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Basic GIMP MCQ

1. What must you do to use an image produced in GIMP in another program?

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Correct Answer: Export a file format that the program can use

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2. What two things must happen in order to use the Paths tool?

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Correct Answer: You must create a path, then stroke it

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3. How does GIMP feather objects?

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Correct Answer: By applying a Gaussian blur to the selection channel

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4. In order to use the NL Filter, what property must a layer have?

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Correct Answer: It must not have an Alpha Channel

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5. The Pixelize filter is found under which category?

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Correct Answer: Blur

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6. What happens when you drag and drop an image into the toolbox window?

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Correct Answer: The image opens in it's own image window

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7. The clone tool...

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Correct Answer: can be used across multiple layers and images.

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8. How do you fix a digital photo that's not straight?

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Correct Answer: Use the Rotate tool

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9. What happens if you paint on a Quickmask with gray?

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Correct Answer: The painted areas are partially selected

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10. The Transform tools are used for what purpose?

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Correct Answer: To alter the geometry of the image

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11. In QuickMask, which area is normally fogged over?

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Correct Answer: The unselected area

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12. What is the keyboard shortcut to fit an image in the window?

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Correct Answer: Shift+Ctrl+E

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13. What sort of operation can be performed on an image with the Image Menu items?

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Correct Answer: Nearly every operation possible in GIMP

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14. Where can you find the Colors tools in the default setup?

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Correct Answer: Only in the menu bar

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15. How do you separate an object with a complex shape for selection?

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Correct Answer: Use feathering

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16. How many operations can be done before Undo Memory is used up?

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Correct Answer: The number varies depending on operation size.

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17. Can text be edited after a text layer has been modified with another tool or filter?

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Correct Answer: Yes, but all modifications will be discarded.

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18. What does feathering allow you to do?

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Correct Answer: Soften the sharp edges of a selection

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19. The points of a path may be edited...

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Correct Answer: until the tool is switched.

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20. What happens if you click and drag a selection without handles?

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Correct Answer: You create a new selection

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21. What is the keyboard shortcut for opening the Image menu?

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Correct Answer: Shift+F10

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22. When can you use the Windows menu command?

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Correct Answer: Only when an image is open

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23. Can you use GIMP to draw complicated drawings?

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Correct Answer: GIMP is not designed to be used for drawing

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24. On the multiwindow interface, closing Toolbox will yield what result?

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Correct Answer: GIMP will exit after confirming this action

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25. Which tools alter the color distribution of the entire image?

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Correct Answer: Color tools

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26. Which tools alter the colors in some part of the image?

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Correct Answer: Paint tools

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27. Which distortion filter can be used to produce an image that looks like a sketch?

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Correct Answer: Difference of Gaussians

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28. What is the purpose of the Color Exchange tool?

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Correct Answer: Swapping one color in the image with another.

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29. How many layer modes are available in GIMP?

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Correct Answer: Twenty one

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30. What is the Shrink Wrap command used for?

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Correct Answer: To resize the window to fit the image

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31. What is the difference between the Paintbrush and Pencil Tools?

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Correct Answer: The Pencil Tool is not antialiased.

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32. How do you change the size of a parametric brush?

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Correct Answer: Through either keypresses or mouse wheel rotations

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33. What is the purpose of Dithering an indexed image?

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Correct Answer: Dithering prevents loss of detail due to banding.

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34. Which filter changes affected pixels to a random color?

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Correct Answer: Hurl

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35. Which of these Color Tools have the same basic functionality?

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Correct Answer: Brightness-Contrast, Levels, Curves

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36. Layers may be rotated

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Correct Answer: in increments of 90 and 180 degrees or by Arbitrary Rotation.

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37. Stroking a path created from text give you the possibility to create what?

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Correct Answer: Much higher quality results than rendering text as a layer

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38. How can you change the opacity of a simple selection?

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Correct Answer: Use the eraser tool with the desired opacity

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39. How are graphical elements represented in SVG files?

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Correct Answer: In a resolution independent format

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40. What is the helpline?

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Correct Answer: A thin line that shows how a finished line will look

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41. What happens if you already have a selection when initializing QuickMask?

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Correct Answer: The mask initializes with the content of the selection

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42. What does the color area in the toolbox show?

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Correct Answer: GIMP's basic palette

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43. What does it mean when a file is dirty?

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Correct Answer: You are attempting to close a file that has been edited but not saved

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44. How can you automatically fix an underexposed image?

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Correct Answer: Use the Normalize tool

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45. What are the four selection modes?

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Correct Answer: Replace, Add, Subtract, Intersect

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46. How do you delete a guide?

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Correct Answer: Drag it out of the image

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47. What happens if you paint on a Quickmask with white?

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Correct Answer: The painted areas are added to the selection

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48. Which of the following are selection tools in GIMP?

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Correct Answer: Fuzzy Select Tool, Free Select Tool, Scissors Select Tool,

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49. What happens to non-text changes made to a text layer if you edit the text later?

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Correct Answer: Any changes made after the text is edited are lost if the text is edited again

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50. What do brushstrokes look like when painted with a gradient?

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Correct Answer: They change color from one end to the other

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51. Which tools may be used to paint with gradients?

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Correct Answer: Any of the drawing tools maybe used with gradients

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52. How do you create a guide?

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Correct Answer: Click and drag a ruler into the image

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53. What happens to a photograph viewed in indexed mode?

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Correct Answer: It looks coarse and grainy

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54. What is the purpose of the Posterize filter?

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Correct Answer: Reducing the number of colors.

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55. What is brush spacing?

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Correct Answer: The distance between consecutive brush marks

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56. Where is the one place you can always find any tool?

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Correct Answer: The Tools menu

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57. What opacity is required to render Difference Clouds?

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Correct Answer: Any opacity other than complete transparency.

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58. If the layers window is closed, how do you open it?

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Correct Answer: go to Windows > Dockable Dialogs > Layers

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59. What happens if you click and drag a selection with handles?

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Correct Answer: You move the selection outline, not it's contents

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60. What is a drawable?

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Correct Answer: Anything that can be drawn on with painting tools

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61. How can you tell which brush is active?

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Correct Answer: The current brush is shown in the Brush/Pattern/Gradient areal of the toolbox

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62. What happens if you toggle QuickMask off with an active selection?

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Correct Answer: The selection is displayed with marching ants

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63. How do raster graphics files store graphical elements?

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Correct Answer: As arrays of pixels

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64. What happens if you paint on a Quickmask with black?

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Correct Answer: The painted areas are subtracted from the selection

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65. What is the Curves tool used for?

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Correct Answer: Correcting exposure problems in photos

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66. What is Dot for Dot mode?

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Correct Answer: Provided zoom factor is 100%; each pixel is displayed as one pixel on the screen

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67. What tool can be used to sharpen a slightly blurry image?

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Correct Answer: Unsharp Mask

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68. How can you quickly restore dialogs that have been closed?

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Correct Answer: Use the Windows menu command

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69. In order to have varying degrees of transparency in a single layer...

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Correct Answer: there must be an Alpha Channel.

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70. Instead of tracing around an area of interest, which tool allows you to paint your selection?

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Correct Answer: QuickMask

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71. After adding a new brush to GIMP's search path, what must you do to make it visible in the toolbox?

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Correct Answer: Hit the Refresh button to reindex the brush directory

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72. How do you toggle QuickMask on and off?

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Correct Answer: Small button in the lower left corner of the image screen

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73. What can you do with the Tool Options dialog?

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Correct Answer: Set various options for the selected tool

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74. Transparency can be completely eliminated by...

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Correct Answer: removing the Alpha Channel.

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75. What images can be used to create brushes?

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Correct Answer: Almost any image

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76. What does selecting a layer mode do?

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Correct Answer: Changes the appearance of the layer or image based on underlying layers

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77. What must you do with floating selections before you can edit them?

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Correct Answer: Anchor to an existing layer or convert to a normal layer

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78. How do you manipulate text to create special effects outside the text editor?

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Correct Answer: Convert the text item into a selection or path

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79. What must a file have in order to save it with alpha transparency?

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Correct Answer: An alpha channel

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80. The GIMP's native format is

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Correct Answer: .XCF

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81. How can you access help for an unfamiliar tool?

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Correct Answer: Hover the mouse over the tool and press F1

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82. How does GIMP make text editable?

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Correct Answer: By placing each text item on a separate text layer

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83. How do you create new gradients?

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Correct Answer: Use the Gradient Editor

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84. How do you change the colors in the basic palette?

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Correct Answer: Click on the color and use the Color Editor

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85. How do specifiy which portion of an image you want to modify?

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Correct Answer: Use the Selection tools

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86. How do you change the size of a brush?

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Correct Answer: By using the scale slider

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87. How do you recall saved settings for a tool?

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Correct Answer: Use the Restore Options button on the Tool Options dialog

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88. What tools may be used to paint on a QuickMask?

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Correct Answer: Any drawing tool and the Bucket Fill tool

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89. What must you do to use an image produced in GIMP in another program?

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Correct Answer: Export a file format that the program can use

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90. How many fonts can you use with GIMP?

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Correct Answer: Almost any font ever created can be used with GIMP

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91. The term Units refers to what?

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Correct Answer: The unit of measure in the image

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92. How do you change the active pattern?

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Correct Answer: Click on the pattern in the toolbox and use the dialog

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93. How does the Emboss filter change the image's appearance?

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Correct Answer: Gives the appearance of being stamped and carved

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94. In a JPEG file, what happens if image compression is increased?

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Correct Answer: Image quality decreases

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95. What do the commands in the zoom submenu do?

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Correct Answer: Change the magnification level of the image

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96. What does a palette allow you to do in GIMP?

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Correct Answer: Paint with a selected set of colors

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97. How do group your favorite tools for easy access?

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Correct Answer: Use the Tools dialog

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98. What is a gradient?

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Correct Answer: A set of colors arranged in a linear order

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99. What tool do you use to trim unwanted information from a photo?

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Correct Answer: Use the Crop tool

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100. How do you start the Paths tool?

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these are correct

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101. How do you save specific settings for a tool so you can use them again later?

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Correct Answer: Use the Save Options to button on the Tool Options dialog

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102. What is one use for guides?

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Correct Answer: Help with positioning an object accurately

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103. What is meant by the term tileable pattern?

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Correct Answer: The pattern can be adjoined left to right or top to bottom without creating seams

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104. How are palettes accessed in GIMP?

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Correct Answer: By using the Palettes dialog

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105. Which of the following operations CANNOT be undone with the Undo Tool?

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Correct Answer: Zooming in with the Zoom Tool.

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106. How can a selection be feathered?

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Correct Answer: By pre-selecting a feathering amount in tool options, or by using the Feather tool afterwards.

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107. How can you see all the images you have open?

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Correct Answer: All of these are correct

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108. In order to create a symmetrical bi-linear gradient, the Blend Tool must be dragged from the

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Correct Answer: center of the image.

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109. What is a Palette?

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Correct Answer: A set of discrete colors

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110. How do you delete saved options for a tool?

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Correct Answer: Use the Delete Options Button on the Tool Options dialog

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