Question 1
Which approach is least acceptable when giving feedback to a peer?
Correct Answer:
Personal insult
Explanation:
Giving feedback to a peer should be constructive and respectful, focusing on specific behavior and its impact and offering concrete steps for improvement. The least acceptable approach is a personal insult because it attacks the person rather than the work, damages trust, and reduces the chance that the feedback will be heard or acted on. Insults create defensiveness and can harm working relationships, making it harder for the peer to use any guidance you try to provide. By contrast, specific suggestions give clear direction on what to change, a balanced critique acknowledges what was done well while pointing out areas to improve, and an encouraging tone helps the recipient stay motivated and open to feedback. Together, these approaches support learning and growth.
Question 2
What term describes the 3-4 letter suffix at the end of a document name (for example, PSD)?
Correct Answer:
File Format
Explanation:
The 3-4 letter suffix at the end of a file name is called the file extension. This extension identifies the file type to the operating system and applications, helping them know how to open and handle the file. In your example, PSD indicates a Photoshop Document, so the extension tells software that it’s a Photoshop file and what kind of data it contains. File format is related but refers to the actual structure or encoding of the data inside the file. The suffix you see on the filename is specifically the extension, which is the label used by systems to recognize the file type. Examples of other extensions include .docx, .jpg, and .png.
Question 3
The basic unit of a raster image?
Correct Answer:
Pixels
Explanation:
Rasters are made up of tiny colored squares called pixels. These pixels form a grid, and each one holds the color value for that spot, so the whole image is a mosaic of pixels. That’s why increasing resolution adds more detail—the more pixels in the grid, the finer the image appears. Vectors, by contrast, describe shapes with mathematical formulas and scale without losing clarity. Bits are the smallest data units in storage, but the image’s basic building block is the pixel.
Question 4
Removing saturation from a color is called what?
Correct Answer:
Desaturation
Explanation:
Desaturation is the process of removing saturation, which means reducing a color’s vividness or intensity toward gray. Saturation measures how pure or intense a color is, so lowering it makes the color look duller while its hue (the color family like red, blue, or green) stays the same. Value describes how light or dark the color is, and while desaturation changes chroma, it doesn’t inherently change the hue; complete desaturation yields a neutral gray at a given lightness. That’s why removing saturation is described as desaturation.
Question 5
The degree of lightness or darkness of a color is called what?
Correct Answer:
Value
Explanation:
Value describes how light or dark a color appears. It measures lightness versus darkness regardless of the hue and is what you adjust when you create shading or contrast in artwork. Hue is the color family (red, blue, yellow), not its lightness. Saturation is the color’s intensity or purity (how vivid it is), not how light or dark it looks. Brightness is a term often used in digital contexts to describe luminance, which can overlap with value but value is the standard term for lightness/darkness in traditional color theory.
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