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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. Letter 'x' - two arrows






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






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






4. Provides access to a large bank of color pallets built by an international design community.






5. Resizing an object horizontally - vertically - or proportionally in both directions to a percentage of its origanal size.






6. 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.






7. 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.






8. To ___________ Select the paths - then press Ctrl+J/Select the paths - then press Command+J






9. Uses the z-axis to give a 2D object depth by extruding the object. For example - a circle becomes a cylinder.






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






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






12. Characteristics of the outline of an object - such as its weight - color - style - etc.






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






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






15. Amount of light that can pass through an object. a transparent object allows objects below to appear.






16. ______________ polygon sides - star points - arc angle - spiral winds - or flare rays (W/M) - Start dragging - then press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow






17. printable portion of the work area - where illustrations can be finalized.






18. in the option bar for a selected live paint group






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






20. 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.






21. Layer in which one or more sublayers are stored






22. The area surrounding the art board on the computer screen - depending on the magnification or view - it may or may not be visible.






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






24. Uses the z-axis to rotate 2D artwork in 3D space and change the artwork's perspective.






25. white arrow that will select individual objects in a group or anchor points






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






27. fills overlapping SELECTED shapes and line segments






28. Stroke type - brush - color transparency and effects






29. Switch through drawing modes (W/M)






30. ______ an arc - keeping the reference point constant (W/M) - Start dragging - then hold down F






31. 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






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






33. solidity of an object's color; the opposite of transparency.






34. 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






35. 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.






36. A temporary frame around a selected object that shows the object's outer dimensions.






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






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






39. To slant or skew an object from its original orientation.






40. Constrain Blob Brush path horizontally or vertically (W/M)






41. ______________ 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.






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






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






44. 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.






45. Hold shift to draw ___________.






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






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






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






49. The line that forms the shape of an object






50. Using the S_______________ - you can visually and intuitively merge - delete - fill and edit overlapping shapes and paths directly in the artwork.