MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
SCOPE OF TEST CODE #17 – GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
TIME ALLOWED: 3 HOURS
PERCENT OF TEST:
5 % Health and Safety
53 % Technical-Production
37 % Pre-Production
5 % Graphic Communications Related Mathematics
THE WRITTEN EXAMINATION IS ALIGNED WITH THE MATCHING MASSACHUSETTS VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL EDUCATOR FRAMEWORKS. SOME QUESTIONS REQUIRE A SYNTHESIS OF KNOWLEDGE BASED ON VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL WORK EXPERIENCE AND MAY NOT BE FOUND IN ANY BOOK. HOWEVER, CANDIDATES ARE ENCOURAGED TO STUDY FOR THEIR EXAMS BY REVIEWING CURRENT TEXTBOOKS AND REFERENCE MATERIAL WHICH CAN USUALLY BE FOUND IN THE LIBRARIES OF MOST VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLS WHICH OFFER CHAPTER 74 PROGRAMS.
*You may refer to www.mccte.org for the Massachusetts Vocational Technical Educator Frameworks.
THE FOLLOWING LIST OF REFERENCE MATERIALS WAS DEVELOPED AS A GUIDE FOR WRITTEN EXAM CANDIDATES:
OFFSET LITHOGRAPHIC TECHNOLOGY by Kenneth F. Hird
The Goodheart – Wilcox Co., Inc. Publ.
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS THE PRINTED IMAGE by Z.A. Prust
The Goodheart – Wilcox Co., Inc. Publ.
PRINTING IN A DIGITAL WORLD by D. Bergsland
GATF Publ.
SOLVING SHEET FED OFFSET PRESS PROBLEMS by Dejidas, Eldred, Prince, and Suthons
GATF Publ.
YOU MAY WANT TO CHECK WITH YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY FOR OBTAINING THESE RESOURCES THROUGH THE INTERLIBRARY LOAN PROGRAM.
SCOPE OF TEST #17 - GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
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The written exam consists of 100 multiple choice questions. Each question consists of one incomplete sentence or a questions followed by four choices. Listed below are several sample items:
What would you do to remedy piling?
a. Increase the water
b. Re-adjust pressures
c. Change the offset blanket
* d. Wash press and change ink
A ________________ is a Graphic Display that allows quick movement form one application to another without exiting the application.
a. Input device
* b. Windows-like environment
c. Storage device
d. LPI
* indicates correct answer
THE TEACHER TESTING PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE NON-PROGRAMMABLE CALCULATORS FOR USE IN COMPLETING THE WRITTEN EXAM. DOCUMENTATION REGARDING THESE CALCULATORS WILL BE INCLUDED IN YOUR ADMISSION PACKAGE.
UPDATED: 11/2007
SCOPE OF TEST #17 - GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
PERCENT OF TEST:
PART I: ELECTRONIC PREPRESS
9.5% CONCEPT DESIGN AND TYPOGRAPHY
- Use Computer to design project
- Choose appropriate DTP program, set up template and set parameters
- Import text from scanned ASCII file
- Choose type for text and display
- Layout project, set FPO’s
13 % GRAPHICS
- Scan color photograph (for four color printing)
- Use DTP tools or graphic software to develop multi-color illustration
10 % ELECTRONIC MECHANICAL
- Combine text and graphics
- Set color information
- Proof text for errors
17.5 % ELECTRONIC STRIPPING
- Insert high resolution digital halftone
- Insert color illustration (trapped)
- Output project to proof (laser or color)
- Output project to plate or film through imagesetter
- Process plate or film
- Output a two-color multiup design to a digital output device
PART II: PRESS
5.5% PAPER CUTTING/BINDERY OPERATIONS
4 % FEEDER
7 % REGISTER BOARD
5.5 % DELIVERY
7.5 % PRINTING MAKEREADY
- GTO Press – Large Offset
- Duplicator Class
12 % ACTUAL PRINTING
3 % GENERAL WASHUP
5.5 % GENERAL SAFETY
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ORIENTATION OF SHOP AND EQUIPMENT WILL
MATERIALS SUPPLIED FOR ELECTRONIC PREPRESS:
Macintosh/Power PC Computer Laser Printer
Color Scanner Imagesetter (PS/RIP)
Processor Canon CLC 4000
Typeface Chart E-Scales
Line Gauge Disk with ASCII Text Files (scanned)
Software:
In-Design CS2 Quark Xpress 6.5
Illustrator CS2 Photo Shop CS2
MS Word 2000
TOOLS AND SUPPLIES CANDIDATES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING:
Personal Color Photograph (of yourself)
Appropriate stripping tools
MATERIALS SUPPLIED FOR PRESS:
AB DICK 9910XCD
SAFETY GLASSES AND ALL OTHER NECESSARY TOOLS AND MATERIALS WILL BE SUPPLIED
PLEASE NOTE: You may supply any additional material you
feel may assist you in completing the required tasks.
ALLOWED FOR THE PERFORMANCE EXAM PROVIDING YOU BRING YOUR OWN.
REVISED: 11/3/2007