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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
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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. Hold option to draw from the center.
Option Key
Art board
Appearance attributes
Click and drag the Type tool
2. A graduated blend between two or more colors or between tints of the same color.
OpenType fonts
Gradient fill
Click once with the Type tool
Color Guide panel
3. Characteristics of the inner area of an object - such as the color - pattern style - etc. - inside an object.
Shift+D
Escape key
Stroke attributes
Fill
4. Using the S_______________ - you can visually and intuitively merge - delete - fill and edit overlapping shapes and paths directly in the artwork.
Panel
Shape Builder tool
Fill
Skew value
5. A layer within a layer that can have its own name and its own settings
Swap fill & stroke
't' ky
Sublayer
Marquee
6. Letter 'a' - white arrow - will select individual objects in a group - or anchor points.
Add or remov
Shear
Smooth point
Direct Selection tool
7. Letter 'z'. magnifying glass - click and drag around the zoom area - hold option + click and zoom out.
Vertical dividers
Zoom tool
Parent layer
An embedded file
8. 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.
Transparency
Kuler panel
Dock
Reorder layers
9. Three types of _______: Extrude & Bevel - Revolve - Rotate
Selection tool
Click and drag the Type tool
3D effects
Clipping Mask
10. __________ 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
Fill
Increase
Opacity mask
Constrain
11. ______ an arc - keeping the reference point constant (W/M) - Start dragging - then hold down F
Flip
Stroke
Direct selection tool
Kuler panel
12. Will turn the top shape into a picture frame for all selected art below it.
Stroke attributes
Extrude & Bevel
Clipping Mask
Filter
13. Opacity and blending mode
Scaling
Transparency attributes
Spacebar-drag
Open and closed arc
14. in the option bar for a selected live paint group
Point
Layer
Selection tool
Expand live-paint groups
15. 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.
Opacity mask
Scaling
Opacity
Selection tool
16. These tools allow you to cut and merge selected shapes.
Open and closed arc
Pathfinder panel
Expand live-paint groups
Shift Key
17. A temporary frame around a selected object that shows the object's outer dimensions.
Shift-drag
Bounding box
Recolor Artwork panel
Bristle brushes
18. To slant or skew an object from its original orientation.
Direct selection tool
Add or remov
Option Key
Shear
19. Decrease size of Blob Brush (W/M)
Shift
Panel
Stroke
[ (left square bracket)
20. 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.
Calligraphic brushes
Vertical lines
Marquee
Pattern brushes
21. An anchor point that connects path segments in a smooth curve.
Shape tools
Smooth point
Create and expand
Spacebar-drag
22. solidity of an object's color; the opposite of transparency.
Perfect shapes
Opacity
Pattern brushes
Appearance attributes
23. 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
Calligraphic brushes
Scissors tool
OpenType fonts
Shift
24. Measurement system used in grapic programs; there are six of these in an inch.
Decrease
Constant
Picas
Add or subtract
25. 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)
Pathfinder panel
Revolve
Path
Shift-drag
26. Uses the y-axis to revolve an object around an axis. For example - an arc becomes a circle.
Revolve
Filter
Selection tool
Shift Key
27. Stroke type - brush - color transparency and effects
Template
Filter
Stroke attributes
Corner point
28. A group of relaxed command and options.
Click and drag the Type tool
Shape Builder tool
Panel
Simple or compound path
29. Draw from the center of a shape (except for polygons - stars - and flares) (W/M)
Corner point
Create and expand
Simple or compound path
Alt-drag/Option-drag
30. place a file or object in a file so that it becomes part of the file.
Marquee
Opacity
Embed
Transparency
31. Letter 'x' - two arrows
Scissors tool
Straight
Swap fill & stroke
't' ky
32. To force an object to take a certain form
Constrain
Shape tools
Expand live-paint groups
Direct Selection tool
33. __________ the skew value for vertical dividers in a rectangular grid or concentric dividers in a polar grid by 10% (W/M) - Start dragging - then press X
Decrease
Escape key
Create and expand
Create corner or smooth join (W/M)
34. Measurement system used in graphic design; 1/72nd of an inch.
Art board
Click once with the Type tool
Add or subtract
Point
35. A special effect applied to a digital image. Many filters mimic the effect of special camera lenses.
Simple or compound path
Shape Builder tool
Straight
Filter
36. Switch through drawing modes (W/M)
Transparency
Selection tool
Direct selection tool
Shift+D
37. Letter 'd' - black 1pt stroke - white fill.
Bounding box
Default fill & stroke
Decrease
Point of orgin
38. 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
Live paint bucket
Dock
Alt-drag/Option-drag
39. white arrow that will select individual objects in a group or anchor points
Vertical lines
Direct selection tool
Revolve
Gradient
40. Switch between __________ (W/M) - Start dragging - then hold down C
Guides
OpenType fonts
Open and closed arc
Direction line
41. Five ________: Art - Calligraphic - Pattern - Bristle and Scatter.
Shift
Vertical lines
Brush types
Bounding box
42. A location in the application window where a panel or panels are secured so they do not float.
Dock
Skew value
Direction line
Fill
43. __________________ 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/
Point
Add or remov
Art brushes
Flip
44. 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
Filter
Add or subtract
Bristle brushes
Skew value
45. The top box in the color icons (bottom of the tool bar) and what you call the inside "color" of a shape
Fill
Unembedded images
Bounding box
Recolor Artwork panel
46. 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.
Click and drag the Type tool
Calligraphic brushes
't' ky
Scissors tool
47. Cannot be used as symbols.
Unembedded images
Decrease
Symbol Librarie
Create corner or smooth join (W/M)
48. Hold shift to select multiple objects.
Shift+D
Swap fill & stroke
Picas
Shift Key
49. 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)
Hand tool
Option Key
Workspace
50. Allow you to create brush strokes with the appearance of a natural brush with bristles.
Stroke
Bristle brushes
An embedded file
3D effects