can you test design knowledge?

The Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario (RGD) is the only professional graphic design organization with an implemented written test. A design test? Yes. The question then becomes: How and can you test design principles, history and knowledge? Does it serve any purpose? What kind of questions are in this test?

Take a look at what the RGD Test is all about. Luckily, the RGD website also provides a complete PDF of their Examination Handbook. Should designers know the answers to these questions? Is it common knowledge? Does knowing the answers make us better communicators?

Take a look at the TEST SAMPLE