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Adobe Illustrator
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
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it-skills
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multimedia
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Using the S_______________ - you can visually and intuitively merge - delete - fill and edit overlapping shapes and paths directly in the artwork.
Pathfinder panel
Direct selection tool
Straight
Shape Builder tool
2. A separate - external file connected to the Illustrator file by an electronic link.
A linked file
Alt-drag/Option-drag
Direct Selection tool
't' ky
3. Amount of light that can pass through an object. a transparent object allows objects below to appear.
Parent layer
Fill attributes
Flip
Transparency
4. A layer within a layer that can have its own name and its own settings
Kuler panel
Direct selection tool
Sublayer
Filter
5. A saved set of panel arrangements and tool setting.
Workspace
Fill attributes
Shift+D
Hand tool
6. A group of relaxed command and options.
Shift
Panel
Picas
Recolor Artwork panel
7. To ______________ Select the paths - then press Shift+Ctrl+Alt+j/Select the anchor point - then press Shift+Command+Option+j
] (right square bracket)
Stroke
Create corner or smooth join (W/M)
Shift
8. Because the __________ is part of the Illustrator file - no link can be broken.
Opacity mask
An embedded file
Panel
Simple or compound path
9. 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
Marquee
Opacity mask
Vertical lines
Anchor point
10. 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.
Constrain
Increase
Reorder layers
Add or subtract
11. Will turn the top shape into a picture frame for all selected art below it.
Clipping Mask
Symbol Librarie
Gradient fill
Point
12. printable portion of the work area - where illustrations can be finalized.
Revolve
Art board
Increase
Bezier curve
13. Nonprinting lines that can be used to create boundaries or guidelines in a drawing
Guides
Direct Selection tool
Corner point
Shift Key
14. This creates a single line of text. If you re-size this type it will re-size the text.
Constrain
Click once with the Type tool
Swap fill & stroke
Symbol Librarie
15. Layer in which one or more sublayers are stored
Transparency
Parent layer
Marquee
Alt-drag/Option-drag
16. Three types of _______: Extrude & Bevel - Revolve - Rotate
3D effects
Appearance attributes
Vertical lines
Scatter brushes
17. A point on a path that indicates a change of direction.
Skew value
Symbol Librarie
Anchor point
Click once with the Type tool
18. vector paths that are continuious and have no ends - the beginning and end points are the same.
Sublayer
Closed path
Straight
Open and closed arc
19. The top box in the color icons (bottom of the tool bar) and what you call the inside "color" of a shape
Click and drag the Type tool
Workspace
Fill
Create corner or smooth join (W/M)
20. Will allow you to change all of the colors in your selected art in a variety of ways.
Default fill & stroke
Recolor Artwork panel
Template
Fill attributes
21. Get you out of the Type tool and selects the Selection tool
Escape key
Selection tool
None
Sublayer
22. 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
None
Calligraphic brushes
Template
Symbol Librarie
23. A single level in the stacking order that can hold any number of object.
[ (left square bracket)
Layer
] (right square bracket)
Workspace
24. Letter 'a' - white arrow - will select individual objects in a group - or anchor points.
Zoom tool
Option Key
Shift-drag
Direct Selection tool
25. 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
Increase or decrease
Vertical dividers
Shape Builder tool
[ (left square bracket)
26. Characteristics of the outline of an object - such as its weight - color - style - etc.
Fill
Stroke
Simple or compound path
Vertical dividers
27. Decrease size of Blob Brush (W/M)
Filter
Workspace
[ (left square bracket)
Sublayer
28. Letter 'v' - black arrow - will select the whole or grouped objects
Increase or decrease
Selection tool
Escape key
Fill
29. Measurement system used in grapic programs; there are six of these in an inch.
Picas
None
Add or remov
Guides
30. The area surrounding the art board on the computer screen - depending on the magnification or view - it may or may not be visible.
] (right square bracket)
Paste board
Scatter brushes
Shape Builder tool
31. __________ the skew value for horizontal dividers in a rectangular grid or radial dividers in a polar grid by 10% (W/M) - Start dragging - then press V
Constrain
Swap fill & stroke
Increase
Add or subtract
32. Keep the inner radius of a star ________ (W/M) - Start dragging - then hold down Ctrl/Start dragging - then hold down Command
A linked file
Direct Selection tool
Constant
Create corner or smooth join (W/M)
33. 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.
Illustrator to Flash
Opacity
Art brushes
Flip
34. Hold shift to select multiple objects.
Shift Key
Bristle brushes
Decay rate
Anchor point
35. Switch through drawing modes (W/M)
Recolor Artwork panel
] (right square bracket)
Stroke
Shift+D
36. Stroke type - brush - color transparency and effects
Open path
Bezier curve
Brush types
Stroke attributes
37. 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.
Art board
Embed
Opacity mask
Clipping Mask
38. 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.
Pathfinder panel
Art brushes
Selection tool
Click and drag the Type tool
39. Draw from the center of a shape (except for polygons - stars - and flares) (W/M)
Color Guide panel
Alt-drag/Option-drag
Swap fill & stroke
An embedded file
40. Letter '/' (questions mark key) - a box with red slash
3D effects
None
Art board
Recolor Artwork panel
41. vector paths that have two ends; the beginning and end points are not the same
Increase or decrease
Alt-drag/Option-drag
Point of orgin
Open path
42. To slant or skew an object from its original orientation.
Illustrator to Flash
Shear
Fill attributes
Bezier curve
43. 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
Pathfinder panel
Shear
OpenType fonts
Workspace
44. place a file or object in a file so that it becomes part of the file.
Embed
Path
None
Fill
45. Five ________: Art - Calligraphic - Pattern - Bristle and Scatter.
[ (left square bracket)
Vertical lines
Live paint bucket
Brush types
46. A special effect applied to a digital image. Many filters mimic the effect of special camera lenses.
Filter
A linked file
Symbol Librarie
Gradient
47. Uses the z-axis to rotate 2D artwork in 3D space and change the artwork's perspective.
Increase or decrease
Add or remov
Rotate
Direct selection tool
48. __________ 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
Appearance attributes
Straight
Panel
Decrease
49. white arrow that will select individual objects in a group or anchor points
Rotate
Direct selection tool
Live paint bucket
Anchor point
50. Change the _______ of a spiral (W/M) - Start dragging then Ctrl-drag/Start dragging then Command-drag
Scatter brushes
Layer
Selection tool
Decay rate