Basic Knowledge of Desktop Publishing - Quiz

Question 1

Desktop publishing has many processes and procedures but generally breaks down into six main areas. Which of these is not one of them? (Hint: It's sometimes part of the process, just not one of the main areas.)

File Preparation
Text
Scanning
Document Setup

Question 2

Which of these sub-tasks would fall under Document Setup?

Copyediting your text
Converting photos to CMYK
Creating printer's spreads for a booklet
Specifying number of columns for a newsletter

Question 3

Often you need to import text created in a word processor into your desktop publishing application. When you need to preserve the font attributes and layout of your text, which of these file formats is the most likely to retain your text formatting?

ASCII
Tab Delimited
RTF
TIFF

Question 4

Fill in the blank: A tab delimited file is a special kind of ______________ with a tab between each column in the text.

spreadsheet
plain text file
proprietary word processing file
portable file format

Question 5

There are five general categories of software used by most desktop publishers. Of the four listed here, which one is the least likely to be a stand-in or sometimes substitute for the fifth and main category -- page layout.

Font/Image Management
Word Processing
Photo/Image Editing
Illustration

Question 6

Image format knowledge is critical to desktop publishing. Which of these formats is the most flexible in terms of reducing and enlarging the file size without experiencing loss of image quality?

Vector
Bitmap

Question 7

Within the general categories of vector and bitmap are a variety of file formats, including some hybrid formats. Which of these pairs are CORRECT?

Vector - TIFF
Vector - PCX
Vector - EPS
Bitmap - WMF

Question 8

Vector and bitmap images are generally created and manipulated in different types of graphics programs -- illustration for vector images or photo/image editor (also called bitmap editor) for bitmap images -- before being placed in a desktop publishing application. What is another common name for an illustration or vector-based program?

Drawing Program
Paint Program
Icon Editor
Clip Art Editor

Question 9

Although each of the major desktop publishing applications have their own way of doing things, there are certain common features. There are at least four tools that you'll find in almost every program toolbox. Which of these four tools is most likely to actually consist of multiple buttons?

Selection or Pointer
Text
Graphics (Drawing)
Magnification/Zoom

Question 10

Resolution is a big topic that can take a lifetime to fully comprehend. However, at its most basic, resolution for desktop publishing is the measure of the dots of ink or electronic pixels that make up a picture whether it is printed on paper or displayed on-screen. Which of these initials is the "catch-all" term for measuring resolution? NOTE: It may not be technically correct in all cases, but it is the most commonly used term.

PPI
PDF
DPI
RGB