Adobe InDesign Test

In the image shown, how can you apply master page B to page 3?

You cannot apply master page B to this page.

Master page B is already applied.

Drag the page 3 icon over master page B.

Drag master page B over the page 3 icon.

Option A

Option B

Option C

Option D

In the image shown, what do the colored frame edges indicate?

which object style is applied to the frame

which master page each object is on

which layer each object is on

that the red frame is locked

Option A

Option B

Option C

Option D

In the image shown, all three objects are selected. What is the meaning of the highlighting on the middle object?

You can move the center frame separately from the two outer frames.

The center frame is locked.

If you use the Align features, the two outer frames will align to the center one.

The center frame is on a master page.

Option A

Option B

Option C

Option D

In the image shown, what do you know about the Body Text paragraph style?

The selected text has local formatting that is different from the style definition.

The selected text is in overset text outside the boundaries of the current frame.

The style has been added since the master styles were created.

The style has been applied to two or more paragraphs.

Option A

Option B

Option C

Option D

In the image shown, what can you infer about the document?

There are no images that are too low resolution.

All images are linked correctly.

There are no text frames that have overset text.

Document and print presets are applied correctly.

Option A

Option B

Option C

Option D

You have designed a 32-page magazine and you want to export it as a PDF to send to a printer. This image shows the General tab of the Export Adobe PDF dialog box. Which option is probably set incorrectly?

Create Acrobat Layers

Export As

Layout

Pages

Option A

Option B

Option C

Option D

Which feature helps you open or close sets of panels in the user interface?

WINDOW > ARRANGE

VIEW > EXTRAS

WINDOW > WORKSPACE

VIEW > SCREEN MODE

You are creating a flyer to be printed, and you want the background color to extend past the edge of the page. Which setting in the New Document dialog box will help you accomplish this?

COLUMN GUTTER

MARGINS

SLUG GUIDES

BLEED

Your document measurements display in picas. How can you change this to centimeters?

CHOOSE LAYOUT > NUMBERING & SECTION OPTIONS.

CHOOSE LAYOUT > RULER GUIDES.

USE THE GUIDES & PASTEBOARD PANE IN THE PREFERENCES DIALOG BOX.

USE THE UNITS & INCREMENTS PANE IN THE PREFERENCES DIALOG BOX.

Which panel allows you to add an arrowhead to the end of a line?

PATHFINDER

TRANSFORM

STROKE

EFFECTS

You want to move an image from one graphic frame to another. Which feature will you need to use?

EDIT > PLACE AND LINK

OBJECT > ARRANGE

EDIT > PASTE INTO

FILE > ADJUST LAYOUT

You have an empty one-page InDesign document. You have used File > Place to select a Word document that contains many pages of text. What will help you place the full story quickly?

RIGHT-CLICK THE PAGE WITH THE PLACE CURSOR.

SELECT SHOW IMPORT OPTIONS IN THE PLACE DIALOG BOX.

CLICK THE NEW PAGES BUTTON IN THE PAGES PANEL WITH THE PLACE CURSOR.

SHIFT-CLICK WITH THE PLACE CURSOR INSIDE THE MARGIN GUIDES.

When you select a rectangular frame on the page, InDesign displays a yellow square near the frame's upper-right corner. What does this allow you to do?

LINK THE FRAME TO ANOTHER FRAME.

CHANGE THE CORNERS FROM SQUARE TO ROUNDED.

CHANGE THE LAYER OR Z-ORDER OF THE FRAME.

ANCHOR THE OBJECT INTO ANOTHER FRAME.

Suppose that master page B is based on master page A, and you are currently editing master page B. Which statement is true?

OBJECTS ON MASTER PAGE A CANNOT BE SELECTED OR CHANGED.

OBJECTS ON MASTER PAGE A CANNOT BE SELECTED UNLESS YOU OVERRIDE THE OBJECTS.

OBJECTS ON MASTER PAGE A ARE NOT VISIBLE.

OBJECTS ON MASTER PAGE A MUST ALWAYS APPEAR BEHIND OBJECTS FROM MASTER PAGE B.

What is one reason you might want to use the Span Columns feature?

YOU HAVE A HEADING THAT YOU WANT TO SPAN ACROSS TWO THREADED TEXT FRAMES.

YOU WANT A LINE OR TOP SHADED BORDER TO SPAN ACROSS THE TOP OF A MULTICOLUMN FRAME.

YOU HAVE A BULLET LIST OF SIX ITEMS THAT YOU WANT TO SPLIT INTO TWO COLUMNS IN THE MIDDLE OF A TEXT FRAME.

YOU ARE CHANGING THE NUMBER OF COLUMNS ON A PAGE AND WANT TO ENSURE THE TEXT FLOWS PROPERLY.

You have a multipage lnDesign document that you will export as a PDF f‌ile for on-screen viewing. You want to create bookmarks in the PDF f‌ile for all the paragraphs set to your "Heading 1" paragraph style. Which feature should you use?

HYPERLINKS PANEL

LAYOUT > TABLE OF CONTENTS

EDIT > FIND/CHANGE

PAGE TRANSITIONS PANEL

Why might you want to choose Object > Text Frame Options?

TO CHANGE THE NUMBER OF COLUMNS IN A TEXT FRAME

TO CHANGE THE CORNERS OF A FRAME FROM CORNER TO ROUNDED

TO CHANGE THE F‌ILL AND STROKE OF A TEXT FRAME

TO APPLY A DROP SHADOW TO THE FRAME

When preparing Photoshop and Illustrator files to be placed into InDesign, what is true?

PHOTOSHOP AND ILLUSTRATOR FILES SHOULD BE SET TO RGB MODE.

PHOTOSHOP AND ILLUSTRATOR FILES CAN BE SAVED IN EITHER RGB OR CMYK MODE.

PHOTOSHOP AND ILLUSTRATOR FILES SHOULD BE SET TO CMYK MODE.

PHOTOSHOP FILES MAY BE RGB OR CMYK, BUT ILLUSTRATOR FILES MUST BE IN CMYK MODE.

You want to be alerted if any text or objects have been assigned the registration color as a fill or stroke. Which feature lets you do this?

COLOR PANEL

INFO PANEL

ATTRIBUTES PANEL

PREFLIGHT PANEL

To what elements can you NOT apply a transparency effect such as opacity?

INTERACTIVE OBJECTS SUCH AS BUTTONS

TEXT FRAMES AND OPEN PATHS

THE STROKE SEPARATE FROM THE FILL ON A FRAME

A WORD WITHIN A PARAGRAPH

Suppose you are working with a document that has eight spot colors listed in the Swatches panel. What is the fastest way to ensure that these colors all convert to CMYK upon output?

USE THE COLOR PANEL.

USE INK MANAGER.

USE THE SEPARATIONS PREVIEW PANEL.

SET TRANSPARENCY BLEND SPACE TO CMYK.

What are two differences between the PDF/X-1a and the PDF/X-4 PDF export presets?

SPOT COLORS AND BLEED VALUES

TRANSPARENCY AND RGB IMAGES

TAGGED TEXT AND ACCESSIBILITY OPTIONS

COMPRESSION AND FLATTENER SETTINGS

When preparing Photoshop and Illustrator files for import into InDesign, what color mode should they be set to?

PHOTOSHOP AND ILLUSTRATOR FILES SHOULD BE SET TO CMYK MODE.

PHOTOSHOP FILES MAY BE RGB OR CMYK, BUT ILLUSTRATOR FILES MUST BE IN CMYK MODE.

PHOTOSHOP AND ILLUSTRATOR FILES SHOULD BE SET TO RGB MODE.

PHOTOSHOP AND ILLUSTRATOR FILES CAN BE SET TO RGB OR CMYK MODE.

The text inside a text frame is highlighted with pink. What does this highlighting probably indicate?

THE TEXT IS CONDITIONAL OR VARIABLE.

THE SPECIFIED FONT IS NOT AVAILABLE ON YOUR COMPUTER.

LOCAL FORMATTING HAS BEEN APPLIED THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN THE UNDERLYING PARAGRAPH STYLE.

A CHARACTER STYLE HAS BEEN APPLIED TO THE TEXT.

What is one reason to click Object > Text Frame Options?

TO APPLY A DROP SHADOW TO THE FRAME

TO CHANGE THE NUMBER OF COLUMNS IN A TEXT FRAME

TO CHANGE THE FILL AND STROKE OF A TEXT FRAME

TO CHANGE THE CORNERS OF A FRAME FROM CORNER TO ROUNDED

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Exam Type:	Adobe InDesign MCQ Skill Test
Questions Type:	Multiple Choice Questions
Total Questions:	25
Time Limit:	30 Minutes
Last Update	June, 2025

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In the image shown, how can you apply master page B to page 3?

You cannot apply master page B to this page.

Master page B is already applied.

Drag the page 3 icon over master page B.

Drag master page B over the page 3 icon.

In the image shown, what do the colored frame edges indicate?

which object style is applied to the frame

which master page each object is on

which layer each object is on

that the red frame is locked

In the image shown, what can you infer about the document?

There are no images that are too low resolution.

All images are linked correctly.

There are no text frames that have overset text.

Document and print presets are applied correctly.

You have designed a 32-page magazine and you want to export it as a PDF to send to a printer. This image shows the General tab of the Export Adobe PDF dialog box. Which option is probably set incorrectly?

Create Acrobat Layers

Export As

Layout

Pages

Which feature helps you open or close sets of panels in the user interface?

You are creating a flyer to be printed, and you want the background color to extend past the edge of the page. Which setting in the New Document dialog box will help you accomplish this?

Your document measurements display in picas. How can you change this to centimeters?

Which panel allows you to add an arrowhead to the end of a line?

You want to move an image from one graphic frame to another. Which feature will you need to use?

You have an empty one-page InDesign document. You have used File > Place to select a Word document that contains many pages of text. What will help you place the full story quickly?

When you select a rectangular frame on the page, InDesign displays a yellow square near the frame's upper-right corner. What does this allow you to do?

Suppose that master page B is based on master page A, and you are currently editing master page B. Which statement is true?

What is one reason you might want to use the Span Columns feature?

You have a multipage lnDesign document that you will export as a PDF f‌ile for on-screen viewing. You want to create bookmarks in the PDF f‌ile for all the paragraphs set to your "Heading 1" paragraph style. Which feature should you use?

Why might you want to choose Object > Text Frame Options?

When preparing Photoshop and Illustrator files to be placed into InDesign, what is true?

You want to be alerted if any text or objects have been assigned the registration color as a fill or stroke. Which feature lets you do this?

To what elements can you NOT apply a transparency effect such as opacity?

Suppose you are working with a document that has eight spot colors listed in the Swatches panel. What is the fastest way to ensure that these colors all convert to CMYK upon output?

What are two differences between the PDF/X-1a and the PDF/X-4 PDF export presets?

When preparing Photoshop and Illustrator files for import into InDesign, what color mode should they be set to?

The text inside a text frame is highlighted with pink. What does this highlighting probably indicate?

What is one reason to click Object > Text Frame Options?