MGRADES
Nocti Test Study Guide Part 3 - Graphic
Design UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Back Matter - CORRECT ANSWER - Supportive material that is not part of the text and
can include items such as the appendix, notes, bibliography, glossary and index.
Front Matter - CORRECT ANSWER - In a book, copy preceding the main text, such as
title page, copyright and contents.
JPEG - CORRECT ANSWER - Joint Photographic Experts Group, a compression format
used for images used on the Internet.
Layout - CORRECT ANSWER - The arrangement of elements such as type and visuals on
a page or screen.
Masthead - CORRECT ANSWER - It contains information about the publication along
with a list of people involved with a publication and their job titles.
Negative Space - CORRECT ANSWER - The space between shapes and masses, used
mostly in referring to fine art, sculpture or music.
Orphan - CORRECT ANSWER - The first or last line of a paragraph that has become
separated from the rest of its paragraph and is positioned at the bottom or top of a page or
column, alone.
Perfect Binding - CORRECT ANSWER - An adhesive binding technique. Edges of
printing signatures are glued, then covered. The covered book is then trimmed clearly on the
remaining three sides.
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Pica - CORRECT ANSWER - A unit of measurement used for type. A pica is equal to 12
points and 1/6th of an inch.
Point - CORRECT ANSWER - A unit of measurement in typography. 12 points in a pica
or 1/72 of an inch.
Running Head or headers - CORRECT ANSWER - Headings at the tops of pages that
indicate the section and locations of materials. A running head can contain a page number, or
folio. A running foot or footer is the same element positioned at the page foot.
Running text - CORRECT ANSWER - Solid copy, normally not interrupted by headings,
tables, illus- trations, etc.
Saddle Stitched - CORRECT ANSWER - Binding with wires, similar to staples.
Saturated - CORRECT ANSWER - A color that contains little gray, an intense color. As
saturation increases, the amount of gray decreases.
silhoutte - CORRECT ANSWER - An image where the background has been eliminated,
leaving only a figure or object.
Sink or sinkage - CORRECT ANSWER - The distance down from the topmost element on
a page.
Tiff - CORRECT ANSWER - Tagged Image File Format is a format for electronically
storing and transmitting bitmapped, grayscale, and color images.
Widow - CORRECT ANSWER - A short line, word, or part of a word left bereft at the end
of a paragraph. Widows and orphans are often used interchangeably.
Nocti Test Study Guide Part 3 - Graphic
Design UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Back Matter - CORRECT ANSWER - Supportive material that is not part of the text and
can include items such as the appendix, notes, bibliography, glossary and index.
Front Matter - CORRECT ANSWER - In a book, copy preceding the main text, such as
title page, copyright and contents.
JPEG - CORRECT ANSWER - Joint Photographic Experts Group, a compression format
used for images used on the Internet.
Layout - CORRECT ANSWER - The arrangement of elements such as type and visuals on
a page or screen.
Masthead - CORRECT ANSWER - It contains information about the publication along
with a list of people involved with a publication and their job titles.
Negative Space - CORRECT ANSWER - The space between shapes and masses, used
mostly in referring to fine art, sculpture or music.
Orphan - CORRECT ANSWER - The first or last line of a paragraph that has become
separated from the rest of its paragraph and is positioned at the bottom or top of a page or
column, alone.
Perfect Binding - CORRECT ANSWER - An adhesive binding technique. Edges of
printing signatures are glued, then covered. The covered book is then trimmed clearly on the
remaining three sides.
, MGRADES
Pica - CORRECT ANSWER - A unit of measurement used for type. A pica is equal to 12
points and 1/6th of an inch.
Point - CORRECT ANSWER - A unit of measurement in typography. 12 points in a pica
or 1/72 of an inch.
Running Head or headers - CORRECT ANSWER - Headings at the tops of pages that
indicate the section and locations of materials. A running head can contain a page number, or
folio. A running foot or footer is the same element positioned at the page foot.
Running text - CORRECT ANSWER - Solid copy, normally not interrupted by headings,
tables, illus- trations, etc.
Saddle Stitched - CORRECT ANSWER - Binding with wires, similar to staples.
Saturated - CORRECT ANSWER - A color that contains little gray, an intense color. As
saturation increases, the amount of gray decreases.
silhoutte - CORRECT ANSWER - An image where the background has been eliminated,
leaving only a figure or object.
Sink or sinkage - CORRECT ANSWER - The distance down from the topmost element on
a page.
Tiff - CORRECT ANSWER - Tagged Image File Format is a format for electronically
storing and transmitting bitmapped, grayscale, and color images.
Widow - CORRECT ANSWER - A short line, word, or part of a word left bereft at the end
of a paragraph. Widows and orphans are often used interchangeably.
