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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. 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)
Color Guide panel
Art brushes
Decay rate
Shift-drag
2. Nonprinting lines that can be used to create boundaries or guidelines in a drawing
Add or subtract
Unembedded images
Illustrator to Flash
Guides
3. Five ________: Art - Calligraphic - Pattern - Bristle and Scatter.
3D effects
Closed path
Brush types
't' ky
4. Resizing an object horizontally - vertically - or proportionally in both directions to a percentage of its origanal size.
Transparency attributes
Create and expand
Vertical dividers
Scaling
5. 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.
Path
Brush types
Reorder layers
Fill
6. Stroke type - brush - color transparency and effects
Shear
Stroke attributes
Decrease
Shift
7. Hold option to draw from the center.
Increase
Hand tool
Shear
Option Key
8. Zoom out to view the whole art board.
Add or subtract
Cmd + Zero
Smooth point
Art board
9. ______ an arc - keeping the reference point constant (W/M) - Start dragging - then hold down F
Closed path
Flip
Kuler panel
Join two or more paths (W/M)
10. Opacity and blending mode
Swap fill & stroke
Revolve
Transparency attributes
Gradient
11. These tools allow you to cut and merge selected shapes.
Filter
Join two or more paths (W/M)
Pathfinder panel
Anchor point
12. To slant or skew an object from its original orientation.
Selection tool
Shear
Opacity
Parent layer
13. ______________ 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
Scatter brushes
Bezier curve
Scissors tool
14. Line extending from anchor point that shows the direction of a curve
Shift+D
Direction line
A linked file
Stroke
15. Toggles the Type tool
16. A single level in the stacking order that can hold any number of object.
Anchor point
Shift+D
Layer
Escape key
17. Hold shift to select multiple objects.
Shift Key
Symbol Librarie
Guides
Embed
18. Using the S_______________ - you can visually and intuitively merge - delete - fill and edit overlapping shapes and paths directly in the artwork.
Shape Builder tool
Shape tools
Shift+D
Cmd + Zero
19. Letter 'd' - black 1pt stroke - white fill.
Embed
Shift-drag
Shear
Default fill & stroke
20. object that is dimmed and unavailable for modification but can be used as a guide for creating objects.
Click and drag the Type tool
Parent layer
Template
Shape tools
21. A mathematically generated curve that has two endpoints and control points to specify curve direction
Closed path
Picas
Fill
Bezier curve
22. 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
Paste board
Parent layer
Decrease
23. 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
OpenType fonts
Create and expand
Skew value
Sublayer
24. Decrease size of Blob Brush (W/M)
Expand live-paint groups
Gradient fill
Skew value
[ (left square bracket)
25. 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.
[ (left square bracket)
Extrude & Bevel
Selection tool
Art brushes
26. Defined by an elliptical shape whose center follows the path; they create strokes that resemble hand-drawn lines made with a flat - angled calligraphic pen tip.
Transparency attributes
Calligraphic brushes
Shift+D
Default fill & stroke
27. Letter 'x' - two arrows
Selection tool
Calligraphic brushes
Swap fill & stroke
Transparency attributes
28. solidity of an object's color; the opposite of transparency.
Color Guide panel
Scatter brushes
Simple or compound path
Opacity
29. Moves the view of the art board when zoomed in- you can toggle it with the space-bar
Skew value
Hand tool
Bristle brushes
Panel
30. An anchor point that connects path segments in a smooth curve.
Smooth point
Add or remov
Layer
Live paint bucket
31. A saved set of panel arrangements and tool setting.
Workspace
Live paint bucket
Brush types
Default fill & stroke
32. Six basic ___________ are: Rectangle - Rounded Rectangle - Ellipse - Polygon - Star - and Flare.
Zoom tool
Stroke
Shape tools
Embed
33. __________________ 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/
Add or remov
Simple or compound path
Shear
Constrain
34. Characteristics of the outline of an object - such as its weight - color - style - etc.
Click once with the Type tool
Default fill & stroke
Hand tool
Stroke
35. Three types of _______: Extrude & Bevel - Revolve - Rotate
Perfect shapes
Fill
3D effects
Marquee
36. printable portion of the work area - where illustrations can be finalized.
Gradient fill
Escape key
Bristle brushes
Art board
37. The point on which an object rotates or transform . The point of orgin may be within the object or outside it.
Point of orgin
Shape tools
Increase
Skew value
38. A graduated blend between two or more colors or between tints of the same color.
Art brushes
Cmd + Zero
Join two or more paths (W/M)
Gradient fill
39. The line that forms the shape of an object
Selection tool
OpenType fonts
Filter
Path
40. Switch through drawing modes (W/M)
[ (left square bracket)
Swap fill & stroke
Option Key
Shift+D
41. Allow you to create brush strokes with the appearance of a natural brush with bristles.
Rotate
Calligraphic brushes
Skew value
Bristle brushes
42. Move a shape while drawing it (W/M)
Kuler panel
Add or remov
Workspace
Spacebar-drag
43. Measurement system used in grapic programs; there are six of these in an inch.
Picas
Anchor point
Selection tool
Increase
44. Layer in which one or more sublayers are stored
Smooth point
Parent layer
Transparency attributes
Fill attributes
45. The top box in the color icons (bottom of the tool bar) and what you call the inside "color" of a shape
Live paint bucket
Shape tools
Fill
Escape key
46. Letter 'a' - white arrow - will select individual objects in a group - or anchor points.
None
Panel
Direct Selection tool
Parent layer
47. A special effect applied to a digital image. Many filters mimic the effect of special camera lenses.
Perfect shapes
A linked file
Filter
Rotate
48. 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
Symbol Librarie
Selection tool
Scatter brushes
Create and expand
49. Characteristics of the inner area of an object - such as the color - pattern style - etc. - inside an object.
Path
Fill
Bezier curve
Direct Selection tool
50. Add or remove _______________ from a rectangular grid or radial lines from a polar grid (W/M) - Start dragging - then press the Right Arrow or Left Arrow
Gradient
Fill
Paste board
Vertical lines