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What do you know about PDFs? Try this quick quiz and find out!
By Adrian Nelson



So what do you really know about PDFs apart from the fact that there are an awful lot of them out there on the web?

Well now you can find out, just take this quick quiz (there are only ten multiple choice questions) and check your answers with our ones (the answers are at the end – try not to peek if you can) and see how you score. Good luck!

Questions:
1. What does PDF stand for:
a) Potential Document Format
b) Postscript Document Format
c) Portable Document Format

2. Who created the PDF format?
a) Apple
b) Adobe
c) IBM

3. When was the PDF format created?
a) 1990
b) 1993
c) 1996

4. When was PDF officially published by the ISO as an open format?
a) July 2006
b) July 2007
c) July 2008

5. Can a PDF have its contents compressed to save space?
a) Yes
b) No

6. Can a PDF include Unicode text as well as ASCII text?
a) Yes
b) No

7. If a PDF file is created to the version 1.3 specification what is the minimum version of Acrobat is required to open and display the PDF correctly?
a) Acrobat 1
b) Acrobat 2
c) Acrobat 3
d) Acrobat 4
e) Acrobat 5

8. There is a subset of the PDF format called PDF/A. What is this used for?
a) Print ready artwork
b) Universal accessibility
c) Archiving

9. What is the name of one of the special “base 14” fonts that earlier PDF formats pay particular significance to that contains over 300 signs and symbols?
a) Webdings
b) Wingdings
c) Zapf Dingbats

10. Which of the following statements is true?
a) PDF files can only contain text
b) PDF files can only contain images
c) PDF files can only contain vector illustrations
d) PDF files can contain text, images and vector illustrations


Answers:
1. c – Portable Document Format
2. b – Adobe
3. b – 1993
4. c – July 2008
5. a – Yes PDFs can be compressed
6. a – Yes PDFs can include Unicode text
7. d – Acrobat 4 (just add 1 to the number after the decimal point in the PDF version number)
8. c – Archiving (published as ISO 19005 in October 2005)
9. c – Zapf Dingbats
10. d – PDF files can contain text, images and vector illustrations


How did you score?
0 to 3 correct answers – you're just having some fun!
4 to 6 correct answers – you're doing alright!
7 to 9 correct answers – you're smarter than the average bear!
10 correct answers – apply to Adobe for a job!

I hope you enjoyed that quick quiz – if you want to learn more about PDFs why not take a look at the Wikipedia entry for it at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pdf


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