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) none of these
B) Typeface
C) Typography
D) Bold
E) Font
  • 2. What do you call the art of selecting the proper typeface or Font for the job at hand?
A) Graphic Design
B) Typography
C) Typeface
D) none of these
E) Lithography
  • 3. The text shown best represents which of the following?
A) bold font
B) center alignment
C) serif font
D) sans-serif font
E) none of these
  • 4. The text shown best represents which of the following?
A) bold font
B) right alignment
C) serif font
D) Italic font
E) sans-serif font
  • 5. The text shown best represents which of the following?:
A) Center Alignment
B) Right alignment
C) Left Alignment
D) Justified
E) Double spacing
  • 6. The text shown best represents which of the following?:
A) Right Alignment
B) Left Alignment
C) Double spacing
D) Justified
E) Center Alignment
  • 7. The text shown best represents which of the following?:
A) Italic
B) Arial
C) Bold
D) Sans-serif
E) none of these
  • 8. The text shown best represents which of the following?:
A) Sans-serif and Bold
B) Italic
C) none of these
D) Serif font
E) Sans-serif
  • 9. Primary colors are not mixed from other elements and they generate all other colors. What are the 3 Primary colors?
A) Red, Yellow & Blue
B) none of these
C) Red, Yellow & Orange
D) Black, White, Gray and Brown
E) Blue, Orange and Violet
  • 10. By mixing two primary colors, a ____________ color is created.
A) Intermediate
B) none of these
C) Tertiary
D) Neutral
E) Secondary
  • 11. An example of an Intermediate or Tertiary color is:
A) orange
B) red
C) violet
D) light blue
E) blue-green
  • 12. Black, white, gray and sometimes brown are considered “____________ “.
A) neutral
B) tertiary
C) none of these
D) tints
E) shades
  • 13. If I mix red and white together I get pink. Pink is an example of a _________.
A) neutral
B) none of these
C) tint
D) shade
E) tertiary color
  • 14. Which color is an example of a shade?
A) navy blue
B) red-orange
C) none of these
D) white
E) lavender
  • 15. What color scheme has only one color and its values (lights and darks)?
A) analogous
B) warm
C) cool
D) monochromatic
E) complementary
  • 16. Colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel such as Orange and Blue or Red and Green are _______________.
A) monochromatic
B) complementary
C) analogous
D) cool
E) warm
  • 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) analogous
B) none of these
C) tints and shades
D) complementary
E) monochromatic
  • 18. Examples of warm colors are:
A) orange, green and violet
B) blue, green and violet
C) none of these
D) yellow, yellow-green and blue-green
E) red, orange and yellow
  • 19. Examples of cool colors are:
A) orange, green and violet
B) yellow, yellow-green and blue-green
C) none of these
D) red, orange and yellow
E) blue, green and violet
  • 20. What element of art is a point moving in space? It can vary in width, length, curvature, color, or direction.
A) value
B) texture
C) shape
D) line
E) form
  • 21. What word best describes the lines shown?
A) diagonal
B) vertical
C) horizontal
D) perpendicular
E) none of these
  • 22. What word best describes the lines shown?
A) perpendicular
B) horizontal
C) vertical
D) zig-zag
E) diagonal
  • 23. Which is NOT and element of art?
A) pattern
B) texture
C) space
D) form
E) value
  • 24. This Element of Art refers to how things feel:
A) space
B) texture
C) surface quality
D) rough
E) value
  • 25. A texture that you might see in a video game is an example of which of the following?
A) actual texture
B) none of the above
C) all of the above
D) both actual and implied textures
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) geometric
C) organic
D) form
E) line
  • 27. This artist created abstract portraits of people and ideas made from everyday objects. His style is called Mannerism.
A) Andy Warhol
B) Giuseppe Arcimboldo
C) MC Escher
D) Lichtenstein
E) none of these
  • 28. What element of art is the lightness or darkness of a hue or neutral color?
A) tint
B) lightness
C) value
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) balance
B) diagonal
C) all of the above
D) octagon
E) asymmetry
  • 30. What do you call the material used for artistic expression? (ie, oil based paint, plaster, mixed media, computer, etc.)
A) Medium
B) none of these
C) all of these
D) Small
E) stuff
  • 31. What type of images only slightly protrude from the surface?
A) 2-dimensional
B) mixed media
C) Low-relief
D) High-relief
E) flat
  • 32. What Art movement is based upon the premise of accepting artifacts of popular culture as valid art forms in themselves?
A) Pop Art
B) Op-Art
C) all of these
D) 3-Dimensional
E) Optical Illusion
  • 33. Woodcuts, lino-cuts and cardboard collagraphs are all considered to be this type of Printmaking technique:
A) Relief printing
B) Carvings
C) Stamps
D) Intaglio printing
E) Stencil printing
  • 34. What word(s) best describe the given image?
A) organic form
B) logo
C) geometric form
D) geometric shape
E) organic shape
  • 35. What word(s) best describe the given image?
A) geometric form
B) geometric shape
C) organic form
D) logo
E) organic shape
  • 36. What word(s) best describe the given image?
A) geometric shape
B) geometric form
C) organic form
D) organic shape
E) logo
  • 37. What word(s) best describe the given image?
A) geometric form
B) geometric shape
C) logo
D) organic shape
E) organic form
  • 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) color
B) printmaking
C) collage
D) none of these
E) stencil
  • 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 Photoshop
B) Adobe Illustrator
C) Adobe InDesign
D) Paint
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) Adobe Photoshop
B) Adobe Illustrator
C) Paint
D) Microsoft Word
E) Adobe InDesign
  • 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) Paint
B) Microsoft Word
C) Adobe Photoshop
D) Adobe InDesign
E) Adobe Illustrator
  • 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) cheating
B) stealing
C) copyright
D) plagiarism
E) none of these
  • 44. What is the shortcut to Copy an image?
A) Ctrl Alt + Delete
B) Command V
C) Command C
D) none of these
E) Command B
  • 45. What is the shortcut to Paste an image?
A) Command B
B) Ctrl Alt + Delete
C) Command V
D) Command C
E) none of these
  • 46. Some of the Photoshop and Illustrator transformations include:
A) none of these
B) Copy and Paste
C) Type and Move
D) Resize and Crop
E) Rotate, Reflect and Scale
  • 47. This adjustment in Photoshop and Illustrator changes the transparency of an object. It can make an object appear "see through"
A) kerning
B) none of these
C) tracking
D) opaque
E) opacity
  • 48. Which is the smallest unit of measurement?
A) inch
B) foot
C) point
D) mile
E) yard
  • 49. Why shouldn't you type in ALL CAPITOL LETTERS all the time?
A) it is more difficult to read all caps
B) some readers might consider it yelling
C) Words set in upper and lower case form recognizable shapes, making them easier to read.
D) all of these
  • 50. Which of the following is NOT a Principle of Design?
A) Emphasis
B) Texture
C) Balance
D) Proportion
E) Pattern
  • 51. What word(s) best describe the image below?
A) Proportion
B) Monochromatic
C) Cool
D) Geometric Pattern
E) Organic Pattern
  • 52. What word(s) best describe the image below?
A) Organic Pattern
B) Unity
C) Optical Illusion
D) Shape
E) Color theory
  • 53. What word(s) best describe the image below?
A) Color
B) Optical
C) Form
D) Geometric Pattern
E) Organic Pattern
  • 54. What word(s) best describe the image below?
A) Emphasis
B) Radial Balance
C) Symmetrical Balance
D) Focal Point
E) Asymmetrical
  • 55. What word(s) best describe the image below?
A) Radial Balance
B) Shape
C) Value
D) Organic
E) Asymmetrical Balance
  • 56. In the Van Gogh painting, "Fishing Boats on the Beach", which boat is in the foreground?
A) Red boat
B) the boats in the water
C) Green boat
D) Blue boat
E) the sky
  • 57. In the Van Gogh painting, "Fishing Boats on the Beach", what is located in the middle ground?
A) all of these
B) the boats in the water
C) none of these
D) Red boat
E) the sky
  • 58. When you make a stencil it is important to use __________ , especially on letters like O, P and A.
A) none of these
B) bridges
C) shapes
D) cutouts
E) lines
  • 59. What do you call the printmaking technique shown in the image?
A) cutout
B) silkscreen
C) shape art
D) stencil
E) lino-cut
  • 60. What do Balance, Rhythm, Pattern, Movement, Proportion, Emphasis and Variety have in common?
A) They are cool
B) They are all Principles of design
C) They are all Elements of Art
D) None of these
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