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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. 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
Cmd + Zero
Constant
Shift+D
Vertical dividers
2. Moves the view of the art board when zoomed in- you can toggle it with the space-bar
Hand tool
't' ky
Constrain
Filter
3. Allow you to create brush strokes with the appearance of a natural brush with bristles.
Opacity mask
Alt-drag/Option-drag
Bristle brushes
Escape key
4. A graduated blend of colors used as a fill; can be linear (flat) or radial (round)
Gradient
Perfect shapes
Pathfinder panel
Default fill & stroke
5. Characteristics of the outline of an object - such as its weight - color - style - etc.
Shift
Stroke
Fill attributes
Illustrator to Flash
6. Will turn the top shape into a picture frame for all selected art below it.
Clipping Mask
Art brushes
Bezier curve
Flip
7. An anchor point where a path changes direction direction in an angle rather than smoothly.
Parent layer
Expand live-paint groups
Decay rate
Corner point
8. fills overlapping SELECTED shapes and line segments
Path
] (right square bracket)
Live paint bucket
Alt-drag/Option-drag
9. This creates a single line of text. If you re-size this type it will re-size the text.
Smooth point
Symbol Librarie
Click once with the Type tool
Option Key
10. To ___________ Select the paths - then press Ctrl+J/Select the paths - then press Command+J
Transparency attributes
Join two or more paths (W/M)
Hand tool
None
11. Resizing an object horizontally - vertically - or proportionally in both directions to a percentage of its origanal size.
Rotate
Scaling
Recolor Artwork panel
Picas
12. Letter 'x' - two arrows
Decrease
Join two or more paths (W/M)
Selection tool
Swap fill & stroke
13. A graduated blend between two or more colors or between tints of the same color.
Anchor point
Pathfinder panel
Perfect shapes
Gradient fill
14. A layer within a layer that can have its own name and its own settings
Sublayer
Live paint bucket
Marquee
Create corner or smooth join (W/M)
15. A temporary frame around a selected object that shows the object's outer dimensions.
Shift-drag
Bounding box
Anchor point
Path
16. Hold option to draw from the center.
Embed
Option Key
Click once with the Type tool
Marquee
17. Layer in which one or more sublayers are stored
Smooth point
Add or remov
Parent layer
Increase
18. The area surrounding the art board on the computer screen - depending on the magnification or view - it may or may not be visible.
Stroke
Paste board
Symbol Librarie
Sublayer
19. 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.
None
Direction line
Art brushes
Layer
20. Because the __________ is part of the Illustrator file - no link can be broken.
Live paint bucket
Decrease
Decay rate
An embedded file
21. object that is dimmed and unavailable for modification but can be used as a guide for creating objects.
Template
Escape key
Alt-drag/Option-drag
Guides
22. Hold shift to draw ___________.
A linked file
Perfect shapes
Pathfinder panel
Shape Builder tool
23. Zoom out to view the whole art board.
Parent layer
Cmd + Zero
Illustrator to Flash
Smooth point
24. A saved set of panel arrangements and tool setting.
Direct selection tool
Constant
Corner point
Workspace
25. Letter 'a' - white arrow - will select individual objects in a group - or anchor points.
Rotate
Direct Selection tool
Panel
] (right square bracket)
26. Decrease size of Blob Brush (W/M)
Spacebar-drag
[ (left square bracket)
3D effects
Create and expand
27. Letter '/' (questions mark key) - a box with red slash
Fill attributes
Extrude & Bevel
Join two or more paths (W/M)
None
28. Nonprinting lines that can be used to create boundaries or guidelines in a drawing
Paste board
Shape Builder tool
Shift+D
Guides
29. A single level in the stacking order that can hold any number of object.
Recolor Artwork panel
Shape tools
OpenType fonts
Layer
30. Get you out of the Type tool and selects the Selection tool
Shift+D
Guides
Add or subtract
Escape key
31. Measurement system used in grapic programs; there are six of these in an inch.
Picas
Clipping Mask
Corner point
Shift+D
32. 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
Bezier curve
Illustrator to Flash
Scissors tool
Symbol Librarie
33. Appearance panel contains the _______________ (fill type - color - transparency and effects)
3D effects
Cmd + Zero
Vertical dividers
Fill attributes
34. To slant or skew an object from its original orientation.
Gradient
Opacity
Parent layer
Shear
35. 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.
Selection tool
Escape key
An embedded file
Simple or compound path
36. 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.
Zoom tool
Reorder layers
Increase
Shift Key
37. printable portion of the work area - where illustrations can be finalized.
Shift Key
Revolve
Join two or more paths (W/M)
Art board
38. Letter 'v' - black arrow - will select the whole or grouped objects
Pattern brushes
Click and drag the Type tool
Rotate
Selection tool
39. Uses the y-axis to revolve an object around an axis. For example - an arc becomes a circle.
Selection tool
Point
Revolve
Pattern brushes
40. Measurement system used in graphic design; 1/72nd of an inch.
Dock
Point
Workspace
Option Key
41. Rectangle drawn around an object with a tool to select an area.
Marquee
Shift
Increase
Decrease
42. ______________ 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.
Fill
Dock
Create and expand
Gradient
43. vector paths that are continuious and have no ends - the beginning and end points are the same.
Closed path
Sublayer
Direct selection tool
Click once with the Type tool
44. solidity of an object's color; the opposite of transparency.
Art board
Add or remov
Revolve
Opacity
45. An anchor point that connects path segments in a smooth curve.
Point of orgin
Vertical dividers
Smooth point
None
46. A mathematically generated curve that has two endpoints and control points to specify curve direction
OpenType fonts
Point of orgin
Bezier curve
Transparency attributes
47. ______ an arc - keeping the reference point constant (W/M) - Start dragging - then hold down F
Embed
Unembedded images
Scatter brushes
Flip
48. 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
Vertical lines
Corner point
Open path
Art brushes
49. Three types of _______: Extrude & Bevel - Revolve - Rotate
3D effects
Increase or decrease
Bounding box
Appearance attributes
50. Constrain Blob Brush path horizontally or vertically (W/M)
Pattern brushes
Bounding box
Shift
Fill