AQA GCSE Art and Design: media and techniques quiz quiz

It is the fastest medium and lets you finish far more sketchbook pages quickly

It is the cheapest medium because it only needs a pencil and some scrap paper

It is primary, first-hand recording that shows direct engagement

It needs no skill, so any candidate can score top marks regardless of effort

The scratching sound a graphite pencil makes as it moves across paper

The colour and texture of the paper or surface you are drawing on

The overall physical size and scale of the finished drawing on the page

The range from light to dark that gives form and depth

It teaches how colour works and gives more harmonious results

It is much faster than squeezing colours straight from ready-made tubes onto the page

It guarantees brighter, more saturated colours than any other method

It removes the need to mix any colours at all during the work

Relief is always made digitally on a computer, while a monoprint is only ever printed by hand onto paper

Relief prints from a cut block and can be repeated; a monoprint is a single print

They are exactly the same process and the two words mean the same thing

Relief printing uses no ink at all and relies only on pressure

Signing your name and writing the edition number neatly along the bottom of the finished print

Officially registering the finished artwork with the AQA exam board before submission

Lining up the paper and block accurately so layers match

Choosing which colour of printing ink to use

They are far easier to produce than drawing, so they always save you a great deal of time

They never need any cropping or editing once the photograph has been taken

They count as secondary sources because a camera records the scene for you

They are primary sources capturing light, movement and compositions you can work from

The rule of thirds

The widest aperture only

Always centring the subject

Using the flash in every shot

Construction is always flat and two-dimensional, while assemblage must also be completely flat and two-dimensional

Construction joins parts into a structure; assemblage builds from found objects

They are exactly the same technique under two different names

Construction can only ever be made from modelling clay

Layering on as many different materials as possible so the piece looks really busy and full

Leaving out any written annotation so the work speaks for itself

Choosing each material for a reason that serves the idea

Using only the most expensive materials you can find

It is by far the most expensive material available to you in the art room

It is the same medium that everyone else in the class has decided to use

It looks the most impressive on the page regardless of the idea behind it

It suits your subject and idea and serves your intention