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Adobe Illustrator

Subjects : it-skills, multimedia
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Move a shape while drawing it (W/M)






2. 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






3. Five ________: Art - Calligraphic - Pattern - Bristle and Scatter.






4. 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.






5. The line that forms the shape of an object






6. 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.






7. 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)






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






9. 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.






10. 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.






11. Two types of ________.






12. Letter 'c' - it will cut line segments






13. A saved set of panel arrangements and tool setting.






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






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






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






17. Letter 'x' - two arrows






18. Draw from the center of a shape (except for polygons - stars - and flares) (W/M)






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






20. Layer in which one or more sublayers are stored






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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.






27. black arrow that will select the whole or grouped objects.






28. Letter '/' (questions mark key) - a box with red slash






29. fills overlapping SELECTED shapes and line segments






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Line extending from anchor point that shows the direction of a curve






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






40. __________ 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






41. 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






42. 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






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






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






45. Increase size of Blob Brush (W/M)






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






47. object that is dimmed and unavailable for modification but can be used as a guide for creating objects.






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






49. Switch through drawing modes (W/M)






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