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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. Increase size of Blob Brush (W/M)






3. 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.






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






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






6. Hold option to draw from the center.






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






8. Keep the sides of a star ________ (W/M) - Alt-drag/Option-drag






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






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






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






12. 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.






13. Letter 'd' - black 1pt stroke - white fill.






14. vector paths that are continuious and have no ends - the beginning and end points are the same.






15. Letter 'x' - two arrows






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






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






18. ______________ 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.






19. Switch between __________ (W/M) - Start dragging - then hold down C






20. __________________ 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/






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






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






27. Hold shift to select multiple objects.






28. Three types of _______: Extrude & Bevel - Revolve - Rotate






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






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






31. A graduated blend between two or more colors or between tints of the same color.






32. 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






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






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






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






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






37. 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






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






39. fills overlapping SELECTED shapes and line segments






40. An anchor point where a path changes direction direction in an angle rather than smoothly.






41. Switch through drawing modes (W/M)






42. To force an object to take a certain form






43. 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.






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






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






46. A single level in the stacking order that can hold any number of object.






47. Rectangle drawn around an object with a tool to select an area.






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






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






50. __________ 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