Katie's assistant is producing a newsletter for a client. she comes to katie and tells her that an illustrator graphic needs to be imported into the indesign file at 450% and wants to know if that's ok. katie takes a look at the file, notes that it is composed purely from illustrator elements, then tells her assistant that it can be imported at that size with no problem. the situation with this file and katie’s solution is an example of

Resolution independence.

Explanation:

Resolution Independence exemplifies a technique that enables the presentation of graphics on the web irrespective of the resolution of the screen or pixel grid. Katie suggests her assistant that she can import the illustrator elements regardless of the size as the 'graphical user interface' would assist her to import the data at a consistent size without having any problems. Thus, the situation displayed with this file and Katie's solution exemplifies 'resolution independence'.