Oral Exam Review
Vector Graphics and JR/SR Design-Fall 2014 Oral Exam Questions
The following is a list of questions that you may be asked in your oral exam. Other questions related to raster imaging may also be included, and follow-up questions related to your answers are likely. Each student will meet with the instructor individually, either during or outside of class to complete the oral exam, which will take from 5-20 minutes. You will be informed of your grade at the completion of the exam. Students wishing to re-take the exam will be required to schedule a second exam no sooner than one week after the initial exam. The second exam grade will replace the first grade, with no penalty for earlier failure.
- What is a pixel?
- What is a pixel made of?
- What does "dpi" stand for, and what is its relationship to a digital file?
- What is "ppi", and how is it different from "dpi"?
- If an image is 5 inches by 7 inches at a resolution of 300 ppi, how many pixels does it contain? (show your math)
- What is a mega-pixel?
- What does it mean when we say that an image is "pixelated"?
- What is the difference between print size and image resolution?
- What is the relevance of the term 72dpi?
- When you change the size of a photoshop image, what happens to the pixels?
- What is light?
- What is color?
- What is the definition of the term "primary color"? (red, yellow and blue are examples of primary colors, not the definition of the term "primary color")
- What are additive and subtractive color systems?
- What do CMYK and RGB stand for?
- What is the difference between CMYK and RGB color? Which is better?
- What is GRGB, where do you find it, and why is there an extra G?
- What is the difference between sRGB and AdobeRGB (1998)?
- What is a color gamut and what is an "out of gamut" color?
- What is indexed color?
- Is magenta a color? Why or why not?
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of the following file formats:
- jpeg
- psd
- gif
- png
- RAW
- indd
- ai
- What's the difference between a halftone (or bitmap) image and a grayscale image?
- How does a laser printer work?
- How does an inkjet printer work?
- What are advantages and disadvantages of each?
- What is a printer profile?
- What is the difference between screen resolution, print resolution, and image resolution?
- What is the difference between raster and vector graphics?
- Why can’t I change the resolution of my illustrator files?
- What is a font?
- What is a corrupted font? Are they cool or not?
- What is the difference between Bold and Faux Bold?
- What is a serif? What does it mean to be Sans Serif? Which is better?
- What is the difference between the following font families: Roman, Italic, Egyptian, Novelty, Blackletter?
- What is the difference between letter spacing, word spacing, leading and kerning?
- Does leading rhyme with speeding or shredding? Why?
- What is reverse type?
- What do the following tems mean: x-height, em space, en space. Which one is the biggest?
- How can you make your text shout? Is it a good idea to do so?
- What are smart quotes? Are you smart to use them?
- When and where should your punctuation hang?
- Where is there a punctuation error in this question? Hint: its not in the first sentence.
- Explain your answer.
What’s the difference between a small cap and a drop cap?
- What’s the difference between a ligature and a glyph?
- How many spaces go after a period? How many returns go after a paragraph?
- What is a Bezier curve?
- What is the difference between the selection tool and the direct selection tool? Which one is better?
- How does the pen tool work?
What does it mean to group objects?
- What is the difference between a filter and an effect?
- What’s the difference between a linked and an embedded image? Which is better?
- What does it mean to outline text? Why would you do it?
- What is the biggest picture you can make in illustrator?
- What are some properties of a good logo?
- How does live tracing work?
- If illustrator images are made for the web, how should they be saved?
- What are picas and points?
- What is justified text?
- What is the difference between a frame and content?
- Which is on the right, odd or even pages?
- What is the difference between saving a file as an indesign or a pdf file?
- What’s the difference between a fill and a stroke?
- Name 3-4 famous designers and describe their styles or examples of their work.