ADOBE PHOTOSHOP FINAL EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔tracking - ✔✔evenly adding or subtracting space between letters in a word or group
of words
✔✔magnetic lasso - ✔✔A selection tool that creates selections automatically by clinging
to edges of contrasting objects as you click the edges
✔✔polygonal lasso - ✔✔A selection tool useful for creating a selection that is made up
of straight lines
✔✔magic wand - ✔✔a selection tool that selects an area based on similarly colored
pixels, and may be adjusted for color tolerance.
✔✔inverse selection - ✔✔An option in the Select menu that allows the user to select the
background of an image, then use that selection to create a new selection with the
inverse portion of the image (the part not originally selected
✔✔Quick selection - ✔✔selects portions of an image based on similarity of textures or
solid blocks of similar color.
✔✔layer mask - ✔✔An overlay of a layer that allows you to make visual changes to the
layer without actually changing the layer itself. While in this, you can paint white to
reveal additional parts of the layer or paint black to conceal.
✔✔adjustments layer - ✔✔Create this on an image in the layers panel to make visual
changes such as making a photo lighter or darker, sharpening or adjusting the color
balance or hue.
✔✔healing brush - ✔✔a retouching tool that allows a user to copy an area and drag it
across another area of an image to mix pixels and blend color tones to cover blemishes.
✔✔dodge - ✔✔use this tool to lighten parts of your image where you click and drag this
tool. You can set the exposure amount and choose highlights, midtones or shadows in
the options bar.
✔✔burn - ✔✔use these to darken parts of your image where you click and drag this
tool. You can set the exposure amount and choose highlights, midtones or shadows in
the options bar.
✔✔smart object - ✔✔completely preserves the image data so that all editing is
nondestructive
, ✔✔pantone - ✔✔a color-matching system that is used to standardize colors used in
digital and printed images.
✔✔duotone - ✔✔a color mode that uses two colors, combining highlights and midtones
to a black & white image while allowing the user to choose the second color, so that it is
the chosen color and white
✔✔ pixels - ✔✔dots that make up an image
✔✔hue - ✔✔the color reflected from or transmitted through an object, expressed as a
degree (between 0 and 360) and identified by a color name
✔✔saturation - ✔✔(aka "chroma") the strength or purity of the color, representing the
amount of gray in proportion to hue; is measured in a percentage from 0% (gray) to
100% (fully saturated)
✔✔brightness - ✔✔the measurement of a relative lightness or darkness of a color;
measured in a percentage from 0% (black) to 100% (white)
✔✔grayscale mode - ✔✔a specialized color mode that uses up to 256 shades of gray,
assigning a brightness from 0 black) to 255 (white) to each pixel
✔✔foreground color - ✔✔The color applied by painting tools in Photoshop; Black by
default and is used to paint, fill, and apply a border to a selection;
✔✔background color - ✔✔Color that is revealed by the Eraser Tool when it is used on a
layer that has transparency locked; It is white by default and is use to make gradient fills
and fill in areas of an image that have been erased
✔✔color picker - ✔✔a feature that lets you choose a color from a color spectrum or
numerically to define a custom color
✔✔swatches panel - ✔✔a visual display of colors that you can choose from
✔✔stroke - ✔✔emphasizing an image by placing a border around its edges
✔✔grayscale images - ✔✔can contain up to 256 shades of gray, assigning brightness
value from 0 (black) to 255 (white) to each pixels (2 words)
✔✔luminosity - ✔✔the light and dark values within an image when you convert it from
color to grayscale
✔✔filters - ✔✔photoshop commands that can significantly alter an image's appearance
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔tracking - ✔✔evenly adding or subtracting space between letters in a word or group
of words
✔✔magnetic lasso - ✔✔A selection tool that creates selections automatically by clinging
to edges of contrasting objects as you click the edges
✔✔polygonal lasso - ✔✔A selection tool useful for creating a selection that is made up
of straight lines
✔✔magic wand - ✔✔a selection tool that selects an area based on similarly colored
pixels, and may be adjusted for color tolerance.
✔✔inverse selection - ✔✔An option in the Select menu that allows the user to select the
background of an image, then use that selection to create a new selection with the
inverse portion of the image (the part not originally selected
✔✔Quick selection - ✔✔selects portions of an image based on similarity of textures or
solid blocks of similar color.
✔✔layer mask - ✔✔An overlay of a layer that allows you to make visual changes to the
layer without actually changing the layer itself. While in this, you can paint white to
reveal additional parts of the layer or paint black to conceal.
✔✔adjustments layer - ✔✔Create this on an image in the layers panel to make visual
changes such as making a photo lighter or darker, sharpening or adjusting the color
balance or hue.
✔✔healing brush - ✔✔a retouching tool that allows a user to copy an area and drag it
across another area of an image to mix pixels and blend color tones to cover blemishes.
✔✔dodge - ✔✔use this tool to lighten parts of your image where you click and drag this
tool. You can set the exposure amount and choose highlights, midtones or shadows in
the options bar.
✔✔burn - ✔✔use these to darken parts of your image where you click and drag this
tool. You can set the exposure amount and choose highlights, midtones or shadows in
the options bar.
✔✔smart object - ✔✔completely preserves the image data so that all editing is
nondestructive
, ✔✔pantone - ✔✔a color-matching system that is used to standardize colors used in
digital and printed images.
✔✔duotone - ✔✔a color mode that uses two colors, combining highlights and midtones
to a black & white image while allowing the user to choose the second color, so that it is
the chosen color and white
✔✔ pixels - ✔✔dots that make up an image
✔✔hue - ✔✔the color reflected from or transmitted through an object, expressed as a
degree (between 0 and 360) and identified by a color name
✔✔saturation - ✔✔(aka "chroma") the strength or purity of the color, representing the
amount of gray in proportion to hue; is measured in a percentage from 0% (gray) to
100% (fully saturated)
✔✔brightness - ✔✔the measurement of a relative lightness or darkness of a color;
measured in a percentage from 0% (black) to 100% (white)
✔✔grayscale mode - ✔✔a specialized color mode that uses up to 256 shades of gray,
assigning a brightness from 0 black) to 255 (white) to each pixel
✔✔foreground color - ✔✔The color applied by painting tools in Photoshop; Black by
default and is used to paint, fill, and apply a border to a selection;
✔✔background color - ✔✔Color that is revealed by the Eraser Tool when it is used on a
layer that has transparency locked; It is white by default and is use to make gradient fills
and fill in areas of an image that have been erased
✔✔color picker - ✔✔a feature that lets you choose a color from a color spectrum or
numerically to define a custom color
✔✔swatches panel - ✔✔a visual display of colors that you can choose from
✔✔stroke - ✔✔emphasizing an image by placing a border around its edges
✔✔grayscale images - ✔✔can contain up to 256 shades of gray, assigning brightness
value from 0 (black) to 255 (white) to each pixels (2 words)
✔✔luminosity - ✔✔the light and dark values within an image when you convert it from
color to grayscale
✔✔filters - ✔✔photoshop commands that can significantly alter an image's appearance
