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






2. Hold shift to draw ___________.






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






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






5. 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






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






7. 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.






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






9. 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






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






15. Will allow you to change all of the colors in your selected art in a variety of ways.






16. 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.






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






18. __________ 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Letter 'v' - black arrow - will select the whole or grouped objects






26. A layer within a layer that can have its own name and its own settings






27. Letter 'a' - white arrow - will select individual objects in a group - or anchor points.






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






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






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






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






32. The line that forms the shape of an object






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






34. 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.






35. 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.






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






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






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






39. Hold option to draw from the center.






40. 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.






41. A special effect applied to a digital image. Many filters mimic the effect of special camera lenses.






42. To ______________ Select the paths - then press Shift+Ctrl+Alt+j/Select the anchor point - then press Shift+Command+Option+j






43. To force an object to take a certain form






44. 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






45. Get you out of the Type tool and selects the Selection tool






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






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






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






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






50. Measurement system used in graphic design; 1/72nd of an inch.