QuarkXPress MCQs

QuarkXPress MCQs

Answer these 100+ QuarkXPress MCQs and see how sharp is your knowledge of QuarkXPress.
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1: What additional keyboard key do you use to resize an object while maintaining its ratio and proportion?

A.   Shift and Mouse Click and Hold

B.   Right and Left

C.   Command and Mouse Click and Hold

D.   Right and Left Mouse Click

2: How are colors applied in the color palette?

A.   Under Style

B.   Under Window

C.   All of the above

D.   Through a painting tool

3: What tool do you use to find any missing elements? (i.e. Pictures, fonts, etc.)

A.   Layout/Layout Properties

B.   View/Invisibles

C.   Usage in Utilities Menu (F12)

D.   File/Preferences

4: What is the CMKY Value of Quark's default "Black" in the Colors Palette?

A.   C=75%, M=75%, Y=0%, K=75%

B.   C=33%, M=33%, Y=33%, K=33%

C.   C=0%, M=0%, Y=0%, K=100%

D.   C=100%, M=100%, Y=100%, K=100%

5: What is the Keyboard commands to increase kerning values in 1⁄20-em and 1⁄200-em increments?

A.   Ctrl-Shift-K

B.   Ctrl+K

C.   Ctrl+Shift+} for Windows; Command+Shift+} for Mac

6: Which of the following does Auto Picture Import do?

A.   Automatic reimports of modified pics

B.   Imports artwork

C.   Sends you a picture every 5 minutes

D.   Brings in pictures that you lost

7: What is the common shortcut of Command E (Mac) - (Alt E) PC?

A.   Group Objects

B.   Default Color Fill

C.   Import Picture

D.   Ungroup Objects

8: What is Runaround?

A.   Creates space in between paragrahs

B.   It is another term for text wrap

C.   Makes text flow in shapes

D.   Justifies the text to objects

9: Cloner is used to clone what specifically?

A.   All of these

B.   Selected objects

C.   A selected page

D.   Selected pages

E.   A selected object

10: What would the page orientation for a Newsletter be?

A.   Portrait

B.   business card size

C.   Poster

D.   Landscape

11: After you import a picture, how do you resize it?

A.   Command, option, shift, drag at the corner

B.   Crop it

C.   Delete the page

D.   Drag it at the corner

12: What does Quark use to edit its Extensions?

A.   3rd party software

B.   You can't edit. It's built in and can't be modified.

C.   Extensions Manager

D.   A standalone program

13: Is a "Master Page" a printing or nonprinting page?

A.   Prints when a box is checked

B.   Printing

C.   Nonprinting

D.   Invisible

14: What standard Quark shortcut does the F7 do?

A.   Creates a new layer

B.   Ungroups all objects

C.   Justifies all text

D.   It visually hides all guides, including text placeholder boxes

15: What is "gutter width"?

A.   The space after each paragraph

B.   The space between columns

C.   The space around text

D.   The area around a photo

16: What does Collect for Output do?

A.   Gathers all the information about the document and compresses these files to lessen size of folder

B.   Groups and saves all objects on document for other computers

C.   Rasterizes and rips the document for full color output

D.   Saves all elements, including fonts and files used in the document to a specified location along with an informational report

17: What's the difference between Opacity and Shade?

A.   Opacity is how much resolution and Shade is how vivid the colors are

B.   Opacity is how dark it prints, and Shade hides or shows objects in a document

C.   Opacity is how see-through it is, while Shade is percentage of color

D.   Opacity is the quality of pictures while Shade is how dark and light the image is

18: Where does Cloner copy the selection to?

A.   New layout

B.   New project

C.   Existing layout

D.   All of these

E.   Existing project

19: How do you make a text box?

A.   Dragging it

B.   Click somewhere on the page

C.   With the rectangle text box tool

D.   Importing it

20: What is the file extension of a QuarkXPress Project?

A.   .qpt

B.   None of the Above

C.   .quxp

D.   .qxp

21: What does the Space / Align feature do?

A.   Gives options for spacing between objects and text boxes

B.   Aligns objects

C.   All of these

D.   Aligns text boxes

22: What does Conditional Styles allow you to apply paragraph and character styles automatically to?

A.   A specific number of words

B.   The end of a paragraph

C.   All of these

D.   Specific text strings

E.   Specific characters

23: How do you delete a page in a layout?

A.   Quit and create a new document

B.   Select the items on page, delete

C.   Go to Edit, Delete

D.   In Pagelayout, click on page, click on garbage can

24: How do you check spelling?

A.   Under the File menu

B.   Under the window menu

C.   Under Format

D.   Under Utilities, Check Spelling

25: What does changing the "opacity" do to type?

A.   Gives it a glow

B.   Makes it lighter, transparent

C.   Gives it a shadow

D.   Makes it darker, opaque

26: How do you change the order in which two or more items are on a page?

A.   Copy and paste

B.   Cut and paste

C.   Delete items until they are gone

D.   Under "Item" send to back, bring to front

27: What does the term "collecting for output" mean?

A.   Gather all items together in one spot for print

B.   Shipping your work

C.   Exporting all documents

D.   Putting files in order

28: How can you change the lightness of an imported photo?

A.   By changing the opacity, under item, modify

B.   Delete it

C.   Color it with a light color

D.   Scan it in

29: How do you do Drop Caps in Quark?

A.   You can't make Drop Caps in Quark

B.   Import a Drop Cap character from character pallette

C.   Select first letter, then make the font much larger

D.   In paragraph attributes, simply use the Drop Caps tool

30: Does Quark have a built-in PDF export feature?

A.   No, you need to activate this from Quark

B.   No, you need a 3rd party plugin

C.   Yes, Quark provides a built-in PDF export feature for no cost

D.   Yes, but it costs additional fees

31: What is the H&Js menu item for?

A.   Hyphenation and Justification

B.   Hexagons and Jumping Text

C.   Holes and Juxtapose

D.   Heavy fonts and Justification

32: Can you do Style Sheets in Quark?

A.   Yes, but they are 3rd party plugins

B.   Yes

C.   No, only in MIcrosoft Word

D.   Only if you download the tool from Quark

33: How do you "skew" text?

A.   Under Item, modify, text, text skew

B.   Reduce the size

C.   Add color to it

D.   Change the font

34: Why are style sheets important in a layout?

A.   They save time, space and make room

B.   They are a great place to put pictures

C.   They have great styles to pick from

D.   They save time, record fonts, paragraph settings, etc.

35: Can you draw things like Stars, with multiple points in Quark?

A.   Yes

B.   Sometimes

C.   No

36: What is a Bezier curve?

A.   A curve created as a result of paths

B.   Lines drawn with the pen tool

C.   Curves and angles

D.   A curve created as a results of circles

37: What menu pops up when double clicking a Text Box?

A.   Style Sheet

B.   Font Menu

C.   Modify

D.   Colors Pallette

38: What is the most widely used type format?

A.   CID

B.   Type 1 Postscript Fonts

C.   EPS

D.   PDF

39: What is text kerning?

A.   Kerning values are expressed as 1⁄200 of an em space.

B.   The em space used for kerning increments is determined by the Standard Em Space setting in the Character pane of the Preferences dialog box.

C.   Kerning lets you adjust the amount of space between two characters.

D.   All of the above.

40: True or False: Quark can be used to create slideshow and publications for iPhone and iPad.

A.   True

B.   False. Quark is for designing print materials only.

41: Where do you find the Page size and layout?

A.   Page Properties

B.   Page Document Info

C.   Layout Properties

D.   Edit Page Specs

42: What does the Trim Preview do?

A.   Opens a preview window showing just the page area and its contents.

B.   Adds guidelines connecting the crop marks.

C.   Darkens the areas outside the page area to show what the final cut page will look like.

D.   None of these

E.   Hides the bleed and pasteboard objects.

43: What is the point size of the default kerning?

A.   1

B.   5 pt.

C.   15

D.   10

44: Which of the following is not a ShapeMaker rectangular box corner option?

A.   Inset

B.   Scallop

C.   Rounded

D.   Beveled

E.   Concave

45: What is the maximum number of columns in a document?

A.   15

B.   10

C.   30

D.   3

46: What standard Quark shortcuts are F5 and Shift F5?

A.   Show Invisibles, Hide Invisibles

B.   Delete and Undo

C.   Group and Ungroup

D.   Bring to front, Send to back

47: How do you move an object on its X/Y Axis?

A.   By double clicking the object, then simply moving it

B.   By holding down the Shift while Left Mouse Click Drag

C.   Pressing Command (Alt) Shift and Arrow key

D.   Using the arrow keys repeatedly

48: Which menu command will make text go around a graphic?

A.   Item>Runaround>choose item

B.   Item>Display>Runaround

C.   None of these

D.   Item>Runaround>Box

49: What 2 options besides quantity does Quark give when using the Step & Repeat Tool?

A.   Horizontal and Vertical offset

B.   Colors and Resolution

C.   Transform and Mirror

D.   Size and Coordinates on document

50: What feature do you use to create vector shapes from text?

A.   Rasterize

B.   Vectorize

C.   Create Outlines

D.   Text to Box