PTSO Exam Revision
Set 7: Core Concepts & Technical Essentials (277 — 322)
QUESTION 277
What is a 'Slug Area' in a document?
Ans: Area for printer notes/instructions
QUESTION 278
Shortcut to 'Export' a file in InDesign?
Ans: Ctrl + E
QUESTION 279
What is 'Spot Varnish'?
Ans: Shiny coating applied to specific areas
QUESTION 280
Which software is used for 'Vector Tracing'?
Ans: Adobe Illustrator
QUESTION 281
What is 'Trapping' in printing?
Ans: Overlapping colors to prevent gaps
QUESTION 282
Define 'White Balance' in photography.
Ans: Adjusting colors to look natural
QUESTION 283
What is the shortcut for 'Spell Check'?
Ans: F7
QUESTION 284
Standard bleed size for a book cover?
Ans: 0.125 inch (3mm)
QUESTION 285
What is 'Small Caps'?
Ans: Capital letters as small as lowercase
QUESTION 286
What is 'Inkjet' printing?
Ans: Spraying liquid ink through nozzles
QUESTION 287
What is 'Lamination'?
Ans: Applying a plastic film to paper
QUESTION 288
Which shortcut 'Locks' an object?
Ans: Ctrl + L
QUESTION 289
What is 'Bit Depth'?
Ans: Color information available for a pixel
QUESTION 290
What is 'Drop Cap'?
Ans: Large first letter of a paragraph
QUESTION 291
Full form of TIFF?
Ans: Tagged Image File Format
QUESTION 292
What is 'Rule of Thirds'?
Ans: Grid system for composition
QUESTION 293
What is 'Opacity' vs 'Fill'?
Ans: Opacity affects layers; Fill excludes effects
QUESTION 294
Primary use of 'Adobe Bridge'?
Ans: Managing and organizing media files
QUESTION 295
What is 'Soft Proofing'?
Ans: Previewing print colors on screen
QUESTION 296
Full form of GUI?
Ans: Graphical User Interface
QUESTION 297
What is 'Feathering' in Photoshop?
Ans: Blurring the edges of a selection
QUESTION 298
Difference between RAM and ROM?
Ans: RAM is temporary; ROM is permanent
QUESTION 299
What is 'Line Art'?
Ans: Image composed only of lines
QUESTION 300
Shortcut to 'Deselect' in Photoshop?
Ans: Ctrl + D
QUESTION 301
What is 'Die Cutting'?
Ans: Cutting paper into custom shapes
QUESTION 302
What is 'Embossing'?
Ans: Creating raised patterns on paper
QUESTION 303
Define 'Gutter' for newspaper layouts.
Ans: Blank space between text columns
QUESTION 304
Standard resolution for newspaper photos?
Ans: 150 to 200 DPI
QUESTION 305
What is 'Flexography'?
Ans: Printing on packaging/plastic
QUESTION 306
Shortcut for 'Zoom In'?
Ans: Ctrl + +
QUESTION 307
Shortcut for 'Zoom Out'?
Ans: Ctrl + -
QUESTION 308
What is 'Offset Printing'?
Ans: Ink transferred from plate to rubber blanket
QUESTION 309
Shortcut for 'Group' in InDesign?
Ans: Ctrl + G
QUESTION 310
What is 'Pantone'?
Ans: Standardized color matching system
QUESTION 311
Purpose of 'Glyphs' panel?
Ans: Accessing special characters/symbols
QUESTION 312
What is 'Leading' named after?
Ans: Lead strips used in manual type
QUESTION 313
What is 'Pagination'?
Ans: Process of numbering pages
QUESTION 314
What is 'Monospace'?
Ans: Font where each character has same width
QUESTION 315
Full form of SSD?
Ans: Solid State Drive
QUESTION 316
What is 'Pixelation'?
Ans: Blurry blocks due to low resolution
QUESTION 317
What is 'Dithering'?
Ans: Simulating colors with tiny dots
QUESTION 318
Role of PTSO in Press?
Ans: Layout design and manual typesetting
QUESTION 319
Difference between JPEG and PNG?
Ans: PNG supports transparency; JPEG doesn't
QUESTION 320
What is 'Ink Density'?
Ans: Amount of ink coverage on paper
QUESTION 321
What is 'Pre-press'?
Ans: All steps before final printing
QUESTION 322
What is 'Mockup'?
Ans: 3D visual preview of a design
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