COMM 260, Principles of Internet Web-Based Design
Instructor: Ross Collins

Final Exam review

Exam will cover textbook chapters 9 and 10; all lectures; Dreamweaver and Photoshop exercise tutorials; design exercises and critiques; class web site lecture synopsis 8-14. You will not be asked to actually create something using Dreamweaver or Photoshop, as that's part of the "mini-capstone" last assignment.

The final will also include two or three questions taken directly from the midterm.

Questions for study topics:

1. Name the four terms of our CRUD design principles.

2. What does Contrast mean?

3. What does Repetition mean?

4. What does Unity, consisting of Proximity and Alignment, mean?

5. What does Dominant element mean?

6. Why do we use META tags?

7. What is the largest file size recommended for quick downloads?

8. Why is a splash page usually not recommended?

9. Name two fonts designed for the web.

10. Which is sans serif?

11. Why is it not best practice to include lots of text in graphics?

12. What kind of images are best saved in gif format?

13. What kind of images are best saved in jpg format?

14. What is the difference between 8-bit and 24-bit memory?

15. What is the RGB or additive color system?

16. What's the difference between a liquid and a frozen screen design?

17. What is a grid, as it relates to web page design?

18. How does a bitmapped (raster) graphic differ from a vector graphic?

19. Describe two problems a webmaster needs to consider when designing for visually impaired users.

20. Optimizing photos for the web means what?

21. Explain what these Photoshop tools do:

Levels.

Curves.

Healing Brush.

Unsharp Mask.

22. Name five "best practices" we discussed in the last lecture.

23. What is the hexadecimal code?

24. A good way to organize content using css in Dreamweaver relies on...?