After Effects Test

Which view is shown here?

Composition Flowchart

Graph Editor

Composition Mini-Flowchart

Guided View

Option A

Option B

Option C

Option D

Which view is shown here?

Guided View

Composition Flowchart

Composition Mini-Flowchart

Graph Editor

Option A

Option B

Option C

Option D

Which type of light is used in this scene?

Spot

Ambient

Parallel

Point

Option A

Option B

Option C

Option D

An image was created on a transparent background in Photoshop using different dimensions to this After Effects composition. Which option was used when importing the PSD file shown below to place the image at its original scale and position?

Set the PSD sequence option.

Click Import As > Composition.

Click Import As > Footage.

Click Import As > Composition – Retain Layer Size.

Option A

Option B

Option C

Option D

How can you create a direct relationship between two layer properties?

USE GROUPING.

USE THE PICK WHIP TO ENABLE PARENTING.

USE VALUE LINKING.

USE THE PICK WHIP TO ENABLE CONNECTING.

How can you create a single composition from multiple footage items?

DRAG THE SELECTED FOOTAGE ITEMS TO THE CREATE A NEW COMPOSITION BUTTON AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PROJECT PANEL.

SELECT THE ITEMS AND PRESS COMMAND+SHIFT+N (CTRL+SHIFT+N).

SELECT THE ITEMS AND CLICK COMPOSITION > NEW COMPOSITION FROM SELECTION.

SELECT THE ITEMS AND CLICK COMPOSITION > NEW COMPOSITION.

What is a null object?

A VISIBLE LAYER THAT CAN BE PARENTED TO ANY LAYER IN THE COMPOSITION

A SPECIAL LAYER USED TO HOLD EXPRESSIONS

A SOLID LAYER WITH A BLACK BACKGROUND THAT CAN BE PARENTED TO ANY LAYER IN THE COMPOSITION

AN INVISIBLE LAYER THAT HAS ALL THE PROPERTIES OF A VISIBLE LAYER SO IT CAN BE PARENTED TO ANY LAYER IN THE COMPOSITION

When your footage contains transparency, where is the transparency information stored?

OPACITY EFFECT

ALPHA EFFECT

SOURCE MONITOR

ALPHA CHANNEL

Where can you control the settings for footage created from an After Effects composition?

SAVE AS DIALOG

RENDER QUEUE PANEL

EXPORT QUEUE PANEL

PROGRESS PANEL

Which technique is useful for creating slow-motion, fast-motion, freeze frame, or other retiming results for a layer?

CC WIDE TIME

POSTERIZE TIME

TIME DISPLACEMENT

TIME REMAPPING

How can you render a file in the background and keep working in After Effects?

CLICK FILE > EXPORT > ADD TO RENDER QUEUE.

CLICK FILE > EXPORT > BACKGROUND RENDER.

CLICK FILE > WATCH FOLDERS.

CLICK FILE > EXPORT > ADD TO ADOBE MEDIA ENCODER QUEUE.

Which project format exposes much of the information as human-readable text in string elements? You can open it in a text editor and edit some details of the project without opening the project in After Effects.

AEP

AET

XML

MOGRT

You have changed several sliders for multiple effects, but the Composition window isn't updating. What should you do?

MAKE SURE THE LAYER ISN'T LOCKED.

SEE IF THE CAPS LOCK KEY IS ENGAGED.

REMOVE AND REAPPLY THE EFFECT.

MAKE SURE THE COMPOSITION ISN'T LOCKED.

Which blur effect supports the use of a depth matte to define the focal range?

SMART BLUR

CAMERA LENS BLUR

CC RADIAL BLUR

BILATERAL BLUR

What adjustment in the Lumetri Color effect can help restore edge detail to footage?

SHARPEN

INTENSITY

CLARITY

CONTRAST

If you want to apply an effect to multiple layers and adjust all layers at once, which method should you use?

SET ONE LAYER EFFECT AND THEN COPY AND PASTE ITS RESULTS TO THE OTHER LAYERS.

USE AN ADJUSTMENT LAYER.

PARENT THE LAYER CONTROLS.

USE THE LAYER PICK WHIP TO LINK PROPERTIES.

Holding the Shift key when rotating a 3D layer constrains the rotation to how many degrees?

20

30

45

15

What is the correct file extension for a Motion Graphics template?

.MGT

.AEPT

.MGRT

.MOGRT

A file is in the render queue but cannot be rendered. You see that it is labeled Needs Output. What should you do?

SAVE THE PROJECT.

SET AN OUTPUT FILE NAME FROM THE RENDER TO MENU.

ADJUST THE COMPOSITION SETTINGS.

SET AN OUTPUT FILE NAME FROM THE OUTPUT TO MENU.

What type of light never casts a shadow in a 3D scene?

SPOT

POINT

PARALLEL

AMBIENT

What's the maximum number of bits per channel (bpc) that After Effects will allow?

64

16

8

32

When rendering a video file, which codec supports an alpha channel for transparency?

GOPRO CINEFORM

APPLE PRORES 422

H.264

UNCOMPRESSED YUV 10 BIT

Which shortcut key provides quick access to the Opacity controls for a selected layer?

T

P

U

O

What does the Adjust Exposure control in the Composition viewer do?

SIMULATES THE EXPOSURE SETTING ON THE CAMERA THAT CAPTURES THE IMAGE, MULTIPLYING ALL LIGHT INTENSITY VALUES BY A CONSTANT, WITHOUT AFFECTING THE FINAL IMAGE

IN 32-BITS-PER-CHANNEL HDR COMPOSITIONS ONLY, ADJUSTS THE TONAL RANGE OF THE OVERALL COMPOSITION

IN 32-BITS-PER-CHANNEL HDR PROJECTS ONLY, ADJUSTS THE TONAL RANGE OF THE OVERALL COMPOSITION

SIMULATES THE F-STOP ADJUSTMENT (EXPOSURE SETTINGS) ON THE CAMERA, TO MAKE A RENDERED IMAGE APPEAR MORE OR LESS EXPOSED AND ADJUST DEPTH OF FIELD

What change occurs when you enable the 3D Layer switch in the Timeline panel?

ALL OF THESE ANSWERS

THE LAYER IS EXTRUDED WITH DEPTH.

THE Z AXIS IS ENABLED FOR THE LAYER.

THE LAYER CAN CAST A 3D SHADOW.

Which axis mode always aligns the axes to the absolute coordinates of the composition?

WORLD AXIS

LOCAL AXIS

GLOBAL AXIS

VIEW AXIS

Which video rendering option in the Effects drop-down menu (in the Project Settings dialog box) is available on both Mac and Windows, and uses the GPU to accelerate rendering?

METAL

OPENCL

CUDA

SOFTWARE ONLY

What is the keyboard shortcut to edit the Composition Settings dialog box?

COMMAND+K (CTRL+K)

COMMAND+C (CTRL+C)

COMMAND+T (CTRL+T)

COMMAND+X (CTRL+X)

How do you make a template that specifies a file's format and codec for easy reuse?

SAVE A COMPOSITION SETTINGS TEMPLATE.

SAVE AN OUTPUT MODULE TEMPLATE.

SYNC YOUR SETTINGS WITH CREATIVE CLOUD.

SAVE A RENDER SETTINGS TEMPLATE.

When you want to add properties to the Essential Graphics panel, how can you easily see only the supported properties?

ALL PROPERTIES ARE SUPPORTED BY THE ESSENTIAL GRAPHICS PANEL.

CLICK THE SOLO SUPPORTED PROPERTIES BUTTON IN THE ESSENTIAL GRAPHICS PANEL.

TYPE "PP" TWICE WITH THE TIMELINE PANEL ACTIVE.

SWITCH TO THE ESSENTIAL GRAPHICS WORKSPACE.

Which import method provides the broadest format support for video files?

MEDIA BROWSER

FILE > IMPORT > PRO IMPORT AFTER EFFECTS

FILE > IMPORT > FILE

PROJECT PANEL

You have applied the Auto Levels effect but notice flickering in the results. How can you reduce this?

ADJUST THE BLACK CLIP PROPERTY.

ADJUST THE WHITE CLIP PROPERTY.

INCREASE THE BLEND WITH ORIGINAL PROPERTY.

INCREASE THE TEMPORAL SMOOTHING PROPERTY

Which renderer is the preferred method for extruding text and shapes?

CINEMA 4D

RAY-TRACED 3D

BASIC

CLASSIC 3D

You're using the 3D Camera Tracker and want to enable shadows to appear in a footage layer. Which option should you create?

GROUND PLANE

NULL

SOLID

SHADOW CATCHER

How can you scale all elements in a composition, including the composition itself?

LINK ALL LAYERS AND THEN CHANGE THE COMPOSITION SETTINGS.

CLICK FILE > SCRIPTS > SCALE COMPOSITION.JSX.

CLICK FILE > SCRIPTS > DOUBLE-UP.JSX.

IN THE COMPOSITION SETTINGS DIALOG BOX, SCALE THE COMPOSITION DIMENSIONS AND THE LAYERS WILL SCALE TO MATCH.

How do you include controls from an After Effects project in the Essential Graphics panel?

SHIFT-CLICK A PROPERTY IN THE TIMELINE TO ADD IT TO THE ESSENTIAL GRAPHICS PANEL.

SELECT ADD FORMATTING.

DRAG A PROPERTY FROM THE TIMELINE INTO THE ESSENTIAL GRAPHICS PANEL.

DOUBLE-CLICK A PROPERTY IN THE TIMELINE TO ADD IT TO THE ESSENTIAL GRAPHICS PANEL.

If you want to pan a spotlight across a subject, which property should you adjust to create the effect of a pan from a stationary position?

ORIENTATION

POSITION

FALLOFF

POINT OF INTEREST

When a layer is active, what will pressing Return (Mac) or Enter (Windows) allow you to do?

CHANGE THE LAYER'S STACKING ORDER.

RENAME THE LAYER.

PLAY THE LAYER.

MOVE THE LAYER.

What is the maximum composition size that can be created in After Effects?

UNLIMITED AS LONG AS YOU HAVE ENOUGH RAM

30,000 X 30,000

50,000 X 50,000

20,000 X 20,000

Where do you change the shutter angle for the motion blur in a composition?

ON THE BASIC TAB OF THE COMPOSITION SETTINGS DIALOG BOX

ON THE ADVANCED TAB OF THE COMPOSITION SETTINGS DIALOG BOX

ON THE 3D RENDERER TAB OF THE COMPOSITION SETTINGS DIALOG BOX

IN THE FILE > PROJECT SETTINGS DIALOG BOX

How can you choose which frame of a composition to show as a thumbnail image for the composition in the Project panel?

MOVE THE PLAYHEAD TO THE DESIRED FRAME AND CLICK COMPOSITION > SET POSTER TIME.

YOU CANNOT CHANGE THE THUMBNAIL IMAGE.

SELECT THE DESIRED FRAME IN THE COMPOSITION SETTINGS DIALOG BOX.

FROM THE RENDER QUEUE, GO TO RENDER SETTINGS TO SET THE THUMBNAIL IMAGE.

You want to take an existing layer and make it into two separate layers. How can you do this so the separation occurs at the playhead?

CLICK LAYER > SPLIT LAYER.

CLICK EDIT > SPLIT LAYER.

CLICK EDIT > EXTRACT WORK AREA.

CLICK EDIT > DUPLICATE.

When using the Collect Files option, what removes all unused footage items and compositions?

REDUCE PROJECT

OBEY PROXY SETTINGS

ENABLE WATCH FOLDER RENDER

REMOVE UNUSED ITEMS

Which effect recovers alpha-channel detail from a scene keyed by a typical keying effect, including recovering detail lost due to compression artifacts?

KEYING > KEY CLEANER

KEYING > ADVANCED SPILL SUPPRESSOR

KEYING > KEYLIGHT (1.2)

KEYING > EXTRACT

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Exam Type:	After Effects MCQ Skill Test
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Total Questions:	44
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Last Update	October, 2025

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After Effects Quiz

Which view is shown here? Composition Flowchart Graph Editor Composition Mini-Flowchart Guided View

Which view is shown here? Guided View Composition Flowchart Composition Mini-Flowchart Graph Editor

Which type of light is used in this scene? Spot Ambient Parallel Point

How can you create a direct relationship between two layer properties?

How can you create a single composition from multiple footage items?

What is a null object?

When your footage contains transparency, where is the transparency information stored?

Where can you control the settings for footage created from an After Effects composition?

Which technique is useful for creating slow-motion, fast-motion, freeze frame, or other retiming results for a layer?

How can you render a file in the background and keep working in After Effects?

Which project format exposes much of the information as human-readable text in string elements? You can open it in a text editor and edit some details of the project without opening the project in After Effects.

You have changed several sliders for multiple effects, but the Composition window isn't updating. What should you do?

Which blur effect supports the use of a depth matte to define the focal range?

What adjustment in the Lumetri Color effect can help restore edge detail to footage?

If you want to apply an effect to multiple layers and adjust all layers at once, which method should you use?

Holding the Shift key when rotating a 3D layer constrains the rotation to how many degrees?

What is the correct file extension for a Motion Graphics template?

A file is in the render queue but cannot be rendered. You see that it is labeled Needs Output. What should you do?

What type of light never casts a shadow in a 3D scene?

What's the maximum number of bits per channel (bpc) that After Effects will allow?

When rendering a video file, which codec supports an alpha channel for transparency?

Which shortcut key provides quick access to the Opacity controls for a selected layer?

What does the Adjust Exposure control in the Composition viewer do?

What change occurs when you enable the 3D Layer switch in the Timeline panel?

Which axis mode always aligns the axes to the absolute coordinates of the composition?

Which video rendering option in the Effects drop-down menu (in the Project Settings dialog box) is available on both Mac and Windows, and uses the GPU to accelerate rendering?

What is the keyboard shortcut to edit the Composition Settings dialog box?

How do you make a template that specifies a file's format and codec for easy reuse?

When you want to add properties to the Essential Graphics panel, how can you easily see only the supported properties?

Which import method provides the broadest format support for video files?

You have applied the Auto Levels effect but notice flickering in the results. How can you reduce this?

Which renderer is the preferred method for extruding text and shapes?

You're using the 3D Camera Tracker and want to enable shadows to appear in a footage layer. Which option should you create?

How can you scale all elements in a composition, including the composition itself?

How do you include controls from an After Effects project in the Essential Graphics panel?

If you want to pan a spotlight across a subject, which property should you adjust to create the effect of a pan from a stationary position?

When a layer is active, what will pressing Return (Mac) or Enter (Windows) allow you to do?

What is the maximum composition size that can be created in After Effects?

Where do you change the shutter angle for the motion blur in a composition?

How can you choose which frame of a composition to show as a thumbnail image for the composition in the Project panel?

You want to take an existing layer and make it into two separate layers. How can you do this so the separation occurs at the playhead?

When using the Collect Files option, what removes all unused footage items and compositions?

Which effect recovers alpha-channel detail from a scene keyed by a typical keying effect, including recovering detail lost due to compression artifacts?