ADOBE VISUAL DESIGN CERTIFICATION REVIEW QUESTIONS
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Copyright -- Answer ✔✔ protection for intellectual property
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Intellectual property -- Answer ✔✔ consists of anything an individual has written or
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created (music, text, pictures, photographs, sounds, etc.)
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Fair use -- Answer ✔✔ the right to use copyrighted material for education, research,
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criticism, or news reporting; requires you to give credit to the author or creator
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Derivative works -- Answer ✔✔ based on another work where only the changes are
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protected.
Public domain -- Answer ✔✔ works with copyrights that are expired or abandoned
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Rules of Copyright -- Answer ✔✔ 1. You cannot use copyrighted material without
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written permission from the creator of the material (or from its copyright holder)
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2. You must assume that all material from another source is protected
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3. Journalistic Code of Ethics
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Journalistic Code of Ethics -- Answer ✔✔ 1. Journalists should be honest in gathering,
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reporting, and interpreting information __ __ __
2. Journalists are accountable to their audience and colleagues
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3. Journalists should present the news impartially and fairly, clearly representing various
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perspectives in a story __ __ __
4. Journalists should treat sources, subjects, and colleagues with respect
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Developing a plan -- Answer ✔✔ define, design, build, test
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,Developing a plan: Define -- Answer ✔✔ goals, target audience, resources allocation,
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task owners
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Developing a plan: Design -- Answer ✔✔ sketches, specifications and scope
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Page layout -- Answer ✔✔ will be determined by the designer and approved by the client
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Developing a plan: Test -- Answer ✔✔ may have to review and redesign; must meet
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initial focus, purpose, and audience
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Project review -- Answer ✔✔ happens after the completion, not at the beginning
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Audience Feedback -- Answer ✔✔ can only be delivered after project is complete
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File types -- Answer ✔✔ will be determined as the project moves forward
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Project management: Core project management tools -- Answer ✔✔ record of expenses
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and time, accurate notes of requirements and discussions, cost benefit analysis
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Web: measurement -- Answer ✔✔ pixels
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Web: default resolution -- Answer ✔✔ 72 DPI
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Web: color space -- Answer ✔✔ screens typically use RGB color space
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"Save for Web" option in photoshop -- Answer ✔✔ preview JPEGs with different
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compression settings before you save them __ __ __ __ __
Print: resolution -- Answer ✔✔ 300 DPI
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Print: color space -- Answer ✔✔ CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, black) color space
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Print: best format to save in -- Answer ✔✔ TIFF because it is compression free "aka
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lossless"; other lossless formats are EPS and Adobe PSD
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, Video: color space -- Answer ✔✔ RGB is the color mode
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Title-safe area -- Answer ✔✔ text within the title-safe area guarantees view ability; if it's
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not in the title-safe area it may cause problems
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Overscan -- Answer ✔✔ process used by most consumer tv sets that cuts off a portion
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of the outer edges of the picture, allowing the center of the picture to be enlarged; can
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preview with file>export>render video __ __ __
JPG -- Answer ✔✔ most common file type for photorealistic images
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GIF -- Answer ✔✔ a common file type when creating websites
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TGA -- Answer ✔✔ a common file type when exporting from 3D application
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PSD -- Answer ✔✔ photoshop document
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PSB -- Answer ✔✔ Photoshop’s large document format that supports images larger than
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30,000 x 30,000 pixels __ __ __
Design Principles -- Answer ✔✔ movement, emphasis, unity, balance
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Movement -- Answer ✔✔ curved or spiral lines can be used to indicate the movement
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or direction of an object in design, which can create an illusion of motion or lead the eye
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to the elements of an image
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Emphasis -- Answer ✔✔ the focal point is the most emphasized element of an image or
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layout
Unity -- Answer ✔✔ principle of using similar elements and/or elements that work
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together to make a coherent design __ __ __ __ __
Balance -- Answer ✔✔ asymmetrical composition is used to arrange objects that are
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very different to achieve an overall balance in a design layout
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WITH 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS.
Copyright -- Answer ✔✔ protection for intellectual property
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Intellectual property -- Answer ✔✔ consists of anything an individual has written or
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created (music, text, pictures, photographs, sounds, etc.)
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Fair use -- Answer ✔✔ the right to use copyrighted material for education, research,
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criticism, or news reporting; requires you to give credit to the author or creator
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Derivative works -- Answer ✔✔ based on another work where only the changes are
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protected.
Public domain -- Answer ✔✔ works with copyrights that are expired or abandoned
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Rules of Copyright -- Answer ✔✔ 1. You cannot use copyrighted material without
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written permission from the creator of the material (or from its copyright holder)
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2. You must assume that all material from another source is protected
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3. Journalistic Code of Ethics
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Journalistic Code of Ethics -- Answer ✔✔ 1. Journalists should be honest in gathering,
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reporting, and interpreting information __ __ __
2. Journalists are accountable to their audience and colleagues
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3. Journalists should present the news impartially and fairly, clearly representing various
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perspectives in a story __ __ __
4. Journalists should treat sources, subjects, and colleagues with respect
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Developing a plan -- Answer ✔✔ define, design, build, test
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,Developing a plan: Define -- Answer ✔✔ goals, target audience, resources allocation,
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task owners
__
Developing a plan: Design -- Answer ✔✔ sketches, specifications and scope
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Page layout -- Answer ✔✔ will be determined by the designer and approved by the client
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Developing a plan: Test -- Answer ✔✔ may have to review and redesign; must meet
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initial focus, purpose, and audience
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Project review -- Answer ✔✔ happens after the completion, not at the beginning
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Audience Feedback -- Answer ✔✔ can only be delivered after project is complete
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File types -- Answer ✔✔ will be determined as the project moves forward
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Project management: Core project management tools -- Answer ✔✔ record of expenses
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and time, accurate notes of requirements and discussions, cost benefit analysis
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Web: measurement -- Answer ✔✔ pixels
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Web: default resolution -- Answer ✔✔ 72 DPI
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Web: color space -- Answer ✔✔ screens typically use RGB color space
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"Save for Web" option in photoshop -- Answer ✔✔ preview JPEGs with different
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compression settings before you save them __ __ __ __ __
Print: resolution -- Answer ✔✔ 300 DPI
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Print: color space -- Answer ✔✔ CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, black) color space
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Print: best format to save in -- Answer ✔✔ TIFF because it is compression free "aka
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lossless"; other lossless formats are EPS and Adobe PSD
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, Video: color space -- Answer ✔✔ RGB is the color mode
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Title-safe area -- Answer ✔✔ text within the title-safe area guarantees view ability; if it's
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not in the title-safe area it may cause problems
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Overscan -- Answer ✔✔ process used by most consumer tv sets that cuts off a portion
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of the outer edges of the picture, allowing the center of the picture to be enlarged; can
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preview with file>export>render video __ __ __
JPG -- Answer ✔✔ most common file type for photorealistic images
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GIF -- Answer ✔✔ a common file type when creating websites
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TGA -- Answer ✔✔ a common file type when exporting from 3D application
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PSD -- Answer ✔✔ photoshop document
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PSB -- Answer ✔✔ Photoshop’s large document format that supports images larger than
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30,000 x 30,000 pixels __ __ __
Design Principles -- Answer ✔✔ movement, emphasis, unity, balance
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Movement -- Answer ✔✔ curved or spiral lines can be used to indicate the movement
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or direction of an object in design, which can create an illusion of motion or lead the eye
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to the elements of an image
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Emphasis -- Answer ✔✔ the focal point is the most emphasized element of an image or
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layout
Unity -- Answer ✔✔ principle of using similar elements and/or elements that work
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together to make a coherent design __ __ __ __ __
Balance -- Answer ✔✔ asymmetrical composition is used to arrange objects that are
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very different to achieve an overall balance in a design layout
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