ACP Selections and Transformations 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which Photoshop tool lets you draw a freehand selection border around an area?
- Rectangular Marquee
- Lasso (Correct answer)
- Quick Selection
- Magic Wand
Correct answer: Lasso
The Lasso tool lets you draw a freehand selection by clicking and dragging around any irregular shape.
Question 2: The Magic Wand tool selects pixels based on which attribute?
- Shape similarity
- Color and tone similarity (Correct answer)
- Layer position
- Brush size
Correct answer: Color and tone similarity
The Magic Wand samples color at the click point and selects contiguous pixels within a specified Tolerance range of that color.
Question 3: Which Adobe Photoshop feature uses AI to automatically detect and select the main subject of an image?
- Select > Color Range
- Select > Subject (Correct answer)
- Quick Mask mode
- Focus Area
Correct answer: Select > Subject
Select > Subject uses Adobe Sensei AI to identify and select the most prominent subject in the image with one click.
Question 4: How do you ADD to an existing selection in Adobe Photoshop while using a selection tool?
- Hold Alt and click
- Hold Shift and click (Correct answer)
- Hold Ctrl and click
- Hold Spacebar and click
Correct answer: Hold Shift and click
Holding Shift while using any selection tool adds the new selection area to the existing selection.
Question 5: What does applying a Feather value to a selection do?
- Locks the selection to straight edges
- Softens the selection edge with a gradual transition (Correct answer)
- Inverts the selected area
- Expands the selection outward
Correct answer: Softens the selection edge with a gradual transition
Feathering blurs the selection boundary, creating a soft, gradual fade between the selected and unselected areas.
Question 6: Which command in the Select menu expands a selection to include similarly colored adjacent pixels?
- Modify > Expand
- Grow (Correct answer)
- Similar
- Refine Edge
Correct answer: Grow
Select > Grow expands the selection to include adjacent pixels that fall within the Magic Wand's current Tolerance setting.
Question 7: What is the default keyboard shortcut to deselect all active selections in Adobe Photoshop?
- Ctrl+D (Cmd+D on Mac) (Correct answer)
- Ctrl+A (Cmd+A on Mac)
- Ctrl+Z (Cmd+Z on Mac)
- Ctrl+Shift+D (Cmd+Shift+D on Mac)
Correct answer: Ctrl+D (Cmd+D on Mac)
Ctrl+D (Cmd+D on Mac) deselects all active selections, equivalent to choosing Select > Deselect.
ACP Selections and Transformations 1
Which Photoshop tool lets you draw a freehand selection border around an area?