Graphic Design Review Test
  • 1. What is a character set (alphabet, numbers and punctuation) of a specified design and size? Example: Times, Arial, Sand, etc.
A) Bold
B) Typeface
C) Font
D) none of these
E) Typography
  • 2. What do you call the art of selecting the proper typeface or Font for the job at hand?
A) none of these
B) Lithography
C) Graphic Design
D) Typeface
E) Typography
  • 3. The text shown best represents which of the following?
A) none of these
B) bold font
C) sans-serif font
D) center alignment
E) serif font
  • 4. The text shown best represents which of the following?
A) serif font
B) Italic font
C) sans-serif font
D) right alignment
E) bold font
  • 5. The text shown best represents which of the following?:
A) Center Alignment
B) Left Alignment
C) Justified
D) Double spacing
E) Right alignment
  • 6. The text shown best represents which of the following?:
A) Left Alignment
B) Center Alignment
C) Double spacing
D) Right Alignment
E) Justified
  • 7. The text shown best represents which of the following?:
A) Italic
B) none of these
C) Arial
D) Bold
E) Sans-serif
  • 8. The text shown best represents which of the following?:
A) Sans-serif
B) none of these
C) Serif font
D) Italic
E) Sans-serif and Bold
  • 9. Primary colors are not mixed from other elements and they generate all other colors. What are the 3 Primary colors?
A) Blue, Orange and Violet
B) Black, White, Gray and Brown
C) none of these
D) Red, Yellow & Orange
E) Red, Yellow & Blue
  • 10. By mixing two primary colors, a ____________ color is created.
A) none of these
B) Tertiary
C) Secondary
D) Neutral
E) Intermediate
  • 11. An example of an Intermediate or Tertiary color is:
A) light blue
B) violet
C) orange
D) blue-green
E) red
  • 12. Black, white, gray and sometimes brown are considered “____________ “.
A) shades
B) tertiary
C) tints
D) none of these
E) neutral
  • 13. If I mix red and white together I get pink. Pink is an example of a _________.
A) tertiary color
B) tint
C) shade
D) neutral
E) none of these
  • 14. Which color is an example of a shade?
A) lavender
B) navy blue
C) white
D) red-orange
E) none of these
  • 15. What color scheme has only one color and its values (lights and darks)?
A) complementary
B) cool
C) monochromatic
D) warm
E) analogous
  • 16. Colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel such as Orange and Blue or Red and Green are _______________.
A) analogous
B) warm
C) monochromatic
D) complementary
E) cool
  • 17. What color scheme has 3-5 colors that are next to each other on the color wheel? This combination of colors provides very little contrast.
A) complementary
B) none of these
C) analogous
D) monochromatic
E) tints and shades
  • 18. Examples of warm colors are:
A) none of these
B) orange, green and violet
C) red, orange and yellow
D) blue, green and violet
E) yellow, yellow-green and blue-green
  • 19. Examples of cool colors are:
A) blue, green and violet
B) red, orange and yellow
C) orange, green and violet
D) none of these
E) yellow, yellow-green and blue-green
  • 20. What element of art is a point moving in space? It can vary in width, length, curvature, color, or direction.
A) value
B) form
C) texture
D) shape
E) line
  • 21. What word best describes the lines shown?
A) none of these
B) horizontal
C) perpendicular
D) diagonal
E) vertical
  • 22. What word best describes the lines shown?
A) perpendicular
B) zig-zag
C) horizontal
D) diagonal
E) vertical
  • 23. Which is NOT and element of art?
A) texture
B) space
C) form
D) value
E) pattern
  • 24. This Element of Art refers to how things feel:
A) surface quality
B) space
C) texture
D) value
E) rough
  • 25. A texture that you might see in a video game is an example of which of the following?
A) both actual and implied textures
B) all of the above
C) none of the above
D) actual texture
E) implied or visual texture
  • 26. What is a two-dimensional area or plane that may be open or closed? They have length and width but no height.
A) shape
B) organic
C) line
D) geometric
E) form
  • 27. This artist created abstract portraits of people and ideas made from everyday objects. His style is called Mannerism.
A) none of these
B) MC Escher
C) Andy Warhol
D) Lichtenstein
E) Giuseppe Arcimboldo
  • 28. What element of art is the lightness or darkness of a hue or neutral color?
A) lightness
B) value
C) tint
D) opacity
E) shade
  • 29. What is the feeling that results when a composition's design elements are arranged to create the impression of equality in weight or importance?
A) diagonal
B) asymmetry
C) octagon
D) all of the above
E) balance
  • 30. What do you call the material used for artistic expression? (ie, oil based paint, plaster, mixed media, computer, etc.)
A) all of these
B) Medium
C) none of these
D) stuff
E) Small
  • 31. What type of images only slightly protrude from the surface?
A) flat
B) Low-relief
C) High-relief
D) mixed media
E) 2-dimensional
  • 32. What Art movement is based upon the premise of accepting artifacts of popular culture as valid art forms in themselves?
A) 3-Dimensional
B) all of these
C) Optical Illusion
D) Pop Art
E) Op-Art
  • 33. Woodcuts, lino-cuts and cardboard collagraphs are all considered to be this type of Printmaking technique:
A) Relief printing
B) Stencil printing
C) Stamps
D) Carvings
E) Intaglio printing
  • 34. What word(s) best describe the given image?
A) geometric form
B) logo
C) geometric shape
D) organic form
E) organic shape
  • 35. What word(s) best describe the given image?
A) organic form
B) logo
C) organic shape
D) geometric shape
E) geometric form
  • 36. What word(s) best describe the given image?
A) organic form
B) geometric shape
C) logo
D) geometric form
E) organic shape
  • 37. What word(s) best describe the given image?
A) geometric form
B) organic form
C) geometric shape
D) logo
E) organic shape
  • 38. What word(s) best describe the given image?
A) geometric shape
B) logo
C) organic shape
D) organic form
E) geometric form
  • 39. What do you call a composition of symbols and images (as of printed matter) pasted onto a surface. May also be created by cutting and pasting digital images.
A) none of these
B) stencil
C) collage
D) printmaking
E) color
  • 40. If you want to design a logo or create original drawings with the aid of a computer, this program will be the best option to create your vector images.
A) Adobe InDesign
B) Adobe Photoshop
C) Paint
D) Adobe Illustrator
E) Microsoft Word
  • 41. If you want to apply effects to Photographs or other Bitmap images, this program will be the best option to use:
A) Microsoft Word
B) Adobe InDesign
C) Adobe Illustrator
D) Adobe Photoshop
E) Paint
  • 42. This program would be the best option if you want to create a multi-page or folding document such as a menu or newspaper.
A) Adobe Illustrator
B) Adobe InDesign
C) Adobe Photoshop
D) Paint
E) Microsoft Word
  • 43. As a designer, it is important to only use images that are yours, or that you have permission to use. If you use something that isn't yours and you profit from it, you are violating this type of law:
A) copyright
B) none of these
C) cheating
D) stealing
E) plagiarism
  • 44. What is the shortcut to Copy an image?
A) Command B
B) Command V
C) none of these
D) Command C
E) Ctrl Alt + Delete
  • 45. What is the shortcut to Paste an image?
A) Ctrl Alt + Delete
B) Command V
C) Command C
D) none of these
E) Command B
  • 46. Some of the Photoshop and Illustrator transformations include:
A) Rotate, Reflect and Scale
B) Resize and Crop
C) Type and Move
D) none of these
E) Copy and Paste
  • 47. This adjustment in Photoshop and Illustrator changes the transparency of an object. It can make an object appear "see through"
A) opaque
B) kerning
C) opacity
D) tracking
E) none of these
  • 48. Which is the smallest unit of measurement?
A) point
B) foot
C) inch
D) yard
E) mile
  • 49. Why shouldn't you type in ALL CAPITOL LETTERS all the time?
A) all of these
B) some readers might consider it yelling
C) it is more difficult to read all caps
D) Words set in upper and lower case form recognizable shapes, making them easier to read.
  • 50. Which of the following is NOT a Principle of Design?
A) Pattern
B) Emphasis
C) Texture
D) Balance
E) Proportion
  • 51. What word(s) best describe the image below?
A) Cool
B) Organic Pattern
C) Geometric Pattern
D) Monochromatic
E) Proportion
  • 52. What word(s) best describe the image below?
A) Optical Illusion
B) Shape
C) Organic Pattern
D) Color theory
E) Unity
  • 53. What word(s) best describe the image below?
A) Color
B) Geometric Pattern
C) Organic Pattern
D) Optical
E) Form
  • 54. What word(s) best describe the image below?
A) Focal Point
B) Asymmetrical
C) Symmetrical Balance
D) Radial Balance
E) Emphasis
  • 55. What word(s) best describe the image below?
A) Organic
B) Shape
C) Radial Balance
D) Value
E) Asymmetrical Balance
  • 56. In the Van Gogh painting, "Fishing Boats on the Beach", which boat is in the foreground?
A) the boats in the water
B) Blue boat
C) the sky
D) Green boat
E) Red boat
  • 57. In the Van Gogh painting, "Fishing Boats on the Beach", what is located in the middle ground?
A) none of these
B) the boats in the water
C) Red boat
D) the sky
E) all of these
  • 58. When you make a stencil it is important to use __________ , especially on letters like O, P and A.
A) none of these
B) cutouts
C) bridges
D) shapes
E) lines
  • 59. What do you call the printmaking technique shown in the image?
A) stencil
B) lino-cut
C) cutout
D) silkscreen
E) shape art
  • 60. What do Balance, Rhythm, Pattern, Movement, Proportion, Emphasis and Variety have in common?
A) They are all Principles of design
B) They are cool
C) They are all Elements of Art
D) None of these
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