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title: "The grades: color, clarity, cut: lesson quiz"
description: "Five questions on “The grades: color, clarity, cut”, lesson 3 of Digital Gemology's Reading a grading report course, in a new order every time, with an explanation for every answer."
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[Reading a grading report](https://digitalgemology.com/skool/quiz/reading-a-grading-report#lessons) · lesson 3

# The grades: color, clarity, cut

Lesson quiz · five questions, in a new order every time

Five questions on lesson 3 of Reading a grading report. The questions and the answers to pick from come in a new order every time you start.

Pick an answer, and the question marks itself. For a question that you answer in your own words, think of your answer first. Then show our answer and say whether you had it. Nothing is saved or sent.

1. Question 1: What does "H\*" mean on a GIA report?
  ### Show the answer
  **b**: The asterisk flags a color treatment; Comments says which.
2. Question 2: Which of these can have a GIA cut grade?
  ### Show the answer
  **a**: Standard round brilliants in the D-to-Z range only.
3. Question 3: A cushion's report shows "Cut: Excellent". Which lab could have issued it?
  ### Show our answer
  IGI, which grades fancy-shape cut as an option; GIA doesn't.
4. Question 4: What can a visible fish-eye do to an IGI round's cut grade?
  ### Show our answer
  Cap it at Fair.
5. Question 5: Why is a missing cut grade on a pear-shaped diamond's GIA report not a problem?
  ### Show our answer
  GIA doesn't grade the cut of fancy shapes at all, so no pear has one.

## More

- Next: [Lesson 4, Cut grade or light performance: what "Ideal" means](https://digitalgemology.com/skool/quiz/reading-a-grading-report/what-ideal-means)
- [The Reading a grading report quiz](https://digitalgemology.com/skool/quiz/reading-a-grading-report), on the whole course
- [All Reading a grading report lesson quizzes](https://digitalgemology.com/skool/quiz/reading-a-grading-report#lessons)
- [Reading a grading report: all the lessons](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/grading-reports)