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Printing Technology Multiple Choice Questions
1. The small groove present between the cylinder body and bearer in the offset machine is termed as
A. Cylinder gap
B. Gutter
C. Cylinder body
D. Gear
Answer: B
2. Which of the following paper is the strongest ?
A. newsprint
B. corrugated medium
C. bleached paper
D. kraft paper
Answer: D
3. Material having random molecular arrangements is termed as
A. thermoset
B. amorphous
C. crystalline
D. polymers
Answer: B
4. Software that stores lines and shapes rather than individual pixels is known as
A. raster graphics software
B. bitmap graphic software
C. vector graphic software
D. ripped image
Answer: C
5. Many bitmapped images in a sequence is known as
A. JPEG animation
B. tweening
C. TIF animation
D. GIF animation
Answer: D
6. Given a 2”×2” photograph and a 4”×4” layout space, what scale percentage is needed to fit the photograph ?
A. 200
B. 150
C. 100
D. 50
Answer: A
7. EOQ is
A. Economical size of order
B. Average stock to be maintained
C. Economical size of production quantity
D. Maximum stock to be fixed
Answer: A
8. The watermark in a bond paper is created by which of the following part in paper making machine ?
A. head box
B. wire
C. pressing unit
D. danddy roller
Answer: D
9. If individual colour stations are placed horizontally one after other, the press is called
A. common impression cylinder
B. stack press
C. in-line press
D. web press
Answer: C
10. Adhesive used in lamination process is
A. animal adhesive
B. vegetable adhesive
C. synthetic adhesive
D. natural adhesive
Answer: C
11. Ink mainly used in flexographic process
A. liquid ink
B. paste ink
C. solvent based ink
D. heat set ink
Answer: A
12. The colour difference equation is expressed as
A. ΔE = (1 – y) (1 – m) (1 – C)
B. ΔE = [(ΔL`)^(2)` + (Δ`a)^(2)` + (Δ`b)^(2)` `]^(1/2)`
C. ΔE = – 1.7log `[1-a(1-10^(-0.6D_(3)))] ^(1/2)` ` `
D. ΔE = C* sample – C* standard
Answer: B
13. The reference colour model of a colour management system is based on
A. Pantone
B. CIELAB
C. HSB
D. CMYK
Answer: B
14. A gear which has its teeth cut at an angle to the axis of the shaft
A. Pawl and Rachet
B. Helical
C. Spur
D. Bevel
Answer: B
15. Carousel screen printing machines are based upon
A. Cylinder bed principle
B. Stationery bed
C. Oblique motion
D. Rotational principle
Answer: D
16. The type of cement suitable for massive constructions like dams is
A. acid resistant cement
B. low heat cement
C. sulphur resistant cement
D. ordinary Portland cement
Answer: B
17. The type of rubble masonry in which prismatic shaped stones are used is
A. Random rubble masonry
B. Polygonal masonry
C. Ashlar masonry
D. Dry rubble masonry
Answer: C
18. The instrument used for measuring distance is
A. electronic theodolite
B. stereoscope
C. wye level
D. distomat
Answer: D
19. Which among the following is the best suited foundation for a building if the foundation covers more than 50 % of the area of the building and if the soil is weak
A. Spread foundation
B. Raft foundation
C. Combined footing
D. Column footing
Answer: B
20. Optical square is the instrument used for
A. setting 90°
B. ranging of line
C. leveling
D. finding magnetic north
Answer: A
21. Control of the reel obtained on the web offset machine by a retarding force is given by
A. brake
B. dancer roller
C. festoon
D. turner bars
Answer: A
22. CTP thermal plates are exposed by which of the following source ?
A. Mercury light
B. Argon Ion
C. YAG laser
D. Visible diode
Answer: C
23. Which of the following type of original cannot be scanned by a drum scanner ?
A. Transparency
B. Flexible original
C. Rigid original
D. Matt finished photograph
Answer: C
24. Which of the following cannot be included in PDF file format ?
A. special keyword for search and index
B. interactive links
C. video clips
D. none of the above
Answer: D
25. A device or computer program that receives a description of the content of a page and converts to information that can output on paper/film/plates
A. digital printer
B. RIP
C. scanner
D. any programming language
Answer: B
26. To increase the water retaining properties of the non-image area of the lithographic plate. Which of the following solution can be added ?
A. Gum arabic
B. Developer
C. Desensitiser
D. ISO propyl alcohol
Answer: C
27. Sheets having solid and of printed labels from front to back are vulnerable to
A. trapping
B. ink blocking
C. wattling
D. permanent curl
Answer: C
28. If a light ray striking a substrate are reflected primarily as parallel rays-mirror like action is known as
A. specular reflection
B. transmission
C. reflection
D. diffraction
Answer: A
29. The perpendicular distance between two surfaces of a paper is
A. GSM
B. Caliper
C. Basis weight
D. Basis grammage
Answer: B
310. The surface tension of water can be reduced by
A. adding fountain solution
B. increasing the temperature
C. adding additives
D. increasing the water pressure
Answer: A
31. The quality of fluidity of the printing machine rollers and quick solidification of ink is termed as
A. flow
B. drying
C. thixotrophy
D. set-off
Answer: C
32. Which of the following additive will improve the rub resistance of ink ?
A. resin
B. wax
C. drier
D. extenders
Answer: B
33. The colour appears to run, the fountain solution and dampening rollers become tinted – Bleeding is caused due to
A. excessive driers
B. insufficient water at the plate
C. the pigment is hydrophilic
D. insufficient water at the plate
Answer: C
34. Yellow is often printed above the magenta and cyan but if opaque yellow is used the order of yellow printing is
A. first colour
B. second colour
C. third colour
D. fourth colour
Answer: A
35. The release of individual small fibers, particles from paper surfaces is termed as
A. Greasing
B. Fluffing
C. Strippring
D. Tinting
Answer: B
36. Printing one side of the sheet, then turning the sheet over, retaining the same front and side-lay edges of the sheet and the same printing plate can be done by
A. Work and tumble
B. Work and twist
C. Work and turn
D. Full sheet work
Answer: C
37. Which of the following is not the cause of image dot gain during plate making process ?
A. over exposure
B. incomplete plate development
C. poor vacuum frame contact
D. changing the position of the lamp during exposure
Answer: B
38. Which of the following is not a quality control aid ?
A. star target
B. dot gain scale
C. FOGRA strip
D. gripper mark
Answer: D
39. To facilitate the order of each signature into its correct sequence within the book which of the following is used?
A. Gathering
B. Collating
C. Imposition
D. Sequencing
Answer: B
40. A solution applied to offset plate and dried to produce a hydrophilic film on the non-image area to prevent image area from spreading
A. fountain solution
B. water
C. gum arabic
D. addhesiver
Answer: C
41. The machine that prints both sides of the sheet in one pass through the press is
A. Common impression cylinder
B. Inline press
C. Narrow web press
D. Blanket to blanket press
Answer: D
42. This device in the web offset machine is used to change the direction of the weB.
A. roller
B. festoon
C. kicker
D. turner bar
Answer: D
43. The inks that are formulated to dry primarily by evaporation of solvent at high temperature
A. Quick set ink
B. Heat set ink
C. UV ink
D. All the above
Answer: B
44. 17 `1/2`” × 23 `1/2`” sized paper is termed as
A. Crown
B. Royal
C. Demmy
D. Foolscape
Answer: C
45. A condition of ink, when left in a container, thicken and form a light gel structure on the top layer
A. thixotrophy
B. rheology
C. newtonion
D. tinting
Answer: A
46. A set of colour printed proofs which compraises one print of each colour, and a print of the combination of subsequent colours as they are printed in sequence
A. digital proof
B. blue proof
C. progressive proof
D. soft proof
Answer: C
47. An instrument which measures the length and tack of an ink
A. viscometer
B. inkometer
C. densitometer
D. durometer
Answer: B
48. The type of blanket used for printing on high speed machine and substrates like board and coated stock
A. medium blanket
B. hard blanket
C. soft blanket
D. all the above
Answer: B
49. Which of the following comes under functional printing ?
A. Hologram
B. News paper
C. QR coding
D. Flex banner
Answer: C
50. Which of the following comes under security printing ?
A. hologram
B. RFID tags
C. dutone printing
D. metal printing
Answer: A
51. Which of the following process comes under non-impact printing technology ?
A. digital press
B. flexography
C. screen printing
D. gravare process
Answer: A
52. The most appropriate software used as a layout programme is
A. Photoshop
B. GIMP
C. Indesign
D. Flash
Answer: C
53. The visible light spectrum ranges from
A. 1000 – 1400 nm
B. 100 – 400 nm
C. 700 – 1000 nm
D. 400 – 700 nm
Answer: D
54. An ink specifically formulated to produce a desired hue and not designed to be mixed by superimposing
A. process colour
B. halftone
C. flat colour
D. key colour
Answer: C
55. The lightest area in a reproduction is
A. midtone
B. highlight
C. shadow
D. hue
Answer: B
56. Variable data printing can be achieved by
A. letter press
B. screen
C. gravure
D. digital printing
Answer: D
57. For cutting harder paper stock in a guillotine machine which of the following is the preferred knife angle ?
A. 16°
B. 22°
C. 10°
D. 30°
Answer: B
58. When a sheet of paper is passed through two folder arranged at right angle and folding the sheet equally the resulting fold will be described as
A. 4-page parallel
B. 4-page right angle
C. 8-page parallel
D. 8-page right angle
Answer: D
59. When the adhesive flow into the structure of the adherent or around the surface irregularities for adhesion it is called
A. physical adhesion
B. specific adhesion
C. bonding
D. chemical adhesion
Answer: A
60. A mask of solid area to protect portion of a previously exposed plate is
A. print down mask
B. print out mask
C. layout mask
D. plate covering
Answer: B
61. When pigment has the property of absorbing radiant energy of a given wavelength and then emitting this energy at a different wavelength is
A. Reflection
B. Gloss
C. Metamerism
D. Fluorescence
Answer: D
62. The subtractive transparent primary colour that transmit red and green but absorb blue light is
A. Cyan
B. Magenta
C. Yellow
D. Black
Answer: A
63. A computer driven algorithm that disperses halftone dot information in semi-random form
A. analog screening
B. stochastic screening
C. elliptical screen
D. square dot screen
Answer: B
64. To overcome the printing problem speckle (improper transfer of ink on rough paper) Gravure presses is employed with
A. electrostatically assisted ink
B. static electricity eliminator
C. paper calendering
D. inline paper calender
Answer: A
65. A cylinder making technique in gravure press employed for printing of short run jobs
A. Electronic engraving
B. Laser engraving
C. Computer to cylinder
D. Ballard process
Answer: D
66. The valve(s) closed during compression stroke of an IC engine is/are
A. Inlet valve
B. Exhaust valve
C. Both inlet and exhaust valve
D. None of the above
Answer: C
67. The cooling tower in a steam thermal power plant is a device for
A. Condensing steam into water
B. Cooling exhaust gas coming out of a boiler
C. Reducing temperature of superheated steam
D. Reducing temperature of cooling water used in a condenser
Answer: D
68. The role of a moderator in a nuclear power plant is
A. To absorb neutrons fully
B. To control speed of neutrons
C. Both 1 and 2 above depending on the need
D. None of the above
Answer: B
69. The role of a surge tank in a hydroelectric power plant is
A. To absorb sudden rises of pressure by storing water
B. To store extra water during a brief drop of pressure
C. Both 1 and 2 above
D. To reduce the speed of the turbine when the level of dam is high
Answer: C
70. The following system in automobile diverts the power at right angles towards the driving wheels
A. Torque tube
B. Transfer case
C. Final drive
D. Differential
Answer: C
71. The type of art that is ready to be photographed or scanned for printing is called_________.
A. photo-ready copy.
B. print-ready copy.
C. scan-ready copy.
D. camera-ready copy.
Answer: D
72. Before files that have been condensed can be opened and used, they must be—————–
A. decompressed
B. decondensed
C. defermented
D. zipped
Answer: A
73. A text that describes an illustration is ________.
A. caption
B. punch line.
C. underline.
D. detail.
Answer: A
74. The first stage of layout is also called_______.
A. first Galley.
B. galley.
C. thumbnail Sketch.
D. first Act
Answer: C
75. The second stage of layout is also called_____________.
A. lay.
B. dummy Art.
C. first Art.
D. rough Layout.
Answer: D
76. The third stage of layout is also called________________.
A. final copy.
B. art copy.
C. Comprehensive Layout.
D. CRC.
Answer: C
77. It is better to print a mono-colour hand out on a _____________.
A. laser printer.
B. mini offset press.
C. offset press.
D. none of these.
Answer: B
78. Any letter, number punctuation mark, symbol or figure in copy is known as ___________.
A. text.
B. character.
C. letter.
D. points.
Answer: B
79. The process of copying files to a CD is known as————————
A. burning
B. copying
C. pasting
D. storing
Answer: A
80. A paper where the surface has been specially treated to improve finish is known as _________.
A. coated lot.
B. coated stock.
C. treated paper.
D. treated stock.
Answer: B
81. Gunning Fog index is a measure of the______________.
A. number of words in a paragraph.
B. degree of abstraction and complexity of words.
C. abstraction and Complexity of words
D. none of these.
Answer: C
82. While writing a long novel _______________.
A. the illustration are not at all important (in the text).
B. the plot is of least importance
C. the font and type size must help the reader read at a quick pace.
D. only a. and c.
Answer: D
83. Using colour filters in scanners or cameras to break the colours within an image is _______.
A. colour matte.
B. colour gain.
C. colour separation
D. plate separation.
Answer: C
84. The distance across the nick or belly side of the type is an important measure called the ——————.
A. Set width
B. Height of type
C. Ligature
D. Point Size
Answer: A
85. —————— is defined as any printing operation that is owned by, and serves the needs of, a single company or
corporation.
A. In-plant training
B. Quick printing
C. Special purpose printing
D. commercial printing
Answer: A
86. Printing means ________ to paper.
A. transfer of ink impression.
B. inserting.
C. impression.
D. pouring.
Answer: A
87. When printing, on an offset machine, is done from a plain surface, the process is called _________.
A. litno offset.
B. rotogravure.
C. photo offset.
D. planography.
Answer: D
88. Letter press is otherwise called as ___________.
A. gravure.
B. platen press.
C. cylinder.
D. intaglio.
Answer: B
89. Movable type printing method was introduced by __________.
A. Alois senerelder.
B. Samuel Simion.
C. Johannes Gutenberg.
D. Andrews.
Answer: C
90. Intaglio printmaking is a method of ___________.
A. cutting, carving or engraving.
B. printing, proofing and designing.
C. paper, reed or Wood.
D. Machine and assembly
Answer: A
91. Screen printing method was introduced in the year___________.
A. 1796.
B. 1894.
C. 1910.
D. 1609.
Answer: C
92. Expansion of UCR————————.
A. Upper Color Removal
B. Under water reduction
C. Under Color Removal
D. Ultimate Color Removal
Answer: C
93. A color filter transmits only its own color and ————- all other colors.
A. absorbs
B. dissolves
C. disseminates
D. lightens
Answer: A
94. Printing from raised surface is __________.
A. letter press.
B. screen.
C. lithography.
D. gravure.
Answer: A
95. In letter press images are __________ the non-image area.
A. same plane.
B. above.
C. below.
D. between
Answer: B
96. Sans serif font is best suited for———————-
A. text type
B. display type
C. copy type
D. none of the above
Answer: B
97. _______cylinder is used to invert the image in offset press.
A. Impression cylinder.
B. Blanket cylinder.
C. Inking cylinder
D. Offset cylinder.
Answer: B
98. _________ is true example for relief press.
A. letterpress.
B. rubber stamp.
C. visiting card.
D. invitation card.
Answer: A
99. _________ method is used to print on the non-porous substrates such as polythene bags.
A. photo gravure.
B. flexography.
C. letterpress.
D. lithography.
Answer: B
100. In offset press _________ cylinder rotates anti-clock wise direction.
A. inking cylinder.
B. blanket cylinder.
C. impression cylinder.
D. pressing cylinder.
Answer: B
101. Design is a fundamental activity based on __________.
A. creativity & innovation.
B. idea.
C. content.
D. picture
Answer: A
102. Size of an A4 paper is___________.
A. 212 x 299 mm.
B. 210 x 297 mm
C. 220 x 480 mm.
D. 230 x 297 mm.
Answer: B
103. Red, Green and Blue are called the ——————————.
A. color systems
B. chroma
C. Additive primary colors
D. subtractive primary colors
Answer: C
104. Essential paste of a page-layout is ___________.
A. fitting.
B. paste-up style.
C. page arrangement.
D. alignment.
Answer: B
105. ____________is being used to show true measurement as in metal type.
A. Em
B. Pica.
C. En.
D. Equal.
Answer: B
106. Computer displays are made of a grid with tiny squares which are called __________.
A. pixel.
B. repletion.
C. line.
D. points.
Answer: A
107. The method of stenciling which is used screen printing is ___________.
A. photo emulsion.
B. photo illusion.
C. photo isolation.
D. photoengraving.
Answer: A
108. The main type of scanners used for publishing ___________.
A. desktop flatbed.
B. laser.
C. cylinder.
D. roller.
Answer: A
109. ———————— are also referred to as Blackletter.
A. Serif
B. Sans Serif
C. Roman typefaces
D. Text typefaces
Answer: D
110. ——————–refers to the thickness or weight of the lines that form a character.
A. Stress
B. Stroke
C. Serif
D. Roman
Answer: B
111. The short term for optical character recognition is ___________.
A. UDT.
B. scanner.
C. TTS.
D. OCR.
Answer: D
112. Typefaces of one family and one size is specifically referred to as a ___________.
A. assembly.
B. font.
C. rack.
D. container.
Answer: B
113. Screening is done to reproduce______________.
A. colour.
B. text.
C. picture.
D. page.
Answer: A
114. The printing process in which a blanket cylinder is used _________.
A. offset.
B. flatbed.
C. gravure.
D. letter.
Answer: A
115. The slanted types are known as____________.
A. Roman.
B. Gothic.
C. Italics.
D. Sanskrit.
Answer: C
116. Type writing through photo mechanics is designated as______________.
A. photo typesetting.
B. DTP.
C. hot setting.
D. non-metal setting.
Answer: A
117. The largest size in Metal type faces is ____________.
A. 60 Point.
B. 72 Point.
C. 90 Point.
D. 102 Point.
Answer: D
118. Intertype was used to cast_______________.
A. paragraphs.
B. passages.
C. letters.
D. lines of the word.
Answer: D
119. The machine that was used to cast metal typefaces for headline was called __________.
A. Ludlow.
B. linotype.
C. monotype.
D. intertype.
Answer: A
120. The two most commonly recognised image file formats used in web creation are ———————–.
A. JPEG and GIF
B. TIFF and EPS
C. DCS and CMYK
D. None of the above
Answer: A
121. The process in which characters are cast one by one is called___________.
A. linotype.
B. monotype.
C. single type.
D. Ludlow type.
Answer: B
122. Expand TIFF.
A. Top Image File Format
B. Transparent Image File Format
C. Tagged Image File Format
D. Temporary Image File Format
Answer: C
123. The standardized units of type size was introduced by ___________.
A. Francois-Ambroise Didot.
B. Hermann Hollerith.
C. Johannes Heinz.
D. Maxim Clarke.
Answer: A
124. Vector images are made up of mathematically described paths called ___________.
A. Vectors
B. Gray-scale
C. Color tone
D. None of the above
Answer: A
125. Checking the type set matter with the original is called as_______________.
A. printing.
B. proofing.
C. composing.
D. coupling.
Answer: B
126. The successful Rotary printing press was invented by ______________.
A. Alosis Senefelder.
B. Richard Hoe.
C. Pi Cheng.
D. Aldexander.
Answer: B
127. The Lino type system of molted lead is known as________________.
A. metal type.
B. phototype.
C. hot type.
D. cold type.
Answer: C
128. The smallest size of type face is called as______________.
A. agate.
B. small letters.
C. thin letter.
D. quad.
Answer: A
129. A set of rules that govern typeface arrangement in a particular newspaper is called as_______.
A. code.
B. type schedule.
C. type sheet.
D. type body.
Answer: B
130. Selecting an area in a photograph or illustration to be reproduced and eliminating the rest is ______.
A. cropping.
B. stamping.
C. cutting.
D. exiting.
Answer: A
131. The plates used on rotary printing machines to print are called__________.
A. papier mache.
B. roller
C. steren.
D. dry.
Answer: A
132. Types are measured in terms of _____________.
A. didots.
B. points.
C. inches.
D. ciceras.
Answer: B
133. One inch type face will be equal to ______________.
A. 36 Points.
B. 48 Points.
C. 60 Points.
D. 72 Points.
Answer: D
134. When two or more LANs connect a wide geographical area, they are referred to as a —————————-.
A. Bytes
B. WAN
C. Bits
D. All of the above
Answer: B
135. Hot type casting uses the metal of ___________.
A. molten lead.
B. antimony.
C. nickel.
D. magnesium
Answer: A
136. ———————-refers to a large single sheet which is frequently passed through a printing press and then folded and trimmed to form a portion of a book or magazine.
A. Signature Imposition
B. Ganged imposition
C. One-side imposition
D. sheetwise imposition
Answer: A
137. Printing a line diagram on a photo graph is called as _____________.
A. imprint.
B. duotone.
C. progs.
D. surprint.
Answer: D
138. The term CTP means____________.
A. cathode Tube Print.
B. crop to print.
C. computer to plate.
D. copy to print.
Answer: C
139. A printing process which gives a recessed look on the paper is______________.
A. debugging.
B. deterring.
C. debossing
D. embossing.
Answer: C
140. A small ornamental design used to emphasize a copy or decorate a layout is _________.
A. wingding.
B. dingbat.
C. dictum.
D. deco.
Answer: B
141. The ————————is the most important element of the scanner because it has the ability to change light to an electrical signal.
A. Photomultiplier tube
B. Analog to digital conversion
C. RGB filters
D. CMYK filters
Answer: A
142. A type is of 18 points and above is called as _________.
A. dingbat type.
B. wingding type.
C. display type.
D. bold type.
Answer: C
143. Capital Letter W is always counted as __________.
A. 1 Unit.
B. 2 Units.
C. 2½ Units.
D. 3 Units.
Answer: B
144. A measure indicating computer printers resolution is __________.
A. dots per inch.
B. depth per inch.
C. drops per inch
D. damp per inch.
Answer: A
145. A visualized design is reflected through the____________.
A. action-plan.
B. flag
C. dummy.
D. make-up chart.
Answer: C
146. ———————-and QuarkExpress are examples of Page-layout software programs.
A. DreamWeaver
B. Adobe In-design
C. Flash
D. 3-D studio max
Answer: B
147. Object-oriented software programs use the graphic capabilities of the ———————–to manipulate the art and type.
A. Postscript language
B. EPS
C. Machine language
D. All of the above
Answer: A
148. The element noticed by the eye first in a layout and design is______________.
A. focal point.
B. execution.
C. image.
D. copy.
Answer: A
149. The oldest known book Diamond Sutra was printed in______________.
A. Korea.
B. Japan.
C. Taiwan.
D. China.
Answer: D
150. ————–means selectively adding or subtracting space between letters and words.
A. Kerning
B. Tracking
C. Editing
D. Cropping
Answer: A