Graphic Design Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. A long paragraph feels cramped because its lines sit too close together vertically. Which typographic setting should be adjusted first?
Kerning
Tracking
Leading
Baseline shift
2. A brochure page feels crowded even though every element is relevant. Which revision makes the most effective use of white space?
Reduce every margin so the elements have more room
Increase margins and spacing while keeping related items grouped
Fill empty areas with icons to balance the page
Add thin rules between all lines of text
3. Which layout is the clearest example of asymmetrical balance?
All visual weight is concentrated in one corner without a counterbalance
Identical images are mirrored on the left and right sides
Every element is placed directly on the central axis
A large image on one side is balanced by several smaller text elements on the other
4. A designer wants the letters across an entire short, uppercase heading to feel more open. Which adjustment is most appropriate?
Increase the tracking across the heading
Increase the baseline shift
Increase the kerning of only the first letter pair
Increase the leading
5. In a large wordmark, the letters “A” and “V” appear unusually far apart while the rest of the spacing looks appropriate. What should the designer adjust?
The leading of the entire wordmark
The paragraph indentation
The tracking of every line on the page
The kerning between the “A” and “V”
6. A photograph is intended to reach the edge of a printed flyer after trimming. How should the file be prepared?
Stop the photograph exactly at the trim line
Place the photograph only inside the safe area
Add a white border immediately inside the trim line
Extend the photograph beyond the trim line into the bleed area
7. A logo must remain sharp on both a business card and a large exhibition banner. Which source format is generally most suitable?
A low-resolution JPEG
A small raster screenshot
A vector graphic
An animated GIF
8. Several text boxes in a brochure begin at slightly different horizontal positions, making the page feel untidy. Which action best improves the layout?
Align the text boxes to a shared grid line or edge
Add drop shadows to separate the text boxes
Increase the saturation of all colors
Replace the text boxes with centered text
9. A commercial printer specifically requests final artwork in a supplied CMYK profile. What should the designer do?
Convert and review the artwork using the requested CMYK profile before delivery
Keep the artwork in RGB because screens display more vivid colors
Convert the artwork to grayscale and let the printer restore the colors
Replace all process colors with unspecified spot colors
10. Body text is difficult to read because its gray tone is close in luminance to the background. Which change most directly improves readability?
Make the paragraph fully justified
Add more colors to the surrounding layout
Increase the contrast between the text and background
Reduce the space between lines
11. A rectangular photograph must fit a narrower frame without looking stretched. What should the designer do?
Change only the photograph's width until it fits
Increase its color saturation to disguise the distortion
Convert the photograph to a vector file
Preserve its aspect ratio and crop excess content if necessary
12. A designer wants readers to understand that a caption belongs to the photograph above it. Which change most directly applies the principle of proximity?
Set the caption in the same large type size as the main headline
Move the caption closer to the photograph and add more space below the caption
Place a decorative border around the entire page
Change the photograph from color to grayscale
13. On an event poster, viewers notice the event name but keep overlooking the date and location. What is the best hierarchy-focused adjustment?
Add a textured background behind every element
Give the date and location greater size or contrast and place them prominently
Center every line of text regardless of its function
Use a different typeface for each piece of information
14. A small raster image looks pixelated when enlarged for a poster. Which replacement is most likely to solve the problem?
The same image saved with a shorter filename
An image with sufficient pixel dimensions for the intended print size
A screenshot of the enlarged image
A copy with increased tracking
15. Before sending a packaged publication to print, which check is most useful for catching missing fonts and linked images?
Reviewing only the document's word count
Increasing the screen brightness
Running a preflight check
Flattening every page into a low-resolution preview
16. In a multi-column grid, what is the main purpose of a gutter?
To create space between columns so their content remains visually distinct
To define the area that will be cut off after printing
To mark the vertical center of every page
To reserve space exclusively for page numbers