Test your basic knowledge |

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






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






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






4. Stroke type - brush - color transparency and effects






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






6. Hold shift to draw ___________.






7. A single level in the stacking order that can hold any number of object.






8. Decrease size of Blob Brush (W/M)






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






10. 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






11. Opacity and blending mode






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






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






14. Hold option to draw from the center.






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






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






17. Layer in which one or more sublayers are stored






18. 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






19. 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.






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






21. Toggles the Type tool

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






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






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






25. 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.






26. 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.






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






28. Change the _______ of a spiral (W/M) - Start dragging then Ctrl-drag/Start dragging then Command-drag






29. Move a shape while drawing it (W/M)






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






31. object that is dimmed and unavailable for modification but can be used as a guide for creating objects.






32. Increase the skew value for _________ in a rectangular grid or concentric dividers in a polar grid by 10% (W/M) - Start dragging - then press C






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






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






35. To force an object to take a certain form






36. __________________ 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/






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






42. To ______________ Select the paths - then press Shift+Ctrl+Alt+j/Select the anchor point - then press Shift+Command+Option+j






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






44. An anchor point where a path changes direction direction in an angle rather than smoothly.






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






46. Hold shift to select multiple objects.






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






48. ______________ 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.






49. Characteristics of the inner area of an object - such as the color - pattern style - etc. - inside an object.






50. Letter 'x' - two arrows