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Adobe Illustrator

Subjects : it-skills, multimedia
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Letter 'c' - it will cut line segments






2. Letter 'a' - white arrow - will select individual objects in a group - or anchor points.






3. Two ways to bring symbols from _____________ : Copy and paste the symbol(s) from Illustrator to Flash - choose File > Import > Import to Stage - or choose File > Import > Import to Library.






4. To force an object to take a certain form






5. ______________ a Live Trace object in one step (W/M) - Alt-click Live Trace in the Control panel - or hold down Alt and select a tracing preset./Option-click Live Trace in the Control panel - or hold down Option and select a tracing preset.






6. Allow you to create brush strokes with the appearance of a natural brush with bristles.






7. Will turn the top shape into a picture frame for all selected art below it.






8. Keep the sides of a star ________ (W/M) - Alt-drag/Option-drag






9. A graduated blend of colors used as a fill; can be linear (flat) or radial (round)






10. ______________ polygon sides - star points - arc angle - spiral winds - or flare rays (W/M) - Start dragging - then press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow






11. To ___________ Select the paths - then press Ctrl+J/Select the paths - then press Command+J






12. Nonprinting lines that can be used to create boundaries or guidelines in a drawing






13. The top box in the color icons (bottom of the tool bar) and what you call the inside "color" of a shape






14. Letter 'v' - black arrow - will select the whole or grouped objects






15. These tools allow you to cut and merge selected shapes.






16. Menu button You can access symbols from saved documents either by clicking the _____________ at the bottom of the Symbols panel and choosing Other Library from the menu that appears; by choosing Other Library from the Symbols panel menu; or by choosi






17. Switch through drawing modes (W/M)






18. __________ the skew value for vertical dividers in a rectangular grid or concentric dividers in a polar grid by 10% (W/M) - Start dragging - then press X






19. Measurement system used in graphic design; 1/72nd of an inch.






20. A temporary frame around a selected object that shows the object's outer dimensions.






21. Draw from the center of a shape (except for polygons - stars - and flares) (W/M)






22. Letter '/' (questions mark key) - a box with red slash






23. A graduated blend between two or more colors or between tints of the same color.






24. A special effect applied to a digital image. Many filters mimic the effect of special camera lenses.






25. Moves the view of the art board when zoomed in- you can toggle it with the space-bar






26. Toggles the Type tool

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27. To create _________ by placing the object to be used as a mask on top of the object to be masked. Then you select the mask and the objects to be masked - and choose Make Opacity Mask from the Transparency panel menu.






28. place a file or object in a file so that it becomes part of the file.






29. Get you out of the Type tool and selects the Selection tool






30. Zoom out to view the whole art board.






31. A mask can be a ______________. You can use type as a mask. You can import opacity masks with placed Photoshop files. You can also create layer clipping masks with any shape that is the topmost object of a group or layer.






32. Will show you variations on a selected color including tints - shades - and pallets based upon that color.






33. Rectangle drawn around an object with a tool to select an area.






34. vector paths that have two ends; the beginning and end points are not the same






35. Stroke type - brush - color transparency and effects






36. stretch artwork evenly along a path and include strokes that resemble graphic media - such as the Charcoal-Feather brush used to create the tree and objects such as the Arrow brush.






37. A location in the application window where a panel or panels are secured so they do not float.






38. Uses the z-axis to rotate 2D artwork in 3D space and change the artwork's perspective.






39. solidity of an object's color; the opposite of transparency.






40. in the option bar for a selected live paint group






41. The point on which an object rotates or transform . The point of orgin may be within the object or outside it.






42. Measurement system used in grapic programs; there are six of these in an inch.






43. ______ an arc - keeping the reference point constant (W/M) - Start dragging - then hold down F






44. An anchor point that connects path segments in a smooth curve.






45. A group of relaxed command and options.






46. A saved set of panel arrangements and tool setting.






47. Six basic ___________ are: Rectangle - Rounded Rectangle - Ellipse - Polygon - Star - and Flare.






48. Decrease the _______ for horizontal dividers in a rectangular grid or radial dividers in a polar grid by 10% (W/M) - Start dragging - then press F






49. A layer within a layer that can have its own name and its own settings






50. The line that forms the shape of an object