Two-dimensional design quiz: Singapore O-Level Art (6114) quiz

Final design, then research, then brief

Understand the brief, research, generate ideas, thumbnails, develop, refine to a final design

Refine, then brief, then thumbnails

Make the final piece first, then explain it

Place key elements at or near the third lines or their intersections rather than centre

Place the main subject dead centre

Divide the work into three equal colours

Use exactly three objects in a design

The exact centre of the page

The area the eye is drawn to first, usually through contrast or placement

The largest blank area

The frame around the work

A motif repeats; a repeat unit never does

A repeat unit is always a single colour

A motif is a single design element; a repeat unit is the smallest tile that repeats

They are the same thing

A pattern made of half a motif

A pattern that fades to half opacity

A repeat in which alternate columns are shifted to break the obvious grid

A repeat used only in typography

Regular pattern is even, predictable repetition; varied rhythm repeats with deliberate change

Regular pattern uses colour; varied rhythm does not

They are identical

Varied rhythm cannot use a motif

It does not; only the words matter

Because larger type is always better

Because letterforms are expressive and carry mood, so the look communicates as well as the words

Because type must always be black

Listing elements alphabetically

Arranging elements so the most important is the most prominent and read first

Using only one size of element

Placing the title at the bottom

Using as many materials as possible

Making sure no material carries any meaning

Using only one colour of paper

Unifying the cut and combined materials into a single coherent image

Because it is free of any associations

Because newspaper is the only allowed material

Because the material carries associations and real texture that a painted shape would not

Because it cannot be unified with other elements

Because the final image does not matter

Because evidence of reasoned thinking and development is a core part of what the syllabus rewards

Because process is easier to mark than outcomes

Because thumbnails replace the need for a final design

They are the finished artwork

They are required to be in colour

They remove the need for a brief

They let you cheaply test layouts and focal points before committing, and they record development