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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.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
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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. A graduated blend of colors used as a fill; can be linear (flat) or radial (round)
Stroke
Kuler panel
Shift+D
Gradient
2. Increase size of Blob Brush (W/M)
Art board
] (right square bracket)
Shift+D
Selection tool
3. printable portion of the work area - where illustrations can be finalized.
Selection tool
Art board
Swap fill & stroke
3D effects
4. Switch through drawing modes (W/M)
Shift+D
Symbol Librarie
Revolve
Guides
5. vector paths that have two ends; the beginning and end points are not the same
't' ky
Pattern brushes
Open path
Shape Builder tool
6. 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.
Art brushes
Option Key
Transparency attributes
Add or remov
7. Letter '/' (questions mark key) - a box with red slash
Alt-drag/Option-drag
None
Selection tool
Bounding box
8. Cannot be used as symbols.
Unembedded images
OpenType fonts
Escape key
Clipping Mask
9. Moves the view of the art board when zoomed in- you can toggle it with the space-bar
Direct Selection tool
Hand tool
Cmd + Zero
Increase or decrease
10. Stroke type - brush - color transparency and effects
Stroke attributes
Live paint bucket
Illustrator to Flash
Click once with the Type tool
11. Characteristics of the outline of an object - such as its weight - color - style - etc.
Kuler panel
Option Key
Picas
Stroke
12. Resizing an object horizontally - vertically - or proportionally in both directions to a percentage of its origanal size.
Art board
Scaling
Perfect shapes
Stroke
13. 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
OpenType fonts
Direction line
Create corner or smooth join (W/M)
Opacity
14. 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
None
Unembedded images
Reorder layers
15. __________ 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
Decrease
Guides
OpenType fonts
Color Guide panel
16. Rectangle drawn around an object with a tool to select an area.
Marquee
] (right square bracket)
Opacity mask
Shear
17. Constrain Blob Brush path horizontally or vertically (W/M)
Decrease
Shift
Direct Selection tool
[ (left square bracket)
18. Measurement system used in graphic design; 1/72nd of an inch.
Selection tool
Brush types
Straight
Point
19. 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.
Unembedded images
Dock
Clipping Mask
Pattern brushes
20. A saved set of panel arrangements and tool setting.
None
Increase
Workspace
Alt-drag/Option-drag
21. To ______________ Select the paths - then press Shift+Ctrl+Alt+j/Select the anchor point - then press Shift+Command+Option+j
Revolve
Art brushes
Cmd + Zero
Create corner or smooth join (W/M)
22. The bottom box in the color icons (bottom of the tool bar) and what you call the outline "color" of a shape
Shift+D
Vertical lines
Stroke
Extrude & Bevel
23. in the option bar for a selected live paint group
Increase or decrease
Symbol Librarie
Expand live-paint groups
Color Guide panel
24. 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
Vertical dividers
Create corner or smooth join (W/M)
Color Guide panel
25. Uses the z-axis to give a 2D object depth by extruding the object. For example - a circle becomes a cylinder.
Selection tool
Picas
Extrude & Bevel
Template
26. Uses the y-axis to revolve an object around an axis. For example - an arc becomes a circle.
Cmd + Zero
Revolve
Rotate
Shift Key
27. Appearance panel contains the _______________ (fill type - color - transparency and effects)
Direct selection tool
Fill
Fill attributes
Option Key
28. Will allow you to change all of the colors in your selected art in a variety of ways.
Reorder layers
Alt-drag/Option-drag
Recolor Artwork panel
Shift Key
29. Decrease size of Blob Brush (W/M)
Brush types
Workspace
[ (left square bracket)
Opacity mask
30. Letter 'c' - it will cut line segments
Spacebar-drag
Direction line
Dock
Scissors tool
31. A layer within a layer that can have its own name and its own settings
Fill
Direct Selection tool
3D effects
Sublayer
32. Allow you to create brush strokes with the appearance of a natural brush with bristles.
Art brushes
Closed path
Constant
Bristle brushes
33. 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.
Stroke attributes
None
Simple or compound path
Skew value
34. Characteristics of the inner area of an object - such as the color - pattern style - etc. - inside an object.
Point
Dock
Reorder layers
Fill
35. Letter 'd' - black 1pt stroke - white fill.
Join two or more paths (W/M)
Default fill & stroke
Increase or decrease
Layer
36. ______ an arc - keeping the reference point constant (W/M) - Start dragging - then hold down F
] (right square bracket)
Scaling
Flip
Recolor Artwork panel
37. Three types of _______: Extrude & Bevel - Revolve - Rotate
Expand live-paint groups
Calligraphic brushes
3D effects
Path
38. To slant or skew an object from its original orientation.
Art board
Shear
Scaling
Constant
39. This creates a single line of text. If you re-size this type it will re-size the text.
Perfect shapes
Click once with the Type tool
Anchor point
Direct selection tool
40. A temporary frame around a selected object that shows the object's outer dimensions.
Bounding box
Scissors tool
Corner point
Click once with the Type tool
41. __________________ 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/
Spacebar-drag
Add or remov
Create and expand
Point of orgin
42. Hold option to draw from the center.
Option Key
Pathfinder panel
Flip
Brush types
43. Two types of ________.
Art brushes
Increase or decrease
Recolor Artwork panel
Appearance attributes
44. A mathematically generated curve that has two endpoints and control points to specify curve direction
Increase
Bezier curve
Skew value
None
45. A point on a path that indicates a change of direction.
Kuler panel
Anchor point
Hand tool
Shape Builder tool
46. Move a shape while drawing it (W/M)
Decay rate
Layer
Spacebar-drag
Art brushes
47. A single level in the stacking order that can hold any number of object.
Constant
Cmd + Zero
Layer
Sublayer
48. white arrow that will select individual objects in a group or anchor points
Direct selection tool
Spacebar-drag
Marquee
Shear
49. Keep the inner radius of a star ________ (W/M) - Start dragging - then hold down Ctrl/Start dragging - then hold down Command
't' ky
Revolve
Flip
Constant
50. An anchor point where a path changes direction direction in an angle rather than smoothly.
Clipping Mask
Panel
Direct Selection tool
Corner point