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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.
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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. printable portion of the work area - where illustrations can be finalized.
Zoom tool
Brush types
Art board
Marquee
2. A graduated blend of colors used as a fill; can be linear (flat) or radial (round)
Rotate
Option Key
Sublayer
Gradient
3. Line extending from anchor point that shows the direction of a curve
Direction line
Create and expand
Rotate
Embed
4. ______________ polygon sides - star points - arc angle - spiral winds - or flare rays (W/M) - Start dragging - then press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow
Increase or decrease
Illustrator to Flash
Stroke
Selection tool
5. The top box in the color icons (bottom of the tool bar) and what you call the inside "color" of a shape
Color Guide panel
Fill
Brush types
Straight
6. Two types of ________.
Appearance attributes
Fill
Clipping Mask
Opacity
7. Amount of light that can pass through an object. a transparent object allows objects below to appear.
Decay rate
Bounding box
Bristle brushes
Transparency
8. Resizing an object horizontally - vertically - or proportionally in both directions to a percentage of its origanal size.
Parent layer
Selection tool
Shift-drag
Scaling
9. __________________ 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/
Zoom tool
Transparency attributes
Add or remov
Perfect shapes
10. Hold shift to draw ___________.
Fill attributes
Straight
Art board
Perfect shapes
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.
Gradient
Flip
Calligraphic brushes
Paste board
12. Stroke type - brush - color transparency and effects
Stroke attributes
Cmd + Zero
Open and closed arc
Constant
13. place a file or object in a file so that it becomes part of the file.
Embed
Pattern brushes
Extrude & Bevel
Shift-drag
14. Moves the view of the art board when zoomed in- you can toggle it with the space-bar
Corner point
Art brushes
Hand tool
Scissors tool
15. 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.
Click and drag the Type tool
Scaling
Transparency attributes
Calligraphic brushes
16. ______ an arc - keeping the reference point constant (W/M) - Start dragging - then hold down F
Shape Builder tool
Flip
Brush types
Click and drag the Type tool
17. Letter 'z'. magnifying glass - click and drag around the zoom area - hold option + click and zoom out.
Increase or decrease
Direction line
Flip
Zoom tool
18. Increase size of Blob Brush (W/M)
Transparency attributes
Stroke attributes
] (right square bracket)
Add or remov
19. The point on which an object rotates or transform . The point of orgin may be within the object or outside it.
Point
Point of orgin
Fill
Guides
20. Move a shape while drawing it (W/M)
Zoom tool
An embedded file
Bezier curve
Spacebar-drag
21. 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.
Opacity mask
Open path
Scatter brushes
Straight
22. white arrow that will select individual objects in a group or anchor points
Direct selection tool
A linked file
Create and expand
Revolve
23. To force an object to take a certain form
Paste board
Constrain
Increase
Shift+D
24. Six basic ___________ are: Rectangle - Rounded Rectangle - Ellipse - Polygon - Star - and Flare.
Shape tools
[ (left square bracket)
Pathfinder panel
Bristle brushes
25. Draw from the center of a shape (except for polygons - stars - and flares) (W/M)
Shape Builder tool
None
Alt-drag/Option-drag
Add or subtract
26. This creates a single line of text. If you re-size this type it will re-size the text.
Shift Key
Vertical dividers
Click once with the Type tool
Revolve
27. To ___________ Select the paths - then press Ctrl+J/Select the paths - then press Command+J
Join two or more paths (W/M)
Decay rate
Fill
Guides
28. An anchor point where a path changes direction direction in an angle rather than smoothly.
Fill
Marquee
Vertical dividers
Corner point
29. To ______________ Select the paths - then press Shift+Ctrl+Alt+j/Select the anchor point - then press Shift+Command+Option+j
't' ky
Create corner or smooth join (W/M)
Point
Option Key
30. Appearance panel contains the _______________ (fill type - color - transparency and effects)
Art board
Revolve
Corner point
Fill attributes
31. 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
Create corner or smooth join (W/M)
Symbol Librarie
Scatter brushes
Dock
32. Letter '/' (questions mark key) - a box with red slash
Stroke attributes
Art board
Increase
None
33. 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.
An embedded file
Reorder layers
Panel
Guides
34. vector paths that are continuious and have no ends - the beginning and end points are the same.
Path
Increase or decrease
Calligraphic brushes
Closed path
35. Keep the inner radius of a star ________ (W/M) - Start dragging - then hold down Ctrl/Start dragging - then hold down Command
Open and closed arc
Constant
Parent layer
Kuler panel
36. Measurement system used in graphic design; 1/72nd of an inch.
Point
Point of orgin
Reorder layers
Picas
37. Using the S_______________ - you can visually and intuitively merge - delete - fill and edit overlapping shapes and paths directly in the artwork.
Fill
Expand live-paint groups
Shape Builder tool
None
38. Hold shift to select multiple objects.
Revolve
Embed
Parent layer
Shift Key
39. Letter 'v' - black arrow - will select the whole or grouped objects
Add or subtract
Shift
Selection tool
Extrude & Bevel
40. Characteristics of the inner area of an object - such as the color - pattern style - etc. - inside an object.
Corner point
Shift
Fill
Direction line
41. Uses the y-axis to revolve an object around an axis. For example - an arc becomes a circle.
Paste board
Simple or compound path
Alt-drag/Option-drag
Revolve
42. Provides access to a large bank of color pallets built by an international design community.
Pattern brushes
Kuler panel
Path
Marquee
43. Constrain Blob Brush path horizontally or vertically (W/M)
Live paint bucket
Spacebar-drag
Shift
Vertical dividers
44. Will allow you to change all of the colors in your selected art in a variety of ways.
Decrease
Recolor Artwork panel
Opacity mask
Bristle brushes
45. A layer within a layer that can have its own name and its own settings
Sublayer
Shift+D
An embedded file
Selection tool
46. Switch between __________ (W/M) - Start dragging - then hold down C
Open and closed arc
Symbol Librarie
Pattern brushes
Shape Builder tool
47. Characteristics of the outline of an object - such as its weight - color - style - etc.
Stroke
Selection tool
Color Guide panel
Paste board
48. A mathematically generated curve that has two endpoints and control points to specify curve direction
Bezier curve
Stroke
Panel
Add or subtract
49. Letter 'x' - two arrows
Open path
Swap fill & stroke
Point
Stroke
50. An anchor point that connects path segments in a smooth curve.
Stroke attributes
Add or subtract
Cmd + Zero
Smooth point