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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. The area surrounding the art board on the computer screen - depending on the magnification or view - it may or may not be visible.
Paste board
Bristle brushes
Stroke attributes
Filter
2. A layer within a layer that can have its own name and its own settings
Smooth point
Skew value
Sublayer
Illustrator to Flash
3. 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.
None
Bezier curve
Illustrator to Flash
Picas
4. Hold option to draw from the center.
Escape key
Shear
Option Key
Skew value
5. Five ________: Art - Calligraphic - Pattern - Bristle and Scatter.
Constrain
Brush types
Paste board
Shift+D
6. Uses the z-axis to rotate 2D artwork in 3D space and change the artwork's perspective.
Skew value
Rotate
Shift Key
Live paint bucket
7. To force an object to take a certain form
Art board
Fill
Cmd + Zero
Constrain
8. Uses the z-axis to give a 2D object depth by extruding the object. For example - a circle becomes a cylinder.
Scatter brushes
Extrude & Bevel
Bounding box
Stroke attributes
9. solidity of an object's color; the opposite of transparency.
Selection tool
Embed
OpenType fonts
Opacity
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.
Direction line
Reorder layers
Layer
Create corner or smooth join (W/M)
11. Letter 'c' - it will cut line segments
Anchor point
Scissors tool
Decay rate
[ (left square bracket)
12. These tools allow you to cut and merge selected shapes.
Pathfinder panel
Layer
OpenType fonts
Simple or compound path
13. Hold shift to draw ___________.
Gradient
Embed
Perfect shapes
Straight
14. __________ 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
Dock
Transparency attributes
Increase
Straight
15. __________________ 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/
Shear
Add or remov
Shift
Marquee
16. printable portion of the work area - where illustrations can be finalized.
Embed
Decay rate
Extrude & Bevel
Art board
17. fills overlapping SELECTED shapes and line segments
Shape tools
Live paint bucket
OpenType fonts
Vertical lines
18. 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.
Shape Builder tool
Decrease
Art brushes
Paste board
19. 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
Gradient
Fill
Art board
20. Letter 'a' - white arrow - will select individual objects in a group - or anchor points.
Gradient fill
Dock
Direct Selection tool
Smooth point
21. ____________ winds from a spiral while increasing the length of the spiral (W/M) - Start dragging - then Alt-drag/Start dragging then Option-drag
Option Key
Vertical lines
Reorder layers
Add or subtract
22. Uses the y-axis to revolve an object around an axis. For example - an arc becomes a circle.
Revolve
Smooth point
Shift
Corner point
23. Get you out of the Type tool and selects the Selection tool
Escape key
Join two or more paths (W/M)
Path
Clipping Mask
24. Characteristics of the inner area of an object - such as the color - pattern style - etc. - inside an object.
Sublayer
Fill
Alt-drag/Option-drag
Shift Key
25. object that is dimmed and unavailable for modification but can be used as a guide for creating objects.
Shift+D
Zoom tool
Direction line
Template
26. place a file or object in a file so that it becomes part of the file.
Reorder layers
Embed
Color Guide panel
Gradient fill
27. __________ 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
Transparency
Symbol Librarie
Selection tool
Decrease
28. Layer in which one or more sublayers are stored
Parent layer
Decay rate
Straight
OpenType fonts
29. The point on which an object rotates or transform . The point of orgin may be within the object or outside it.
Cmd + Zero
Bounding box
Kuler panel
Point of orgin
30. Letter 'd' - black 1pt stroke - white fill.
Fill
Shear
Art board
Default fill & stroke
31. Stroke type - brush - color transparency and effects
Filter
Stroke attributes
None
Calligraphic brushes
32. A group of relaxed command and options.
Corner point
Panel
Decrease
Open path
33. Using the S_______________ - you can visually and intuitively merge - delete - fill and edit overlapping shapes and paths directly in the artwork.
Point of orgin
Shape Builder tool
Direct selection tool
Swap fill & stroke
34. To slant or skew an object from its original orientation.
Shear
Fill
Hand tool
Bezier curve
35. Nonprinting lines that can be used to create boundaries or guidelines in a drawing
A linked file
Guides
Stroke
Kuler panel
36. 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.
Bezier curve
An embedded file
Simple or compound path
Selection tool
37. Change the _______ of a spiral (W/M) - Start dragging then Ctrl-drag/Start dragging then Command-drag
Simple or compound path
Decay rate
Escape key
Recolor Artwork panel
38. Will turn the top shape into a picture frame for all selected art below it.
Vertical dividers
Point
Clipping Mask
Pattern brushes
39. Moves the view of the art board when zoomed in- you can toggle it with the space-bar
Direct Selection tool
Hand tool
Template
Expand live-paint groups
40. A point on a path that indicates a change of direction.
Shape tools
Anchor point
Unembedded images
Flip
41. The line that forms the shape of an object
Option Key
Path
Unembedded images
None
42. Letter 'z'. magnifying glass - click and drag around the zoom area - hold option + click and zoom out.
Increase or decrease
Gradient
Simple or compound path
Zoom tool
43. Decrease size of Blob Brush (W/M)
[ (left square bracket)
A linked file
Click once with the Type tool
Skew value
44. 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
Embed
Straight
OpenType fonts
Direct selection tool
45. Six basic ___________ are: Rectangle - Rounded Rectangle - Ellipse - Polygon - Star - and Flare.
Shape tools
Panel
Shear
Embed
46. Toggles the Type tool
47. To ______________ Select the paths - then press Shift+Ctrl+Alt+j/Select the anchor point - then press Shift+Command+Option+j
Perfect shapes
Shape tools
Escape key
Create corner or smooth join (W/M)
48. 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.
Calligraphic brushes
Pattern brushes
Direct Selection tool
Art brushes
49. A graduated blend between two or more colors or between tints of the same color.
Add or subtract
Gradient fill
Opacity
Default fill & stroke
50. The top box in the color icons (bottom of the tool bar) and what you call the inside "color" of a shape
Scaling
Template
Constant
Fill