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






2. Cannot be used as symbols.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. __________ 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






12. __________ 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






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






14. Two types of ________.






15. Hold option to draw from the center.






16. 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






17. Provides access to a large bank of color pallets built by an international design community.






18. Uses the z-axis to give a 2D object depth by extruding the object. For example - a circle becomes a cylinder.






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






20. A special effect applied to a digital image. Many filters mimic the effect of special camera lenses.






21. 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






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






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






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






25. Stroke type - brush - color transparency and effects






26. 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)






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






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






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






30. The line that forms the shape of an object






31. 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.






32. Zoom out to view the whole art board.






33. 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.






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






35. Increase the skew value for _________ in a rectangular grid or concentric dividers in a polar grid by 10% (W/M) - Start dragging - then press C






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






37. fills overlapping SELECTED shapes and line segments






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






39. 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.






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






42. Opacity and blending mode






43. Uses the y-axis to revolve an object around an axis. For example - an arc becomes a circle.






44. 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






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






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






47. Keep the inner radius of a star ________ (W/M) - Start dragging - then hold down Ctrl/Start dragging - then hold down Command






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






49. Draw from the center of a shape (except for polygons - stars - and flares) (W/M)






50. ______ an arc - keeping the reference point constant (W/M) - Start dragging - then hold down F