Name______________________________Hour ___________ Date __________PreTest GD1

MATCHING: Select the BEST word from column II for the definitions in column I.
Column I
_____ 1. A large difference between two things. Example: rough
and smooth, or black and white.
_____ 2. A way of combining visual elements to produce a sense
of action or implied motion.
_____ 3. A visual tempo or beat- often described as alternating,
regular, flowing, progressive or jazzy.

Column II

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

Rhythm
Contrast
Movement
Value
Line

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

Balance
Form
Unity
Emphasis
Space

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

Color
Texture
Complementary
Analogous
Shape

_____ 4. An element of art that refers to the lightness or the

darkness of a color.
_____ 5. A mark with length and direction, created by a point
that moves across a surface.
_____ 6. The empty or open area between, around, above,
below, and within objects.
_____ 7. A feeling that all of the parts are working together as a
team- the quality of wholeness.
_____ 8. Area in a work of art that catches and holds the
viewers attention.
_____ 9. Principle of design that refers to the way the elements
are arranged to create a feeling of stability with equal
visual weight.
_____ 10. Any three dimensional object that can be measured
by height, width and depth.
_____ 11. The element of art that refers to the surface quality or
feel of an object - its smoothness, roughness, softness,
etc.
_____ 12. Element of art produced when a wavelength of light
strikes and object and reflects back to the eyes.
_____13. A flat figure created when actual or implied lines
surround a space - can be geometric or organic.
_____ 14. Another name for related colors - have one color in
common. Colors that appear next to each other on the
color wheel.
_____ 15. Colors that are directly opposite on the color wheel.

_____ 16. Colors made by mixing a primary with a secondary

color. Also called intermediate colors.
_____ 17. The use of different lines, shapes, textures, colors and
other elements of design to create interest in a work of art.
_____ 18. The relation of one object to another in size, amount,
number, or degree - scale.

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

Proportion
Variety
Monochrome
Triad
Tertiary

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

Primary Colors
Secondary Colors
Neutrals
Hue
Color Spectrum

______19. Made of only a single color or hue and its tints and
shades.
______ 20. Three colors evenly spaced
_____ 21. Common name for a color.
_____ 22. Black, gray, brown, and white.
_____ 23. A band of colors produced when white light shines
through a prism.
_____ 24. The three basic colors that can't be made by mixing
colors.
_____ 25. Orange, green, and purple (or violet)
MULTIPLE CHOICE: The following are in reference to Illustrator. Choose the correct answer.
26. What application in Illustrator is used to cut out the center out of a shape like in the Cereal Box Project?
A. pathfinder and unite
B. pathfinder and merge
C. pathfinder and exclude
D. pathfinder and intersect
27. How to you apply a pattern to the swatches?
A. Object and pattern
B. Window and pattern options
C. Object, pattern and make
D. Window and pathfinder
28. What shape tool is used to make a triangle?
A. Rectangle
B. Ellipse
C. Polygon
D. Star
29. What is the scratch area?
A. the area on a new artboard
B. the grey area outside the artboard
C. a layer
D. the second layer

30. Which of the following tools are not a selection tool?

A. the Lasso tool
B. the Live Paint Selection tool
C. the Free Transform tool
D. the Group Selection tool
FILL IN THE BLANK:
31. Graphic Design= __________ + ____________ + ___________.
A. Form, type, function
B. Type, form, image
C. Foreground, background, middleground
D. Type, size, expression
32. Form follows ____________.
A. size
B. type
C. function
D. image
33. The difference between Graphic Design and Graphic Arts is that Graphic Art has no _________.
A. image
B. form
C. type
D. color
34. Graphic Design requires you to use problem solving. You need to know the _____ and ______ to be
successful.
A. Color, size
B. Font, size
C. Image, function
D. Client, demographic
35. _________________ is the art and technique of arranging type to make written language legible,
readable, and appealing when displayed.
.
A. Graphic Design
B. Graphic Art
C. Type
D. Typography

INTERPRETATION: The following multiple choice questions are in reference to the book cover Jurassic
Park (1990) by Chipp Kidd.

36. Chip Kidd has designed how many book covers?

A. 50
B. 100
C. 200
D. Over 1000
37. Jurassic Park is a successful book cover because it successfully combines?
A. Font, function and type
B. Image, size and placement
C. Font, color and variety
D. Form, function and type
38. The style of Graphic Design can be classified as:
A. Simple
B. Commercial
C. Fine Art
D. Documentary
39. Jurassic Park is successful because:
A. it black and white appearance offends no one.
B. it targets young readers.
C. it is simple.
D. All three A, B and C.
40. Typography plays a role in advertising the book. The typography of this book cover shows:
A. the same font for title and author.
B. the fonts differ and show separation of title and author.
C. the font styles does not matter.
D. the font is the same size.

MATCHING: Please use the following to identify the correct type of tool with the word bank on the
right.

41. (A)____

A. Reshaping

42. (B)____

B. Painting

43. (C)____

C. Drawing

44. (D)____

D. Type

45. (E)____

E. Selection

MATCHING: Identify the anatomy of type.

46. The invisible line where a letter sits

A. Arm

47. Part of the letter that goes up

B. Baseline

48. Part of the letter that goes down

C. Distance between lines

49. Kerning

D. Leg

50. Leading

E. Distance between letters