Practice Exam 1

Which deliverable best demonstrates a website's interactive flow before final visuals are applied?

• Color palette

• Mood board

• Style guide

• Prototype

Answer explanation

Prototypes simulate interaction and navigation flow before final visuals are applied. Mood boards set visual tone but do not demonstrate interaction.

A client requests work outside the signed agreement without changing the timeline or fee. What should the designer issue?

• Project brief

• Style guide

• Status report

• Change order

Answer explanation

A change order formally documents new requests, scope, cost, and schedule changes before work proceeds.

Which use of a copyrighted image most clearly qualifies as fair use?

• Reposting on a company blog

• Using in a paid advertisement

• Selling printed copies online

• Critiquing in an educational article

Answer explanation

Commentary, criticism, and education are core fair use factors. Commercial reuse such as advertising or selling prints is not fair use.

A photographer shoots inside a private museum for a paid magazine spread. What document is needed?

• Location release

• Copyright transfer

• Talent waiver

• Model release

Answer explanation

Private property used commercially requires a location release. Model releases cover identifiable people, not venues.

Which resolution is generally appropriate for raster images placed in a print publication?

• 72 ppi

• 150 ppi

• 600 ppi

• 300 ppi

Answer explanation

300 ppi at final size is the standard for offset print quality. 72 ppi suits screen, not print.

Which gestalt principle explains why aligned items in a row read as one group?

• Figure/ground

• Closure

• Symmetry

• Continuation

Answer explanation

Continuation makes the eye follow aligned elements as a connected path. Closure fills in missing parts of an incomplete shape.

Increasing leading in a long body paragraph primarily improves which quality?

• Letter-pair spacing balance

• Background color contrast

• Readability of the text

• Overall typeface weight

Answer explanation

Leading controls vertical space between lines, easing the eye's movement through paragraphs. Kerning adjusts letter-pair spacing and is unrelated to leading.

Which New Document setting creates left and right pages that mirror each other?

• Column gutter

• Primary Text Frame

• Facing Pages

• Slug area

Answer explanation

Facing Pages creates mirrored spreads with inside and outside margins. Primary Text Frame autoflows text into the document instead.

Which panel provides context-sensitive options for the active tool or selection?

• Pages panel

• Layers panel

• Tools panel

• Control panel

Answer explanation

The Control panel updates its options based on the active tool or selected object. The Tools panel only holds tool icons.

Which view mode shows a layout as it will print, including the bleed area?

• Normal mode

• Preview mode

• Presentation mode

• Bleed mode

Answer explanation

Bleed mode hides guides and shows artwork extending past the trim edge. Preview mode hides guides but does not reveal the bleed area.