Design Curriculum Team

DIGITAL IMAGING QUIZ

Do this quiz as fast as possible without any software open and without conferring.

Its not an assessment. And it doesn’t tell you how skilled you are in Photoshop.

It might indicate how competent your current working methods are.

But it does show you the industry-standard knowledge you'll be required to know.

1. The standard pixel resolution for print is a) 300ppi b) 200ppi c) 72ppi

2. The standard print resolution for print is a) 300ppi b) 300dpi c) 450dpi

3. Resampling Up

a) Increases the image quality by adding pixels

b) Increases the ppi by adding pixels
b) Decreases the ppi by removing pixels
c) None of the above

4. Interpolation

a) Changes the print size

b) Changes the output resolution
c) Changes the input resolution
d) Determines the quality of an image

5. Vector graphics use the postscript file format. This means

a) They are resolution independent

b) They can't contain raster images
c) There are no resolution settings in Illustrator
d) All of the above

6. Which file format is least suited to sourcing high quality images?

a) Camera Raw
b) JPEG
c) Tiff

7. You can save a .Tiff file with layers a) True b) False

8. Non-destructive editing in Photoshop is achieved by

a) Merging layers
b) Output Sharpening
c) Using Adjustment layers
d) Downsampling

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9. The High Pass sharpen requires

a) A blending mode
b) Opacity adjustment
c) A duplicate layer
d) All of the above
e) Just a) and c)

10. A histogram featuring high output in the low keys tells us that the image is

a) Underexposed
b) Overexposed
c) Pre-edited
d) Compressed

11. What is the gamma point?

a) The middle of a tonal jump

b) Levels highlights output
c) Levels midtones output
d) None of the above, its the default setting in the smart sharpen filter

12. What’s the best way to remove colour from an image?

a) Adjust using Desaturation

b) Adjust using Channel Mixer
c) Switch to Grayscale Colour Mode

13. You have to prepare a digital negative file for print, with typography. You decide to use
Photoshop and InDesign. Think about the workflow... how many files should you end
up with, including the source file?

a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) 5

14. Write down their extensions in the order that you’d produce them

15. Now write down the very last command you’d use in Photoshop before saving your
image file for export to Illustrator or InDesign.

16. Now write down the very first command you'd use in Photoshop after opening a
sourced image.

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