperor Augustus

E.   The plastic case that holds slides for scanning.

67: Which of these visual elements is best used to convey a sense of stability?

A.   A spiral

B.   A "wavy" line

C.   An inverted "T" shape

D.   A "Y" shape

E.   A "zigzag" line

68: Which of the following is NOT a serif typeface?

A.   Bodoni

B.   Times New Roman

C.   Helvetica

D.   Georgia

E.   Minion Pro

69: In printing, what is a bleed?

A.   When ink shows through to the other side of a page

B.   A section of the page before the edge of the page that is safe to print within

C.   A design that carries over to multiple pages

D.   Ink that accidentally spreads in an unwanted manner

E.   Printing that exceeds the trim line(s).

70: What is a template sketch called in web design?

A.   Page Sketch

B.   Site Map

C.   Thumbnail

D.   Wireframe

71: Which of these papers would you use to minimize deterioration from age?

A.   Glossy Paper

B.   A4 Paper

C.   Tabloid Paper

D.   Acid-Free Paper

E.   Card-stock Paper

72: If black is added to a pure color, the graphic design term for the result is:

A.   Night Color

B.   Tone

C.   Color

D.   Shade

E.   Fuzzy

73: Which one of the extensions are not a bitmap?

A.   JPEG

B.   None

C.   GIF

D.   TIFF

E.   JPG

74: What does a printer use to line up the various printing plates in a multi-color print job?

A.   Registration Marks

B.   A T-square

C.   Color Bars

75: How is a duotone image made?

A.   By slightly offsetting two copies of the image so that they will appear 3D when wearing special glasses.

B.   Having the image divided into half grayscale and half CMYK.

C.   By using two colors of ink.

D.   By overlaying the image with a copy of itself, increasing the saturation of the image.

E.   By blending a gradient from a 100% color to a 0% of the same color over the image.

76: What color is used to print crop marks and registration marks?

A.   Magenta

B.   Cyan

C.   All of these

D.   Yellow

E.   Black

77: In typography, kerning is

A.   the process of uniformly increasing or decreasing the space between all letters in a block of text

B.   the process of adjusting the spacing between two characters

C.   the process of selecting a typeface for a paragraph style

D.   the distance between the baselines of successive lines of type

78: What size sheet is called "Tabloid"?

A.   8.5" x 11" (216mm x 279mm)

B.   8.267" x 11.692" (210mm x 297mm)

C.   11" x 14" (279mm x 356mm)

D.   11" x 17" (279mm x 432mm)

79: In typography, tracking is...

A.   uniformly increasing or decreasing the space between all letters in a block of text

B.   the distance between the baselines of successive lines of type

C.   uniformly adjusting the height of all characters

D.   the process of selecting a document's typeface

80: What size is A4 paper

A.   295x190mm

B.   300x205mm

C.   187X145mm

D.   290x200mm

E.   297x210mm

81: What does the "POP" in POP-display stand for?

A.   Print of Poster

B.   Poster of Purchase

C.   Point of Purchase

D.   Package Orientation Points

E.   Point on Package

82: Define "Folio"

A.   A capitalized first letter of a chapter

B.   A type of fold used in brochures

C.   When two letters are combined together into one

D.   A book/page size, or also a term meaning page number

E.   A terms for icon

83: The height of a lower case letter is called the...

A.   a height

B.   x height

C.   low height

D.   o height

E.   small height

84: What does "collateral" refer to?

A.   All the tedious but necessary paperwork that needs to be filled out before you can start designing.

B.   Licensing images.

C.   Printed material used to provide information about a business and give it an image.

D.   Web and print material used to promote sister companies.

E.   Established company designs, but using different colors.

85: Moiré is...

A.   A French Typography program.

B.   To print one image over a previously printed image

C.   Spotty, uneven ink absorption

D.   A special patterned paper popular for invitations.

E.   Pattern resulting from halftones and screen tints made with improperly aligned screens

86: Pantone is:

A.   A proprietary color space

B.   Hex color values

C.   Illustrator color values

D.   Photoshop color values

87: Blue, blue-green, green is an example of:

A.   tints

B.   analogous colors

C.   monochromatic colors

D.   complimentary colors

E.   shades

88: Of the following fonts, which is a serif font?

A.   Georgia

B.   Century Gothic

C.   Verdana

D.   Helvetica

E.   Arial

89: Which software saves files by default as .png?

A.   Illustrator

B.   Photoshop

C.   Fireworks

D.   Indesign

E.   Dreamweaver

90: Which of these color pairs is analogous?

A.   red-green

B.   yellow-purple

C.   red-orange

D.   black-white

E.   orange-blue

91: What file format should be used when saving a raster image for printing?

A.   PNG

B.   TIFF

C.   GIF

D.   All of these

E.   JPG

92: Which of these color pairs is complementary?

A.   blue-red

B.   green-blue

C.   red-green

D.   blue-purple

E.   yellow-green

93: What is the result when white is mixed with a pure color?

A.   A shade

B.   Highlighting

C.   A tint

D.   White

E.   Brighter

94: Which color is used for eye mark in side for gravure printing multiple ups ?

A.   Black

B.   White, Gold, Silver

C.   Silver Color

D.   White Color

E.   Gold Color

95: In books and publications, odd numbered pages are on which side?

A.   Underside.

B.   Left side.

C.   Upside.

D.   Right side.

E.   Downside.

96: How do you set trapping between elements within a raster image?

A.   Convert the image to CMYK.

B.   Raster images don't require internal trapping.

C.   Apply a trapping filter to the file in the raster image program.

D.   Increase the Total Area Coverage of the ink.

E.   Change the color mode to 16 bits per channel.

97: What does the printer use to make sure the correct colors are being printed on the correct plates?

A.   Color Bars

B.   Crop Marks

C.   Registration Marks

D.   A Densitometer

98: A baseline grid refers to the layout guide for...

A.   Binding area

B.   Headlines

C.   Body text

D.   Page numbers

E.   Graphics

99: What design guideline should be used to create layouts?

A.   Tracking adjustments

B.   Color scheme

C.   Margins

D.   Slices

E.   The rule of thirds

100: In the traditional color model, which color is complimentary to blue?

A.   yellow

B.   green

C.   orange

D.   purple

E.   white