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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. An anchor point that connects path segments in a smooth curve.
Closed path
Workspace
Smooth point
Guides
2. A temporary frame around a selected object that shows the object's outer dimensions.
Live paint bucket
Rotate
Panel
Bounding box
3. Line extending from anchor point that shows the direction of a curve
Shape tools
Scatter brushes
Shift+D
Direction line
4. Rectangle drawn around an object with a tool to select an area.
Calligraphic brushes
Shape tools
Marquee
Option Key
5. 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.
Shift+D
Opacity mask
Path
Shift Key
6. Measurement system used in grapic programs; there are six of these in an inch.
A linked file
Transparency attributes
Picas
Add or subtract
7. A group of relaxed command and options.
Path
Filter
Swap fill & stroke
Panel
8. 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
Stroke
Illustrator to Flash
Symbol Librarie
Add or subtract
9. Decrease size of Blob Brush (W/M)
A linked file
OpenType fonts
[ (left square bracket)
Create and expand
10. Will show you variations on a selected color including tints - shades - and pallets based upon that color.
Path
Color Guide panel
Paste board
Perfect shapes
11. 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.
Hand tool
Click and drag the Type tool
Transparency attributes
Decrease
12. place a file or object in a file so that it becomes part of the file.
Paste board
Embed
Bezier curve
Gradient fill
13. black arrow that will select the whole or grouped objects.
Pattern brushes
Shape Builder tool
Selection tool
Closed path
14. Move a shape while drawing it (W/M)
Spacebar-drag
Parent layer
Perfect shapes
Transparency
15. Opacity and blending mode
Corner point
Reorder layers
Guides
Transparency attributes
16. 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
Vertical lines
Gradient
Appearance attributes
Click once with the Type tool
17. Resizing an object horizontally - vertically - or proportionally in both directions to a percentage of its origanal size.
Shape Builder tool
Scaling
Escape key
Layer
18. Toggles the Type tool
19. 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.
Marquee
Bristle brushes
Point of orgin
Illustrator to Flash
20. 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.
Increase or decrease
Stroke
Calligraphic brushes
Open and closed arc
21. Letter 'z'. magnifying glass - click and drag around the zoom area - hold option + click and zoom out.
Open path
Scissors tool
Rotate
Zoom tool
22. Draw from the center of a shape (except for polygons - stars - and flares) (W/M)
Alt-drag/Option-drag
Perfect shapes
Paste board
Gradient fill
23. To force an object to take a certain form
Constant
Revolve
Constrain
Anchor point
24. Characteristics of the outline of an object - such as its weight - color - style - etc.
Fill attributes
Workspace
Stroke
Create corner or smooth join (W/M)
25. Increase size of Blob Brush (W/M)
Shift-drag
Fill attributes
] (right square bracket)
Simple or compound path
26. 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.
Corner point
Art brushes
Reorder layers
Stroke
27. Uses the y-axis to revolve an object around an axis. For example - an arc becomes a circle.
Gradient fill
Revolve
Open and closed arc
Join two or more paths (W/M)
28. Five ________: Art - Calligraphic - Pattern - Bristle and Scatter.
Brush types
None
Option Key
Spacebar-drag
29. ____________ winds from a spiral while increasing the length of the spiral (W/M) - Start dragging - then Alt-drag/Start dragging then Option-drag
Perfect shapes
Zoom tool
Add or subtract
Kuler panel
30. An anchor point where a path changes direction direction in an angle rather than smoothly.
Corner point
Bristle brushes
Hand tool
Anchor point
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
Scatter brushes
Increase
Shift Key
Marquee
32. A graduated blend of colors used as a fill; can be linear (flat) or radial (round)
Stroke
Reorder layers
Paste board
Gradient
33. Two types of ________.
Bounding box
Picas
Appearance attributes
Anchor point
34. A single level in the stacking order that can hold any number of object.
Illustrator to Flash
Default fill & stroke
Opacity
Layer
35. Get you out of the Type tool and selects the Selection tool
Increase or decrease
] (right square bracket)
Illustrator to Flash
Escape key
36. white arrow that will select individual objects in a group or anchor points
Parent layer
Option Key
Decrease
Direct selection tool
37. The point on which an object rotates or transform . The point of orgin may be within the object or outside it.
Filter
Point of orgin
Add or remov
Decay rate
38. Uses the z-axis to give a 2D object depth by extruding the object. For example - a circle becomes a cylinder.
Expand live-paint groups
Appearance attributes
Extrude & Bevel
Perfect shapes
39. Hold shift to draw ___________.
Click once with the Type tool
Increase or decrease
Perfect shapes
Option Key
40. Uses the z-axis to rotate 2D artwork in 3D space and change the artwork's perspective.
Selection tool
Rotate
Embed
Join two or more paths (W/M)
41. Letter '/' (questions mark key) - a box with red slash
Shear
None
Alt-drag/Option-drag
Spacebar-drag
42. A layer within a layer that can have its own name and its own settings
Sublayer
Panel
Anchor point
Guides
43. Will allow you to change all of the colors in your selected art in a variety of ways.
Recolor Artwork panel
[ (left square bracket)
Appearance attributes
Stroke attributes
44. A location in the application window where a panel or panels are secured so they do not float.
Extrude & Bevel
Transparency attributes
Alt-drag/Option-drag
Dock
45. Six basic ___________ are: Rectangle - Rounded Rectangle - Ellipse - Polygon - Star - and Flare.
Shift-drag
Sublayer
Shape tools
Calligraphic brushes
46. Letter 'd' - black 1pt stroke - white fill.
Unembedded images
Bezier curve
Default fill & stroke
Create and expand
47. Provides access to a large bank of color pallets built by an international design community.
Path
Flip
Revolve
Kuler panel
48. Amount of light that can pass through an object. a transparent object allows objects below to appear.
Increase or decrease
Fill
Brush types
Transparency
49. 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.
Alt-drag/Option-drag
Art brushes
Bezier curve
Selection tool
50. Measurement system used in graphic design; 1/72nd of an inch.
Filter
Point
Shift
Join two or more paths (W/M)