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






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






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






4. Line extending from anchor point that shows the direction of a curve






5. Toggles the Type tool

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






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






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






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






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






11. __________________ 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/






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






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






14. Switch through drawing modes (W/M)






15. 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.






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






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






18. 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.






19. 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.






20. 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.






21. 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.






22. Five ________: Art - Calligraphic - Pattern - Bristle and Scatter.






23. Layer in which one or more sublayers are stored






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






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






26. Will allow you to change all of the colors in your selected art in a variety of ways.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Using the S_______________ - you can visually and intuitively merge - delete - fill and edit overlapping shapes and paths directly in the artwork.






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






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






37. The line that forms the shape of an object






38. black arrow that will select the whole or grouped objects.






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






40. 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.






41. Switch between __________ (W/M) - Start dragging - then hold down C






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






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






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






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






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






47. __________ 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






48. 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






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






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