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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
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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 separate - external file connected to the Illustrator file by an electronic link.
Color Guide panel
Art board
Unembedded images
A linked file
2. 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.
[ (left square bracket)
Option Key
Add or subtract
Simple or compound path
3. Constrain Blob Brush path horizontally or vertically (W/M)
Shift
Opacity mask
Rotate
Appearance attributes
4. Letter '/' (questions mark key) - a box with red slash
None
Open path
Shift
[ (left square bracket)
5. ______________ 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.
Create and expand
Extrude & Bevel
An embedded file
Decrease
6. Change the _______ of a spiral (W/M) - Start dragging then Ctrl-drag/Start dragging then Command-drag
Decay rate
Template
Bristle brushes
Shape Builder tool
7. A single level in the stacking order that can hold any number of object.
Option Key
Stroke
Scatter brushes
Layer
8. Appearance panel contains the _______________ (fill type - color - transparency and effects)
Spacebar-drag
Decay rate
Fill attributes
Unembedded images
9. 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
Increase or decrease
Picas
OpenType fonts
Default fill & stroke
10. Letter 'v' - black arrow - will select the whole or grouped objects
Create corner or smooth join (W/M)
Sublayer
Selection tool
Add or remov
11. Five ________: Art - Calligraphic - Pattern - Bristle and Scatter.
Scissors tool
Brush types
Stroke attributes
Smooth point
12. Zoom out to view the whole art board.
Cmd + Zero
Decay rate
Straight
Vertical lines
13. Characteristics of the inner area of an object - such as the color - pattern style - etc. - inside an object.
Embed
Fill
Add or subtract
Create and expand
14. A special effect applied to a digital image. Many filters mimic the effect of special camera lenses.
3D effects
Scaling
Filter
Transparency
15. printable portion of the work area - where illustrations can be finalized.
Art board
Add or subtract
Selection tool
Fill
16. black arrow that will select the whole or grouped objects.
Flip
Selection tool
Zoom tool
Pattern brushes
17. Layer in which one or more sublayers are stored
Shift
Parent layer
Picas
Option Key
18. Because the __________ is part of the Illustrator file - no link can be broken.
Direct selection tool
Art board
An embedded file
Point of orgin
19. Hold shift to select multiple objects.
Stroke
Appearance attributes
Calligraphic brushes
Shift Key
20. An anchor point where a path changes direction direction in an angle rather than smoothly.
Flip
Shape tools
Point
Corner point
21. Will show you variations on a selected color including tints - shades - and pallets based upon that color.
Scissors tool
Alt-drag/Option-drag
Color Guide panel
Click once with the Type tool
22. Hold option to draw from the center.
Shift+D
Scatter brushes
Selection tool
Option Key
23. 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.
Pattern brushes
Shift+D
Appearance attributes
Shift Key
24. Two types of ________.
Join two or more paths (W/M)
Bounding box
Appearance attributes
Calligraphic brushes
25. __________ 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
Open and closed arc
Cmd + Zero
Closed path
Increase
26. object that is dimmed and unavailable for modification but can be used as a guide for creating objects.
Template
Shift-drag
Rotate
Filter
27. Measurement system used in grapic programs; there are six of these in an inch.
Picas
Reorder layers
Add or subtract
Paste board
28. A mathematically generated curve that has two endpoints and control points to specify curve direction
Point of orgin
Rotate
Click once with the Type tool
Bezier curve
29. Letter 'x' - two arrows
Swap fill & stroke
Increase or decrease
Shift
Increase
30. Letter 'a' - white arrow - will select individual objects in a group - or anchor points.
Direction line
Template
Simple or compound path
Direct Selection tool
31. The area surrounding the art board on the computer screen - depending on the magnification or view - it may or may not be visible.
Picas
Opacity mask
Paste board
Zoom tool
32. A point on a path that indicates a change of direction.
Sublayer
Anchor point
Decay rate
Reorder layers
33. ______________ polygon sides - star points - arc angle - spiral winds - or flare rays (W/M) - Start dragging - then press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow
Panel
Increase or decrease
Shift-drag
Transparency
34. Switch through drawing modes (W/M)
An embedded file
Expand live-paint groups
Shift+D
Constrain
35. A group of relaxed command and options.
] (right square bracket)
Panel
Bounding box
Vertical dividers
36. To slant or skew an object from its original orientation.
Shear
Shift
Anchor point
Click and drag the Type tool
37. Resizing an object horizontally - vertically - or proportionally in both directions to a percentage of its origanal size.
Scaling
Calligraphic brushes
Selection tool
Shift-drag
38. Opacity and blending mode
Transparency attributes
Closed path
Paste board
Clipping Mask
39. A graduated blend of colors used as a fill; can be linear (flat) or radial (round)
Cmd + Zero
Template
Stroke
Gradient
40. Increase size of Blob Brush (W/M)
Pathfinder panel
Spacebar-drag
OpenType fonts
] (right square bracket)
41. ______ an arc - keeping the reference point constant (W/M) - Start dragging - then hold down F
Spacebar-drag
Flip
Swap fill & stroke
Bristle brushes
42. Rectangle drawn around an object with a tool to select an area.
Marquee
't' ky
Create and expand
Transparency
43. Characteristics of the outline of an object - such as its weight - color - style - etc.
Stroke
An embedded file
Workspace
Zoom tool
44. The bottom box in the color icons (bottom of the tool bar) and what you call the outline "color" of a shape
Bounding box
Fill
Vertical lines
Stroke
45. Line extending from anchor point that shows the direction of a curve
Hand tool
Extrude & Bevel
Scatter brushes
Direction line
46. Switch between __________ (W/M) - Start dragging - then hold down C
Open and closed arc
Stroke
An embedded file
Symbol Librarie
47. __________________ 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/
Color Guide panel
Path
Add or remov
Decay rate
48. Using the S_______________ - you can visually and intuitively merge - delete - fill and edit overlapping shapes and paths directly in the artwork.
Brush types
Alt-drag/Option-drag
Shift Key
Shape Builder tool
49. vector paths that have two ends; the beginning and end points are not the same
Open path
Reorder layers
Art brushes
Anchor point
50. 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.
Point
Pattern brushes
Bounding box
Art brushes