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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
study here
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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. ______________ polygon sides - star points - arc angle - spiral winds - or flare rays (W/M) - Start dragging - then press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow
An embedded file
Increase or decrease
Vertical dividers
Vertical lines
2. An anchor point that connects path segments in a smooth curve.
Reorder layers
Smooth point
Shape tools
Direction line
3. A single level in the stacking order that can hold any number of object.
Parent layer
Layer
Workspace
Open and closed arc
4. ______ an arc - keeping the reference point constant (W/M) - Start dragging - then hold down F
Sublayer
Flip
Appearance attributes
Stroke
5. Hold shift to select multiple objects.
Closed path
Opacity mask
Shift Key
Pattern brushes
6. A saved set of panel arrangements and tool setting.
Workspace
Bounding box
Guides
A linked file
7. A special effect applied to a digital image. Many filters mimic the effect of special camera lenses.
Filter
Bounding box
Workspace
Increase
8. 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.
] (right square bracket)
Create corner or smooth join (W/M)
Fill attributes
Simple or compound path
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
Direct Selection tool
Perfect shapes
Illustrator to Flash
Skew value
10. Allow you to create brush strokes with the appearance of a natural brush with bristles.
Bristle brushes
Clipping Mask
Shift Key
Fill attributes
11. Opacity and blending mode
Corner point
Color Guide panel
Skew value
Transparency attributes
12. Cannot be used as symbols.
Unembedded images
An embedded file
] (right square bracket)
Kuler panel
13. Measurement system used in grapic programs; there are six of these in an inch.
Fill
Shear
Create and expand
Picas
14. Move a shape while drawing it (W/M)
Spacebar-drag
Path
Layer
Hand tool
15. 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)
Alt-drag/Option-drag
Revolve
Shift-drag
Shape Builder tool
16. A location in the application window where a panel or panels are secured so they do not float.
Embed
Scissors tool
Escape key
Dock
17. Letter 'z'. magnifying glass - click and drag around the zoom area - hold option + click and zoom out.
Filter
An embedded file
Add or remov
Zoom tool
18. Resizing an object horizontally - vertically - or proportionally in both directions to a percentage of its origanal size.
Shape Builder tool
Scaling
Direct Selection tool
Alt-drag/Option-drag
19. Amount of light that can pass through an object. a transparent object allows objects below to appear.
Point
Straight
Scaling
Transparency
20. 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.
Create corner or smooth join (W/M)
Scatter brushes
Decrease
Swap fill & stroke
21. The top box in the color icons (bottom of the tool bar) and what you call the inside "color" of a shape
Alt-drag/Option-drag
Fill
Shift+D
Dock
22. Appearance panel contains the _______________ (fill type - color - transparency and effects)
Opacity mask
Fill attributes
Embed
Shift Key
23. A mathematically generated curve that has two endpoints and control points to specify curve direction
Bezier curve
3D effects
Extrude & Bevel
Default fill & stroke
24. Two ways to bring symbols from _____________ : Copy and paste the symbol(s) from Illustrator to Flash - choose File > Import > Import to Stage - or choose File > Import > Import to Library.
Selection tool
Scatter brushes
Corner point
Illustrator to Flash
25. Letter '/' (questions mark key) - a box with red slash
None
Brush types
Calligraphic brushes
Art brushes
26. Will turn the top shape into a picture frame for all selected art below it.
Scaling
Opacity
Increase
Clipping Mask
27. 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
Vertical dividers
None
Point
Layer
28. 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.
Add or remov
Point
Reorder layers
Flip
29. A separate - external file connected to the Illustrator file by an electronic link.
Transparency
A linked file
Pathfinder panel
Bounding box
30. __________________ 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/
Pathfinder panel
Shift+D
Add or remov
Sublayer
31. fills overlapping SELECTED shapes and line segments
Live paint bucket
Shift+D
Constrain
Shear
32. A graduated blend between two or more colors or between tints of the same color.
Gradient fill
Selection tool
't' ky
Fill
33. Draw from the center of a shape (except for polygons - stars - and flares) (W/M)
Alt-drag/Option-drag
Stroke attributes
Stroke
Direct Selection tool
34. Uses the z-axis to give a 2D object depth by extruding the object. For example - a circle becomes a cylinder.
Appearance attributes
Art board
Extrude & Bevel
Smooth point
35. Switch through drawing modes (W/M)
Dock
Vertical dividers
Join two or more paths (W/M)
Shift+D
36. To ______________ Select the paths - then press Shift+Ctrl+Alt+j/Select the anchor point - then press Shift+Command+Option+j
Direction line
Create corner or smooth join (W/M)
Increase
Scissors tool
37. Will allow you to change all of the colors in your selected art in a variety of ways.
Escape key
Decrease
Recolor Artwork panel
None
38. Stroke type - brush - color transparency and effects
Perfect shapes
A linked file
Escape key
Stroke attributes
39. Keep the inner radius of a star ________ (W/M) - Start dragging - then hold down Ctrl/Start dragging - then hold down Command
Constant
Default fill & stroke
Click and drag the Type tool
Corner point
40. Uses the y-axis to revolve an object around an axis. For example - an arc becomes a circle.
Symbol Librarie
Revolve
Constant
] (right square bracket)
41. An anchor point where a path changes direction direction in an angle rather than smoothly.
Vertical lines
Marquee
An embedded file
Corner point
42. Letter 'c' - it will cut line segments
Marquee
Recolor Artwork panel
Point
Scissors tool
43. Provides access to a large bank of color pallets built by an international design community.
Kuler panel
Selection tool
Opacity
Extrude & Bevel
44. A layer within a layer that can have its own name and its own settings
Sublayer
Decrease
Constant
Marquee
45. Three types of _______: Extrude & Bevel - Revolve - Rotate
Create and expand
Live paint bucket
Embed
3D effects
46. Moves the view of the art board when zoomed in- you can toggle it with the space-bar
Embed
Opacity
Hand tool
Marquee
47. Decrease size of Blob Brush (W/M)
Color Guide panel
[ (left square bracket)
Panel
OpenType fonts
48. ____________ winds from a spiral while increasing the length of the spiral (W/M) - Start dragging - then Alt-drag/Start dragging then Option-drag
Add or subtract
OpenType fonts
Unembedded images
Swap fill & stroke
49. The line that forms the shape of an object
Path
Marquee
3D effects
Hand tool
50. white arrow that will select individual objects in a group or anchor points
Shift+D
Appearance attributes
Increase or decrease
Direct selection tool