A client provides photos for a printed magazine layout. Which color mode should the final Photoshop document use before sending to the print vendor?
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Which color profile is the standard working space for images intended for the web and most consumer monitors?
Technical name for a bitmap image: a grid of pixels with a fixed count, unlike a scalable drawing.
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Chapter 1: Working in the Design Industry — Purpose, Process, and Ethics
1.1 Exam Version, Format, and Practical Study Plan
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A designer wants permission to use a stock photo in a paid client project. Which license type usually allows this without paying per-use royalties to the original photographer?
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A client asks for a logo composition that uses two colors directly opposite each other on the color wheel. Which color scheme does this describe?
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Technical color-management name for the set of colors a particular device can reproduce, which differs between a monitor and a press.
Which composition principle divides the canvas into nine equal parts using two horizontal and two vertical lines so subjects can be placed at the intersections?
A team requests a master Photoshop file with all layers preserved for future edits. Which file format should you save?
Verb for adding or removing space between one specific pair of characters, before overall tracking is applied.
1.2 Purpose, Audience, and Project Specifications
Which file format should be used for a large composite that exceeds 2 GB or 30,000 pixels in any dimension?
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Term Match
A web designer needs a small logo with a transparent background and crisp flat-color edges for a website. Which format is the best choice?
Publishing Digital Media
Non-printing line that floats over the image and can be moved or removed to position content.
Project setup
Which checklist item is the BEST way to make a digital document accessible to users with low vision?
A freelancer wants to clarify project scope, deliverables, deadline, and revision count with a new client. Which document is typically used to capture these details?
Saved preset color kept as a clickable tile in a panel and applied to layers.
1.3 Communication, Workflows, and Project Management
When you launch Photoshop and choose File > New, which workflow does the New Document dialog provide?
Project Setup And Interface
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Term Pairs
Which resolution is the standard recommendation for raster images destined for high-quality print at actual size?
File you save a library of solid colors to when moving a palette among Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
Which Photoshop workspace would you load to expose panels such as Histogram, Adjustments, and Histogram-friendly tool defaults for retouching?
Where does the Options bar usually appear in the Photoshop interface and what does it display?
Transparent sheet in a stack that holds one part of the image and can be edited without changing the others.
Visibility and organization
1.4 Copyright, Ownership, and Fair Use
A designer wants the canvas to fill the screen so background applications don't show through. Which feature should they enable?
Find five hidden terms in a grid of letters.
Term Search
Which units of measurement are most appropriate when setting up a document intended for web and mobile UI?
Attachment to a layer where white reveals, black conceals, and gray gives partial transparency.
Which Photoshop feature shows pink magenta lines that automatically appear when you drag a layer near the edges or centers of other layers?
A designer wants to view rulers along the top and left edges of the document. Which menu command toggles them?
Placeholder in a unique shape, made by drawing it or by converting a shape or text layer.
1.5 Licenses, Releases, Fonts, and Ethical Use
Which preference defines how many Undo states Photoshop retains in the History panel?
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Which panel displays a thumbnail of every step the user has performed since opening the document so they can revert to an earlier state?
Tool that draws straight segments and curves by placing points and dragging direction handles.
Adding content
Which bit depth allows the smoothest tonal gradients and largest dynamic range for raw photo retouching?
Which command lets you save a custom panel arrangement so you can return to it later from Window > Workspace?
Outline that defines a shape's geometry and can be turned into a selection or vector mask.
Chapter 2: Working in the Design Industry — Visual Principles and Terminology
2.1 Raster, Vector, Pixel Dimensions, and Resolution
Which feature stores reusable colors, character styles, paragraph styles, graphics, and brushes that can sync across Adobe applications and team members?
Organizing Documents
What is the main benefit of saving a document as a Cloud Document (.psdc) instead of a local PSD?
Kind of point where two path segments meet; dragging it reshapes the curve.
A designer needs to keep multiple device mockups (mobile, tablet, desktop) in a single Photoshop document with separate canvases. Which feature should they use?
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