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






2. A location in the application window where a panel or panels are secured so they do not float.






3. Two types of ________.






4. Will show you variations on a selected color including tints - shades - and pallets based upon that color.






5. Opacity and blending mode






6. To ______________ Select the paths - then press Shift+Ctrl+Alt+j/Select the anchor point - then press Shift+Command+Option+j






7. Hold shift to select multiple objects.






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






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






10. To slant or skew an object from its original orientation.






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






12. Because the __________ is part of the Illustrator file - no link can be broken.






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






14. An anchor point that connects path segments in a smooth curve.






15. A mathematically generated curve that has two endpoints and control points to specify curve direction






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






17. 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






18. vector paths that have two ends; the beginning and end points are not the same






19. Zoom out to view the whole art board.






20. Stroke type - brush - color transparency and effects






21. solidity of an object's color; the opposite of transparency.






22. Constrain a shape's proportions or orientation to: equal height and width for rectangles - rounded rectangles - ellipses - and grids; Increments of 45° for line and arc segments; Original orientation for polygons - stars - and flares (W/M)






23. Letter 'z'. magnifying glass - click and drag around the zoom area - hold option + click and zoom out.






24. object that is dimmed and unavailable for modification but can be used as a guide for creating objects.






25. A point on a path that indicates a change of direction.






26. Nonprinting lines that can be used to create boundaries or guidelines in a drawing






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






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






29. 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.






30. Switch through drawing modes (W/M)






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






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






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






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






35. Decrease the _______ for horizontal dividers in a rectangular grid or radial dividers in a polar grid by 10% (W/M) - Start dragging - then press F






36. ______________ a Live Trace object in one step (W/M) - Alt-click Live Trace in the Control panel - or hold down Alt and select a tracing preset./Option-click Live Trace in the Control panel - or hold down Option and select a tracing preset.






37. This creates a single line of text. If you re-size this type it will re-size the text.






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






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






40. ______________ polygon sides - star points - arc angle - spiral winds - or flare rays (W/M) - Start dragging - then press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow






41. A group of relaxed command and options.






42. 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.






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






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






45. Letter 'c' - it will cut line segments






46. Uses the z-axis to rotate 2D artwork in 3D space and change the artwork's perspective.






47. 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.






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






49. A separate - external file connected to the Illustrator file by an electronic link.






50. A temporary frame around a selected object that shows the object's outer dimensions.