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Adobe After Effects ACA Exam Prep
2024 Questions With All Correct
Answers
Squash and stretch - ✔✔This principle of animation shows the flexibility of an object
when it compressed as it hits the ground and then extends as it bounces up again.
Frame rate (fps) - ✔✔the number of frames per second at which an animation or video
is intended to be viewed
Transparency button - ✔✔Toggles transparency
Zoom Tool - ✔✔magnifies and reduces the view of an image
Composition Panel - ✔✔A panel in After Effects that represents layers spatially, and
where compositions are displayed at the location of the CTI on the Timeline panel
Basic Creative Commons icon - ✔✔
Anticipation - ✔✔technique for preparing the audience for an action. For example,
bending the knees before a character jumps
Attribution CC icon - ✔✔
Katelyn Whitman© 2025, All Rights Reserved.
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Aspect Ratio - ✔✔The relationship of width to height in a picture or shape. Typically
16:9 or 4:3
Shy Switch - ✔✔Hides the current layer when the Hide Shy Layers composition switch
is selected.
Text Tool - ✔✔place text in the composition
Graph Editor - ✔✔An editor that graphically represents the various animated attributes
in your scene
Resolution button - ✔✔Adjust resolution to improve playback while reducing quality
Character Panel - ✔✔Helps you manually or automatically control type properties such
as kerning, tracking, and leading.
Shape Tool - ✔✔Create shapes and masks
safe area - ✔✔The inner 90 percent of the video frame. Since the outer 10 percent of a
broadcast picture is typically cut off by over-scanning, this area is considered safe for
most subject matter
Share Alike icon - ✔✔
Staging - ✔✔The lighting, camera angle and other techniques that direct the audiences
attention
Katelyn Whitman© 2025, All Rights Reserved.
Adobe After Effects ACA Exam Prep
2024 Questions With All Correct
Answers
Squash and stretch - ✔✔This principle of animation shows the flexibility of an object
when it compressed as it hits the ground and then extends as it bounces up again.
Frame rate (fps) - ✔✔the number of frames per second at which an animation or video
is intended to be viewed
Transparency button - ✔✔Toggles transparency
Zoom Tool - ✔✔magnifies and reduces the view of an image
Composition Panel - ✔✔A panel in After Effects that represents layers spatially, and
where compositions are displayed at the location of the CTI on the Timeline panel
Basic Creative Commons icon - ✔✔
Anticipation - ✔✔technique for preparing the audience for an action. For example,
bending the knees before a character jumps
Attribution CC icon - ✔✔
Katelyn Whitman© 2025, All Rights Reserved.
, 2|Page
Aspect Ratio - ✔✔The relationship of width to height in a picture or shape. Typically
16:9 or 4:3
Shy Switch - ✔✔Hides the current layer when the Hide Shy Layers composition switch
is selected.
Text Tool - ✔✔place text in the composition
Graph Editor - ✔✔An editor that graphically represents the various animated attributes
in your scene
Resolution button - ✔✔Adjust resolution to improve playback while reducing quality
Character Panel - ✔✔Helps you manually or automatically control type properties such
as kerning, tracking, and leading.
Shape Tool - ✔✔Create shapes and masks
safe area - ✔✔The inner 90 percent of the video frame. Since the outer 10 percent of a
broadcast picture is typically cut off by over-scanning, this area is considered safe for
most subject matter
Share Alike icon - ✔✔
Staging - ✔✔The lighting, camera angle and other techniques that direct the audiences
attention
Katelyn Whitman© 2025, All Rights Reserved.
