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Year 8 Graphic Design Assessment

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

There are many tools that you can use to select areas of a layer in Photoshop. Which of the tools below is NOT a selection tool.

a)
b)
c)
d)
2.

If you can't see your layers panel, which icon would you click to show it?

a)
b)
c)
d)
3.

Complete the shortcut to undo in Photoshop.

CTRL + ?

(a)  

4.

Which shortcut would you use to resize an image on a layer in Photoshop?

a)

CTRL + Z

b)

CTRL + C

c)

CTRL + V

d)

CTRL + T

5.

Which shortcut would you use to paste an image into Photoshop?

a)

CTRL + Z

b)

CTRL + C

c)

CTRL + V

d)

CTRL + T

6.

Which shortcut could you use to save your work on Photoshop?

a)

CTRL + S

b)

ALT + S

c)

CTRL + T

d)

SHIFT + DRAG

7.

What is the yellow arrow pointing to in this layers panel?

a)

a layer mask

b)

a vector mask

c)

a filter

d)

an image

8.

Which icon at the bottom of the layers panel do you click to create a layer mask?

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
9.

Look at the layers panel carefully. Why can't I edit the background layer?

a)

You can't edit the background layer in Photoshop.

b)

It's underneath layer 1 so you can't reach it.

c)

It's locked and needs to be unlocked to be edited.

d)

It's invisible so you can't see it to edit it.

10.

Which 2 of these CAD software applications does Adobe NOT make?

a)

Photoshop

b)

Illustrator

c)

2D Design

d)

Paint

11.

Layer masks can be used to hide parts of a layer without erasing the pixels forever. What is this editing technique called?

a)

Destructive editing

b)

Non-destructive editing

c)

Eraser editing

d)

Eraserless editing

12.

Here are the colours that I have been using in Photoshop. What is the 'foreground colour' that I have selected?

a)

Black

b)

White

c)

Blue

d)

Yellow

13.

Layer masks can hide and show areas of the layer underneath by painting onto them with black or white paint. Which colour do you use to completely hide areas under the layer mask?

a)

White

b)

Grey

c)

Black

14.

Layer masks can hide and show areas of the layer underneath by painting onto them with black or white paint. Which colour do you use to completely show areas under the layer mask?

a)

White

b)

Grey

c)

Black

15.

What is this Photoshop tool called?

a)

Lasso Tool

b)

Eraser Tool

c)

Quick Selection Tool

d)

Polygonal Lasso Tool

16.

What is this Photoshop tool called?

a)

Lasso Tool

b)

Blob Brush

c)

Quick Selection Tool

d)

Brush Selection Tool

17.

In this project, what type of digital graphics have we been editing?

a)

Raster

b)

Vector

18.

What are the tiny coloured squares called that raster graphics are made up from?

a)

Pixies

b)

Pixels

c)

Pieces

d)

Paths

19.

Look at the layers panel. Why can't I see the blue paint on layer 1 on my canvas?

a)

Layer 1 has been deleted

b)

Layer 1 is underneath the background layer

c)

Layer 1 has been copied from the internet

d)

Layer 1 has had it's 'visibility' turned off

20.

What does the shortcut CTRL + D do in Photoshop?

a)

Deselects a selected area of layer

b)

Deletes a layer completely

c)

Desaturates the colour on a layer

d)

Duplicates a layer (makes a copy)

21.

What type of font is this?

a)

Serif

b)

Sans Serif

c)

Cursive

d)

Decorative

22.

What type of font is this?

a)

Serif

b)

Sans Serif

c)

Cursive

d)

Decorative

23.

What type of font is this?

a)

Serif

b)

Sans Serif

c)

Cursive

d)

Decorative

24.

What type of font is this?

a)

Serif

b)

Sans Serif

c)

Cursive

d)

Decorative

25.

What is the technical term for line spacing?

(the space between lines of text)

a)

Tracking

b)

Leading

c)

Kerning

d)

Hierarchy

26.

What is the technical term for character spacing?

(the space between letters on a line)

a)

Tracking

b)

Leading

c)

Kerning

d)

Hierarchy

27.

What is the technical term for making some parts of the text look more important than others?

a)

Tracking

b)

Leading

c)

Kerning

d)

Hierarchy

28.

This 'savings' sign looks odd because the spacing between individual letters is not quite right.

What needs to be adjusted to make this look better?

a)

Tracking

b)

Leading

c)

Kerning

d)

Hierarchy

29.

This graphic designer has thought carefully about visual balance when composing this film poster.

What type of visual balance have they used?

a)

Symmetrical Balance

b)

Asymmetrical Balance

c)

Radial Balance

30.

This graphic designer has thought carefully about visual balance when composing this logo for BP.

What type of visual balance have they used?

a)

Symmetrical Balance

b)

Asymmetrical Balance

c)

Radial Balance

31.

This designer has thought carefully about visual balance when composing this advertising flyer.

What type of visual balance have they used?

a)

Symmetrical Balance

b)

Asymmetrical Balance

c)

Radial Balance

32.

Which 2 of the posters shown here are composed using asymmetrical balance? (Choose 2!)

a)
b)
c)
d)
33.

Which Adobe software is best for editing raster graphics?

a)
b)
c)
d)
34.

Which Adobe software is best for editing vector graphics?

a)
b)
c)
d)
35.

Photoshop is an example of CAD software.

What does CAD stand for?

a)

Constantly

Adapting

Design

b)

Computers

And

Designing

c)

Computer

Automated

Drawing

d)

Computer

Aided

Design

36.

How many grams would a 2m22m^2  

sheet of 210gsm paper weigh?

(a)  

37.

If you fold an A4 sized sheet of paper in half, then in half again, what size would the folded paper appear to be?

a)

A2

b)

A3

c)

A5

d)

A6

38.

Here is a pricelist for a professional printing company. How much would it cost to print

ten A3-sized four colour posters on a digital printer?

(a)  

39.

Which type of commercial printing process should be used for printing one-off personalised greeting cards?

a)

Digital Printing

b)

3D Printing

c)

Offset Printing

d)

Block Printing

40.

Which type of commercial printing process is shown in this illustration?

a)

Digital Printing

b)

3D Printing

c)

Offset Printing

d)

Block Printing