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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. place a file or object in a file so that it becomes part of the file.
Panel
Embed
Pathfinder panel
[ (left square bracket)
2. Hold shift to draw ___________.
Zoom tool
Straight
Direct Selection tool
Perfect shapes
3. This creates a single line of text. If you re-size this type it will re-size the text.
Closed path
Click once with the Type tool
Click and drag the Type tool
Shape Builder tool
4. Characteristics of the outline of an object - such as its weight - color - style - etc.
Add or remov
Illustrator to Flash
Shear
Stroke
5. A layer within a layer that can have its own name and its own settings
Point
Click and drag the Type tool
Sublayer
Appearance attributes
6. The line that forms the shape of an object
Path
Bristle brushes
[ (left square bracket)
Fill
7. 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.
Bristle brushes
Paste board
[ (left square bracket)
Opacity mask
8. Six basic ___________ are: Rectangle - Rounded Rectangle - Ellipse - Polygon - Star - and Flare.
Shape tools
Layer
Option Key
Bounding box
9. Because the __________ is part of the Illustrator file - no link can be broken.
Spacebar-drag
3D effects
An embedded file
Vertical dividers
10. 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
Fill attributes
Escape key
Open and closed arc
OpenType fonts
11. The bottom box in the color icons (bottom of the tool bar) and what you call the outline "color" of a shape
Closed path
Workspace
Stroke
Clipping Mask
12. A separate - external file connected to the Illustrator file by an electronic link.
3D effects
A linked file
Zoom tool
Shift
13. 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
Skew value
Perfect shapes
Panel
Scatter brushes
14. 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.
Simple or compound path
Swap fill & stroke
Open path
Alt-drag/Option-drag
15. Letter 'c' - it will cut line segments
Scissors tool
Selection tool
Default fill & stroke
Option Key
16. 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.
Open and closed arc
] (right square bracket)
Option Key
Calligraphic brushes
17. Will show you variations on a selected color including tints - shades - and pallets based upon that color.
Color Guide panel
Point of orgin
None
Illustrator to Flash
18. 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)
Pattern brushes
Vertical dividers
Shift-drag
Unembedded images
19. Letter 'd' - black 1pt stroke - white fill.
Perfect shapes
Add or remov
Cmd + Zero
Default fill & stroke
20. vector paths that have two ends; the beginning and end points are not the same
Gradient
Open path
Transparency
Opacity mask
21. A group of relaxed command and options.
Panel
Transparency
Create and expand
Shape Builder tool
22. __________ 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
Selection tool
Add or remov
Option Key
23. Keep the inner radius of a star ________ (W/M) - Start dragging - then hold down Ctrl/Start dragging - then hold down Command
Recolor Artwork panel
Art board
Expand live-paint groups
Constant
24. 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.
Embed
Workspace
Scatter brushes
Shift Key
25. A graduated blend between two or more colors or between tints of the same color.
Hand tool
Rotate
3D effects
Gradient fill
26. solidity of an object's color; the opposite of transparency.
Opacity
Point
Illustrator to Flash
Kuler panel
27. printable portion of the work area - where illustrations can be finalized.
Art board
] (right square bracket)
Guides
Scatter brushes
28. Resizing an object horizontally - vertically - or proportionally in both directions to a percentage of its origanal size.
Fill attributes
Scaling
Selection tool
Pattern brushes
29. ____________ winds from a spiral while increasing the length of the spiral (W/M) - Start dragging - then Alt-drag/Start dragging then Option-drag
Reorder layers
Skew value
Add or subtract
Option Key
30. Keep the sides of a star ________ (W/M) - Alt-drag/Option-drag
Shape tools
Fill attributes
Gradient
Straight
31. Will allow you to change all of the colors in your selected art in a variety of ways.
] (right square bracket)
Alt-drag/Option-drag
Zoom tool
Recolor Artwork panel
32. A temporary frame around a selected object that shows the object's outer dimensions.
't' ky
OpenType fonts
Bounding box
Path
33. Hold option to draw from the center.
Direct Selection tool
Option Key
Join two or more paths (W/M)
Increase
34. Zoom out to view the whole art board.
OpenType fonts
Cmd + Zero
Guides
3D effects
35. Increase size of Blob Brush (W/M)
] (right square bracket)
Transparency attributes
Open and closed arc
Decay rate
36. Using the S_______________ - you can visually and intuitively merge - delete - fill and edit overlapping shapes and paths directly in the artwork.
Open and closed arc
Shape Builder tool
Filter
Art brushes
37. A single level in the stacking order that can hold any number of object.
Transparency attributes
Alt-drag/Option-drag
Scissors tool
Layer
38. Decrease size of Blob Brush (W/M)
Live paint bucket
Shape Builder tool
[ (left square bracket)
Gradient
39. To slant or skew an object from its original orientation.
Path
Template
Vertical dividers
Shear
40. Rectangle drawn around an object with a tool to select an area.
Stroke attributes
Kuler panel
Add or subtract
Marquee
41. Five ________: Art - Calligraphic - Pattern - Bristle and Scatter.
Reorder layers
Vertical dividers
Workspace
Brush types
42. The area surrounding the art board on the computer screen - depending on the magnification or view - it may or may not be visible.
Paste board
Add or subtract
An embedded file
Swap fill & stroke
43. Stroke type - brush - color transparency and effects
Panel
Shift-drag
Stroke attributes
Perfect shapes
44. 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
Gradient
Option Key
Path
45. Cannot be used as symbols.
Shift-drag
Unembedded images
Guides
Fill
46. object that is dimmed and unavailable for modification but can be used as a guide for creating objects.
Fill
An embedded file
Template
Corner point
47. ______ an arc - keeping the reference point constant (W/M) - Start dragging - then hold down F
Flip
Cmd + Zero
Template
Hand tool
48. 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)
Scissors tool
Art board
Flip
49. 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
Direct Selection tool
Selection tool
] (right square bracket)
50. To force an object to take a certain form
Constrain
A linked file
Shift
Swap fill & stroke