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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. __________ 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
Decay rate
Kuler panel
Spacebar-drag
2. __________________ 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/
A linked file
Add or subtract
Create and expand
Add or remov
3. Cannot be used as symbols.
Live paint bucket
Zoom tool
Stroke attributes
Unembedded images
4. ______________ 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.
Closed path
Create and expand
Default fill & stroke
Symbol Librarie
5. Uses the z-axis to give a 2D object depth by extruding the object. For example - a circle becomes a cylinder.
Recolor Artwork panel
Parent layer
Path
Extrude & Bevel
6. Amount of light that can pass through an object. a transparent object allows objects below to appear.
Transparency
Clipping Mask
Paste board
Appearance attributes
7. Keep the inner radius of a star ________ (W/M) - Start dragging - then hold down Ctrl/Start dragging - then hold down Command
Alt-drag/Option-drag
Cmd + Zero
Paste board
Constant
8. Switch through drawing modes (W/M)
Bristle brushes
Click once with the Type tool
Reorder layers
Shift+D
9. Hold option to draw from the center.
Vertical dividers
Option Key
Recolor Artwork panel
Skew value
10. An anchor point that connects path segments in a smooth curve.
Create corner or smooth join (W/M)
Selection tool
Smooth point
Increase or decrease
11. 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
Symbol Librarie
Workspace
Smooth point
Calligraphic brushes
12. An anchor point where a path changes direction direction in an angle rather than smoothly.
Swap fill & stroke
Extrude & Bevel
Corner point
Fill
13. Resizing an object horizontally - vertically - or proportionally in both directions to a percentage of its origanal size.
Parent layer
Direct selection tool
Scaling
Scissors tool
14. The top box in the color icons (bottom of the tool bar) and what you call the inside "color" of a shape
Fill
None
Selection tool
Live paint bucket
15. solidity of an object's color; the opposite of transparency.
Parent layer
Opacity
A linked file
Bounding box
16. The bottom box in the color icons (bottom of the tool bar) and what you call the outline "color" of a shape
Illustrator to Flash
Brush types
Stroke
Cmd + Zero
17. __________ 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
Shear
Extrude & Bevel
Reorder layers
Increase
18. Keep the sides of a star ________ (W/M) - Alt-drag/Option-drag
Selection tool
Straight
Reorder layers
Pathfinder panel
19. 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.
Perfect shapes
Extrude & Bevel
Calligraphic brushes
Bezier curve
20. A special effect applied to a digital image. Many filters mimic the effect of special camera lenses.
Filter
Click and drag the Type tool
Embed
Direction line
21. ______ an arc - keeping the reference point constant (W/M) - Start dragging - then hold down F
't' ky
Appearance attributes
Default fill & stroke
Flip
22. These tools allow you to cut and merge selected shapes.
Gradient
Pathfinder panel
Illustrator to Flash
Decrease
23. Measurement system used in graphic design; 1/72nd of an inch.
Hand tool
Shape tools
Point
OpenType fonts
24. A mathematically generated curve that has two endpoints and control points to specify curve direction
Open path
Anchor point
Direction line
Bezier curve
25. To ______________ Select the paths - then press Shift+Ctrl+Alt+j/Select the anchor point - then press Shift+Command+Option+j
Reorder layers
Bounding box
Create corner or smooth join (W/M)
Transparency attributes
26. A graduated blend of colors used as a fill; can be linear (flat) or radial (round)
Template
Escape key
Gradient
Illustrator to Flash
27. ____________ winds from a spiral while increasing the length of the spiral (W/M) - Start dragging - then Alt-drag/Start dragging then Option-drag
Sublayer
Constrain
Add or subtract
Picas
28. Moves the view of the art board when zoomed in- you can toggle it with the space-bar
Stroke
Brush types
Art brushes
Hand tool
29. Using the S_______________ - you can visually and intuitively merge - delete - fill and edit overlapping shapes and paths directly in the artwork.
Color Guide panel
Opacity mask
Option Key
Shape Builder tool
30. A graduated blend between two or more colors or between tints of the same color.
Opacity mask
Kuler panel
Gradient fill
Stroke
31. The line that forms the shape of an object
Constant
Skew value
Path
Scaling
32. Six basic ___________ are: Rectangle - Rounded Rectangle - Ellipse - Polygon - Star - and Flare.
Stroke attributes
Shape tools
Filter
Point of orgin
33. Increase size of Blob Brush (W/M)
Shift
Smooth point
] (right square bracket)
Guides
34. Will turn the top shape into a picture frame for all selected art below it.
Template
OpenType fonts
Calligraphic brushes
Clipping Mask
35. Hold shift to draw ___________.
Vertical dividers
Stroke attributes
Perfect shapes
Default fill & stroke
36. Layer in which one or more sublayers are stored
Decay rate
Add or remov
Expand live-paint groups
Parent layer
37. A group of relaxed command and options.
Panel
Constant
Scaling
Skew value
38. Letter 'x' - two arrows
Calligraphic brushes
Pathfinder panel
Closed path
Swap fill & stroke
39. Because the __________ is part of the Illustrator file - no link can be broken.
An embedded file
Shift
Appearance attributes
Color Guide panel
40. Uses the z-axis to rotate 2D artwork in 3D space and change the artwork's perspective.
Rotate
Shift+D
Stroke attributes
Anchor point
41. 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.
Anchor point
Transparency attributes
Pattern brushes
Brush types
42. Nonprinting lines that can be used to create boundaries or guidelines in a drawing
't' ky
Decrease
Guides
Spacebar-drag
43. Allow you to create brush strokes with the appearance of a natural brush with bristles.
Calligraphic brushes
OpenType fonts
Shift
Bristle brushes
44. This creates a single line of text. If you re-size this type it will re-size the text.
Vertical lines
Click once with the Type tool
Pattern brushes
Open and closed arc
45. fills overlapping SELECTED shapes and line segments
Closed path
Live paint bucket
Embed
] (right square bracket)
46. ______________ polygon sides - star points - arc angle - spiral winds - or flare rays (W/M) - Start dragging - then press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow
Increase or decrease
Scatter brushes
Panel
Opacity
47. Move a shape while drawing it (W/M)
Spacebar-drag
Embed
Point
Paste board
48. white arrow that will select individual objects in a group or anchor points
Scatter brushes
Kuler panel
Recolor Artwork panel
Direct selection tool
49. Appearance panel contains the _______________ (fill type - color - transparency and effects)
Constant
Fill attributes
Shift Key
Shift
50. To force an object to take a certain form
Filter
Guides
Constrain
Expand live-paint groups