The following is a sample test for ECDL ImageMaker. In the sample test you are asked to answer some questions on the concepts underlying digital images and to carry out some practical tasks on some photos that you took on a recent trip. To conclude, you will create a personalised postcard. [20 Marks]
Locate the answer folder on your Candidate Drive. Open the answerfile sample 1 contained in the answer folder. Enter your Candidate Identification in the space provided on row 1 of the table and save the answerfile sample 1 to your Candidate Drive.
The progressive display of a graphic in more and more detail as it downloads is called __. Which one of the following completes the sentence? Enter your answer (a, b, c, or d) in the answerfile sample 1 (Q. 1 space provided) and save the answerfile sample 1 to your Candidate Drive. [1 Mark] (a) saturation (b) opacity(c) transparency (d) interlacing 2. The degree of difference between light and dark in an image is called __. Which one of the following completes the sentence? Enter your answer (a, b, c, or d) in the answerfile sample 1 (Q. 2 space provided). [1 Mark] (a) depth (b) contrast (c) brightness (d) resolution 3. Which one of the following commonly defines the term palette? Enter your answer (a, b, c, or d) in the answerfile sample 1 (Q. 3 space provided) and save to your Candidate Drive. [1 Mark] (a) The position of a specific colour on the colour spectrum. (b) The number of colours that each pixel can display. (c) The set of colours available to be displayed on a screen (d) The degree of colour transparency in an image. 4. Images that you download from a web page are protected by ________. Which one of the following completes the sentence? Enter your answer (a, b, c, or d) in the answerfile sample 1 (Q. 4 space provided). [1 Mark] (a) feathering (b) resolution (c) layers (d) copyright
Sample Test 1 (Contd.) 5. Which one of the following would enhance an image? Enter your answer (a, b, c, or d) in the answerfile sample 1 (Q. 5 space provided) Close the answerfile sample 1and the word processing application. [1 Mark] (a) Duplicate an image (b) Preview an image before printing (c) Adjust the brightness of an image (d) Use the zoom option to view the image at 200% 6. Open an image editing application, and open the files called balloon.jpg and sky.jpg from the sample test 1 images folder on your Candidate Drive. On the sky. jpg image crop the rectangular coloured border surrounding the sky image. [1 Mark] 7. Flip the entire balloon.jpg image vertically. [1 Mark]8. Select just the balloon. [1 Mark] 9. Copy the balloon and paste it (to any layer) in the centre of the sky.jpg image, to display as shown below in the image. Save and close the balloon.jpg image. [1 Mark] 10. On the sky.jpg image crate a new text layer and add the text Bon Voyage with a font colour black and an appropriate font size so that the text is clearly visible. [1 Mark] 11. Move the text to the bottom centre of the sky.jpg image. Rename the new text layer nice trip [1 Mark] 12. Reduce the opacity of the nice trip layer to 50%. [1 Mark] 13. Draw a yellow filled circle on any layer (accept default dialog box request if it appears) at the top left corner of the sky.jpg image, as shown below in the image. [1 Mark] 14. Apply a Gaussian blur to the yellow filled circle only (convert to a raster layer if required) so that the blur is obviously visible. [1 Mark]
Sample Test 1 (Contd.) 15. Apply a contrast value of 20 to the sky.jpg image. Save and close the sky.jpg image to your Candidate Drive (Click on Yes if dialog box appears). [1 Mark] 16. Open the file called fly.jpg from the sample test 1 images folder on your Candidate Drive. On the fly.jpg image use a painting tool to write your initials on a new layer to the bottom right of the fly.jpg image. [1 Mark] 17. Apply an emboss effect to your initials. [1 Mark] 18. Select the yellow colour from the image border and apply the selected colour to the white front panel on the basket at the bottom of the balloon on the fly.jpg image as shown below in the image. [1 Mark] 19. Save the fly.jpg file as float in .psp, .pspimage, .psd or .xcf format to your Candidate Drive. [1 Mark] 20. Print only the fly.jpg image to an output printer using the default print options. Save and close any open images and close all open applications. [1 Mark]