Each answer/choice should be accompanied by explanation.

1) Magazines and newspapers generally use justified type because ________.

A) it produces large gaps between words in a column

B) it decreases the amount of white space along the right margin

C) it can accommodate more text in a given space

D) it produces hyphenation at the ends of lines

E) it produces a less formal, more contemporary look

2) Why do business documents prefer a flush-left, ragged-right margin over justified type?

A) It can accommodate more text in a given space.

B) It can produce large gaps between words and increase white space.

C) It produces a more formal look as spacing between words is consistent.

D) It creates a denser look as uniform line lengths decrease the amount of white space.

E) It produces a less formal and more contemporary look.

3) Daniel is the page designer for a business magazine. He decides to opt for a flush-left, ragged-right alignment. Which of the following is the best criticism for this choice?

A) It will produce a denser, more formal look, which will not be suited to the magazine.

B) It will increase hyphenation at the ends of lines and will be difficult to format.

C) It creates a more open appearance on the page, accommodating less text than a justified

alignment.

D) The spacing between words will vary, making it difficult for readers to skim through the text.

E) The line lengths decrease the amount of white space along the right margin.

4) Jacob is designing a page in the company newsletter that informs employees about a new company policy. The subject is fairly complex, and requires a lot of explanation, but Jacob cannot use more than one page. Which of the following alignments will help Jacob fit in the maximum number of words?

A) flush right with a ragged-left margin

B) centered

C) flush left with a ragged-right margin

D) justified

E) centered with a ragged-right margin

5) ________ type is rarely used for text paragraphs, but is commonly used for headings and

subheadings.

A) Flush left

B) Ragged-right

C) Centered

D) Flush right

E) Justified

6) Centered type should be avoided for business documents but can be used in ________.

A) long blocks of text

B) headings

C) the appendix

D) formal messages

E) business magazines

7) ________ refers to the physical design of letters, numbers, and other text characters.

A) Wiki

B) Revision tracking

C) White space

D) Typeface

E) Hedging

8) Serif typefaces ________.

A) create more open appearance on the page, producing a less formal and more contemporary look

B) have small crosslines at the ends of each letter stroke

C) do not have small crosslines at the ends of each letter stroke

D) require generous amounts of spacing between lines

E) are rarely used for text paragraphs but are commonly used for headings and subheadings

9) Which of the following is true for the use of typefaces in business documents?

A) Serif typefaces are usually used for headlines, while sans serif typefaces are better suited for body text.

B) The use of multiple typefaces in a single document is recommended to reduce clutter and give the document a professional look.

C) Serif typefaces are visually simpler than sans serif typefaces and are hence used for headings.

D) Sans serif typefaces are difficult to read in large blocks of text, unless formatted using large amounts of leading.

E) Sans serif typefaces have small crosslines at the ends of each letter stroke and thus require large amounts of leading to increase readability.

10) Which of the following is an element of type style?

A) revision tracking

B) parallelism

C) boldface

D) hedging

E) margin

11) ________ is used for highlighting quotations and indicating foreign words, irony, humor,

book and movie titles, and unconventional usage.

A) Superscript

B) Italics

C) Boldface

D) Underlining

E) Subscript

12) Which of the following is true of creating multimedia documents?

A) In order to include various media elements in a document, you must first ensure that you have the legal rights to use them.

B) Multimedia documents follow a rigid linear structure from beginning to end and hence a conventional outline is suitable.

C) Developing multimedia documents require minimal creative and technical skills as tasks such as adding photographs and video clips to webpages have gotten much easier in recent years.

D) The costs associated with creating multimedia documents are practically negligible as consumer versions of several software tools are easily available.

E) Multimedia elements can run on all types of software and hence compatibility is not an issue.

13) Which of the following features of word processing software is used to choose either a portrait or landscape orientation for a document?

A) page setup

B) themes

C) style sheets

D) column formatting

E) templates

14) ________ are suitable for displaying any information that lends itself to rows and columns.

A) Objects

B) Text boxes

C) Tables

D) Templates

E) Style sheets

15) Which of the following features of word processing software is used for captions, callouts, and margin notes?

A) tables

B) objects

C) headers

D) text boxes

E) footers