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WorksheetsHarmony Premium Associate Certification PRACTICE TEST
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the final phase of animation production pipeline called?
a)
Ink and Paint
b)
Pre-Production
c)
Post-Production
d)
Storyboarding
2.
At which position in the walk cycle are both feet touching the ground?
a)
Passing Position
b)
Down Position
c)
Contact Position
d)
Up Position
3.
What is the ideal tool for setting a permanent pivot on a peg?
a)
The Transform tool in the Tools toolbar
b)
The Select tool from the Tools toolbar
c)
The Pivot tool in the Tools toolbar
d)
The Rotate tool in the Advanced Animation toolbar
4.
Why would you adjust the ease on a bouncing ball motion?
a)
To give the ball a 'rubbery' feel
b)
To increase the frame rate
c)
To adjust the rotation angle
d)
To create a natural, weighted motion and remove the mechanical feel
5.
Why would you put your cut-out animation interpolation on twos?
a)
To set keyframes on every other frame and remove the computer generated interpolation
b)
To slow down the animation by half
c)
To make the animation go twice as fast
d)
To duplicate the animation
6.
What is the purpose of the Auto-Save option in the Preferences?
a)
It automatically saves your layers to the Library
b)
It automatically saves your files every 5 minutes. The minutes cannot be defined by the user
c)
It sets up an automatic message to remind you to save your file every few minutes. The user still has to manually save their file
d)
It automatically saves your files every few minutes. The minutes can be defined by the user
7.
What option in the Preferences would you activate to allow the mouse to automatically activate views as it hovers over them?
a)
Reduce Indentation
b)
Focus on Mouse Enter
c)
Undoable Selections
d)
Stop Motion Keyframes
8.
When using the Contour Editor to select a pencil line, where are the vector points positioned?
a)
Both the center and the edges
b)
Around the edges
c)
Along the center
d)
At either end only
9.
What would you use the Centerline Editor tool for?
a)
The Centerline Editor allows you to tweak and reshape brush strokes by manipulating their contour rather than their center line.
b)
The Centerline Editor allows you to tweak and reshape brush strokes by manipulating their center line rather than their contour
c)
The Centerline Editor allows you to remove points on the edges of a pencil line
d)
The Centerline Editor allows you to draw a spine at the center of the brush stroke.
10.
What must you do to edit a single drawing of a paperless animation cycle without affecting the repeated versions of the drawing in the cycle?
a)
Copy and paste the frame in the Timeline first
b)
Clone the layer
c)
Duplicate the drawing first
d)
You have to make a new drawing and start from scratch
11.
In the Timeline view, how do you know a drawing layer will be displayed in front of other layers?
a)
It is at the top of the Timeline order
b)
It is at the bottom of the Timeline order
c)
It is highlighted
d)
It is indented
12.
When importing a multi-layer PSD from Photoshop, what option would you you pick to import the layers exactly as they appear in Photoshop?
a)
Any of these answers
b)
Groups as Layers
c)
Single Layer
d)
Individual Layers
13.
What tool in the Advanced Animation toolbar would you use if you only wanted to position an object without affecting its size or angle?
a)
The Translate tool
b)
The Scale tool
c)
The Rotate tool
d)
The Capture Motion tool
14.
What is the purpose of a peg?
a)
To group assets and keep the Node view clean
b)
To only apply Z-depth motion information to any connected asset
c)
To contain and apply its motion information to any connected asset
d)
To prevent an element from moving
15.
What button in the Camera view toolbar would you use to reveal a trajectory of an animation?
a)
Show Grid
b)
Show Control
c)
Top Light
d)
Mirror view
16.
Which of the following is NOT a way to access the properties of a node in the Node view?
a)
Double clicking the node
b)
Clicking on the small arrow next to the yellow box on the node
c)
Right clicking on the node and selecting 'Layer Properties'
d)
Clicking on the yellow box on the node
17.
How do you invert a Cutter node in the Node view?
a)
Bring in a 'Display' node and connect it to the Cutter
b)
Right click the node and select invert'
c)
Double click the mask icon on the node or select the node and press Ctrl/CMD + I
d)
Double click the mask icon on the node or open the Layer Properties and tick the 'Inverted' box
18.
What do you have to do in order to be able to hear the sound when you play back your animation?
a)
Activate the Enable Sound button in the Playback toolbar
b)
Display the waveform in the Timeline view
c)
None of these answers
d)
Activate the Sound Scrubbing button in the Playback toolbar
19.
What happens if you do not add a Colour-Card or a background to your scene?
a)
The resulting export will appear with a red background
b)
The resulting export will appear with a black background
c)
The resulting export will adjust its resolution to only fit the elements that are visible
d)
The resulting export will not be visible
20.
Which animation technique traces from live action reference?
a)
Stop Motion
b)
Rotoscoping
c)
Cut-out Animation
d)
Inbetweening
21.
What is a character model sheet used for?
a)
Knowing how many characters are to be used in the production
b)
As a guide for what the character needs to do in a specific scene
c)
Copy-pasting the puppet into scenes
d)
As a design reference guide for animators, riggers and artists
22.
When drawing in Harmony, what tool allows you to quickly trim excess, overlapping lines?
a)
Cutter tool
b)
Envelope tool
c)
Bezier Handles
d)
Stroke tool
23.
Which of these is not a principle used in creating perspective in 2-dimensional drawings?
a)
Overlapping objects
b)
Size
c)
Shape
d)
Position
24.
What does 'chroma' refer to?
a)
The amount of black or white
b)
The amount of transparency
c)
How saturated a colour is
d)
The pure colour
25.
The first simple animations were achieved using what?
a)
The film camera
b)
The pegbar
c)
Optical toys
d)
The kaleidoscope
26.
Which animation technique involves recording the actions of an actor and then applying the information onto a 2D or 3D character?
a)
Motion Capture
b)
Paperless Animation
c)
Straight Ahead Animation
d)
Cut-out Animation
27.
The first visual representation of a script is called what?
a)
Storyboard
b)
Animatic
c)
Key Animation
d)
Character Design
28.
Which person in the pipeline assembles all of the elements and adjusts the scene so the final result looks good?
a)
Designer
b)
Storyboard Artist
c)
Animator
d)
Compositor
29.
Which of the following can you NOT do in the Node view, but CAN do in the Timeline view?
a)
Rename elements
b)
Add an empty drawing frame
c)
Add a Cutter
d)
Select elements
30.
When would you break something down into phonemes?
a)
When preparing drawing layers for rigging
b)
When preparing a mouth chart for lip syncing
c)
When saving separate elements in the Library
d)
When keyframing positions in a turnaround
31.
What is a rig?
a)
Any template that is saved in the Library
b)
A collection of standalone elements that are connected in a hierarchy to create a full character, prop or vehicle with parts that can move together or separately
c)
A set of nodes that create an effect system
d)
A full scene setup with a multi-layered background, character animation and compositing
32.
What is the advantage of creating a hierarchy?
a)
It flattens nodes/layers into a single layer
b)
It allows for faster rendering
c)
It allows you to create a complex system where parts can move together or separately based on their connections to one another
d)
It allows parent nodes to be scaled independently from children nodes
33.
What does Harmony use the palette for?
a)
For consistency in the painting process between artists
b)
To save all the colours needed to paint your elements
c)
All of these answers
d)
To allow complete control of the colours over the course of a production
34.
What is a matte?
a)
A solid coloured background that fits the camera view precisely
b)
The element that will be cut by another element
c)
An node used to apply an effect to an element
d)
The shape that is used as a mask to reveal or hide another element
35.
In which of these views can you duplicate a drawing frame?
a)
Node View
b)
Timeline
c)
Top View
d)
Perspective
36.
What is a keyframe?
a)
The length of time that a drawing is visible over a series of frames
b)
A drawing that is exposed for two or more frames
c)
A point that designates where a drawing rotates from
d)
Keyframes hold the coordinates that determine how an entire layer and its contents are moved at certain points in time
37.
A black line between two keyframes in the Timeline represents which of the following?
a)
Motion keyframe interpolation
b)
Extended exposure
c)
Stop-motion keyframe interpolation
d)
Ease in and Ease out
38.
Where would you go to change the camera resolution after creating a new scene?
a)
Windows > Camera
b)
View > Enter Full Screen
c)
Scene > Scene Settings
d)
Scene > Scene Length...
39.
How do you add a new view?
a)
Through the File > Import menu
b)
Click the + button next to a view name (tab), or use the Window menu
c)
By creating a new default workspace
d)
Through the Harmony Preferences
40.
What is an advantage of drawing solid vectors with the Brush tool?
a)
You can create dual brush tips
b)
More texture options
c)
You can change the texture of the line after drawing it
d)
No resolution lost on zooming
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