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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. The area surrounding the art board on the computer screen - depending on the magnification or view - it may or may not be visible.






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






3. This creates a single line of text. If you re-size this type it will re-size the text.






4. Paint a pattern made up of separate sections - or tiles - for the sides - ends and corners of the path; the brush applies different tiles from the pattern to different sections of the path - depending on where the section falls on the path.






5. __________ 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






6. printable portion of the work area - where illustrations can be finalized.






7. The two main benefits of ______________are cross-platform compatibility (they work the same on Windows and Mac OS) and support of widely expanded character sets and layout features - which provide richer linguistic support and advanced typographic co






8. Hold shift to draw ___________.






9. To force an object to take a certain form






10. __________________ horizontal lines from a rectangular grid or concentric lines from a polar grid (W/M) - Start dragging - then press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow/






11. Defined by an elliptical shape whose center follows the path; they create strokes that resemble hand-drawn lines made with a flat - angled calligraphic pen tip.






12. Hold option to draw from the center.






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






14. Constrain a shape's proportions or orientation to: equal height and width for rectangles - rounded rectangles - ellipses - and grids; Increments of 45° for line and arc segments; Original orientation for polygons - stars - and flares (W/M)






15. A point on a path that indicates a change of direction.






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






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






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






19. Letter 'd' - black 1pt stroke - white fill.






20. Provides access to a large bank of color pallets built by an international design community.






21. This creates a text box where the text will wrap at the end of the line to the next. Also when you re-size the box - the text remains the same size.






22. A group of relaxed command and options.






23. Add or remove _______________ from a rectangular grid or radial lines from a polar grid (W/M) - Start dragging - then press the Right Arrow or Left Arrow






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






25. Scatter an object - such as a leaf - along a path; you can adjust the size - spacing - scatter and rotation options to change the appearance of the brush.






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






27. Zoom out to view the whole art board.






28. ______________ 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.






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






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






31. Increase size of Blob Brush (W/M)






32. 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.






33. white arrow that will select individual objects in a group or anchor points






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






35. Constrain Blob Brush path horizontally or vertically (W/M)






36. Three types of _______: Extrude & Bevel - Revolve - Rotate






37. ____________ winds from a spiral while increasing the length of the spiral (W/M) - Start dragging - then Alt-drag/Start dragging then Option-drag






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






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






40. vector paths that are continuious and have no ends - the beginning and end points are the same.






41. Appearance panel contains the _______________ (fill type - color - transparency and effects)






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






43. 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






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






45. Keep the inner radius of a star ________ (W/M) - Start dragging - then hold down Ctrl/Start dragging - then hold down Command






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






47. You ____________ by selecting a layer name in the Layers panel and dragging the layer to its new location. The order of layers in the Layers panel controls the document's layer order - topmost in the panel is the frontmost in the artwork.






48. The line that forms the shape of an object






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






50. Characteristics of the outline of an object - such as its weight - color - style - etc.