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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.
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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. An anchor point where a path changes direction direction in an angle rather than smoothly.
Fill attributes
Selection tool
Corner point
Recolor Artwork panel
2. 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
Scatter brushes
Layer
Stroke
Vertical dividers
3. 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)
Shift-drag
Dock
Art board
Join two or more paths (W/M)
4. object that is dimmed and unavailable for modification but can be used as a guide for creating objects.
Filter
Stroke attributes
Template
Parent layer
5. Zoom out to view the whole art board.
Sublayer
Cmd + Zero
An embedded file
Dock
6. white arrow that will select individual objects in a group or anchor points
Add or subtract
Paste board
Reorder layers
Direct selection tool
7. The top box in the color icons (bottom of the tool bar) and what you call the inside "color" of a shape
Escape key
Clipping Mask
Skew value
Fill
8. Resizing an object horizontally - vertically - or proportionally in both directions to a percentage of its origanal size.
Add or subtract
Point
Fill
Scaling
9. To ______________ Select the paths - then press Shift+Ctrl+Alt+j/Select the anchor point - then press Shift+Command+Option+j
Create corner or smooth join (W/M)
Live paint bucket
Opacity mask
Scissors tool
10. Will show you variations on a selected color including tints - shades - and pallets based upon that color.
Gradient fill
Illustrator to Flash
Pathfinder panel
Color Guide panel
11. Layer in which one or more sublayers are stored
Parent layer
Constrain
Fill
Increase or decrease
12. 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.
Guides
Reorder layers
Illustrator to Flash
Transparency attributes
13. A temporary frame around a selected object that shows the object's outer dimensions.
Extrude & Bevel
Point of orgin
Bounding box
Color Guide panel
14. Decrease size of Blob Brush (W/M)
Skew value
[ (left square bracket)
Shift Key
Art brushes
15. 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
Shift
Symbol Librarie
Join two or more paths (W/M)
Add or remov
16. Six basic ___________ are: Rectangle - Rounded Rectangle - Ellipse - Polygon - Star - and Flare.
Click and drag the Type tool
[ (left square bracket)
Pathfinder panel
Shape tools
17. fills overlapping SELECTED shapes and line segments
Alt-drag/Option-drag
Live paint bucket
Fill attributes
Add or remov
18. Two ways to bring symbols from _____________ : Copy and paste the symbol(s) from Illustrator to Flash - choose File > Import > Import to Stage - or choose File > Import > Import to Library.
Kuler panel
Illustrator to Flash
Create and expand
Perfect shapes
19. Hold option to draw from the center.
Option Key
Kuler panel
Decay rate
Constrain
20. vector paths that have two ends; the beginning and end points are not the same
Alt-drag/Option-drag
Bezier curve
Stroke
Open path
21. ______________ 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.
Bezier curve
Create and expand
Closed path
Shift
22. Get you out of the Type tool and selects the Selection tool
Escape key
Click once with the Type tool
Shift-drag
Selection tool
23. Uses the y-axis to revolve an object around an axis. For example - an arc becomes a circle.
Gradient fill
Pattern brushes
Revolve
Fill attributes
24. 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.
Direction line
Reorder layers
Simple or compound path
Increase
25. Keep the sides of a star ________ (W/M) - Alt-drag/Option-drag
Color Guide panel
Increase or decrease
Straight
Stroke attributes
26. Will allow you to change all of the colors in your selected art in a variety of ways.
Fill
Direction line
Recolor Artwork panel
Unembedded images
27. Rectangle drawn around an object with a tool to select an area.
Perfect shapes
Cmd + Zero
Option Key
Marquee
28. Because the __________ is part of the Illustrator file - no link can be broken.
An embedded file
None
Rotate
Skew value
29. An anchor point that connects path segments in a smooth curve.
Smooth point
Shape Builder tool
Bezier curve
Skew value
30. These tools allow you to cut and merge selected shapes.
Shift Key
Pathfinder panel
Scaling
Template
31. Amount of light that can pass through an object. a transparent object allows objects below to appear.
Transparency
Pathfinder panel
Point
Click and drag the Type tool
32. Letter 'z'. magnifying glass - click and drag around the zoom area - hold option + click and zoom out.
Scatter brushes
Corner point
Point of orgin
Zoom tool
33. 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
Stroke
Rotate
Brush types
Vertical lines
34. Appearance panel contains the _______________ (fill type - color - transparency and effects)
Fill attributes
Parent layer
Shape tools
Shape Builder tool
35. Draw from the center of a shape (except for polygons - stars - and flares) (W/M)
Alt-drag/Option-drag
Bezier curve
Anchor point
Closed path
36. Opacity and blending mode
Decrease
Scaling
Option Key
Transparency attributes
37. Measurement system used in graphic design; 1/72nd of an inch.
Point
Spacebar-drag
Click and drag the Type tool
Direct selection tool
38. Allow you to create brush strokes with the appearance of a natural brush with bristles.
Fill attributes
Bristle brushes
Scatter brushes
Layer
39. Scatter an object - such as a leaf - along a path; you can adjust the size - spacing - scatter and rotation options to change the appearance of the brush.
Template
Scatter brushes
Shape tools
Flip
40. ______ an arc - keeping the reference point constant (W/M) - Start dragging - then hold down F
Stroke attributes
Flip
Direction line
Shape Builder tool
41. A separate - external file connected to the Illustrator file by an electronic link.
Recolor Artwork panel
A linked file
Panel
't' ky
42. Letter 'v' - black arrow - will select the whole or grouped objects
Selection tool
Symbol Librarie
Live paint bucket
Unembedded images
43. ______________ polygon sides - star points - arc angle - spiral winds - or flare rays (W/M) - Start dragging - then press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow
Stroke
Transparency attributes
Increase or decrease
Add or remov
44. A mathematically generated curve that has two endpoints and control points to specify curve direction
Create corner or smooth join (W/M)
Bezier curve
Unembedded images
Anchor point
45. 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
Template
Color Guide panel
Increase or decrease
46. Switch between __________ (W/M) - Start dragging - then hold down C
Stroke
Open and closed arc
Vertical dividers
Smooth point
47. __________ 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
Increase
Opacity
Shape Builder tool
Stroke
48. To ___________ Select the paths - then press Ctrl+J/Select the paths - then press Command+J
Cmd + Zero
Join two or more paths (W/M)
Perfect shapes
Symbol Librarie
49. in the option bar for a selected live paint group
't' ky
Expand live-paint groups
Shift
Stroke
50. 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.
Gradient fill
3D effects
Option Key
Pattern brushes