Test your basic knowledge |

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. Switch between __________ (W/M) - Start dragging - then hold down C






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






3. A separate - external file connected to the Illustrator file by an electronic link.






4. 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.






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






6. Provides access to a large bank of color pallets built by an international design community.






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






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






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






10. Two types of ________.






11. The point on which an object rotates or transform . The point of orgin may be within the object or outside it.






12. Letter 'x' - two arrows






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






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






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






16. A location in the application window where a panel or panels are secured so they do not float.






17. A single level in the stacking order that can hold any number of object.






18. ______________ polygon sides - star points - arc angle - spiral winds - or flare rays (W/M) - Start dragging - then press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow






19. Letter 'd' - black 1pt stroke - white fill.






20. Move a shape while drawing it (W/M)






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






22. 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.






23. Using the S_______________ - you can visually and intuitively merge - delete - fill and edit overlapping shapes and paths directly in the artwork.






24. 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.






25. To force an object to take a certain form






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






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






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






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






30. 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.






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






32. Cannot be used as symbols.






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






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






35. 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






36. An anchor point that connects path segments in a smooth curve.






37. Opacity and blending mode






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






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






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






41. Hold shift to select multiple objects.






42. __________ 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






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






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






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






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






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






48. These tools allow you to cut and merge selected shapes.






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






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