Question 1

adobe illustrator

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A vector program often used to create logos, manipulate type, and draw.

Question 2

adobe indesign

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A page layout program used by designers to combine text and images

Question 3

adobe photoshop

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A pixel-based program typically used to create or edit images.

Question 4

comps

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Also known as comprehensives, these are the step after roughs in the design process.

Question 5

creative brief

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A written plan delineating the strategy, expectations, audience, and scope of a design project.

Question 6

mandatories

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Elements that the client requires the designer to include in a design.

Question 7

roughs

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Page designs or layouts that depict a somewhat accurate representation of the final size and position of all page elements.

Question 8

target audience

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The primary group of people that a graphic design is trying to reach.

Question 9

thumbnails

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Small-scale, hand-drawn rough sketches of a design concept.

Question 10

the full editable area of an image

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Which of these terms best describe the term canvas size?

Question 11

Step 2 Gather information about the client, the competition, and the target audience

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During which step in the graphic design process should industry and trade secrets most likely be researched?

Question 12

72 ppi

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Which of these is the standard resolution setting for a website (onscreen)?

Question 13

developing a strategic plan that the designer and the client agree to

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Which of these is a task most likely completed during the creative brief step of the design process?

Question 14

graphic design

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The visual communication of a client's message using text and images to represent an idea or concept.

Question 15

icon

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A pictorial image used to represent an object or facility.

Question 16

pictograms

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A simple picture denoting an object, activity, place, or person that is intended to cross language barriers.

Question 17

sign

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Something that stands for something else.

Question 18

symbol

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A simple sign that represents another often more complex thing. For example, a dove represents peace.

Question 19

target audience

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A specified, targeted group of people on the receiving end of a graphic design.

Question 20

visual communication

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Written language and imagery combined into messages that connect with the audience on intellectual and emotional levels

Question 21

taxonomy

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A categorized list of terms that are related to a particular topic.

Question 22

infer

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a instant decision about (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements

Question 23

deduce

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arrive at (a fact or a conclusion) by reasoning; draw as a logical conclusion.

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