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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. Toggles the Type tool

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






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






4. Hold option to draw from the center.






5. 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






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






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






8. Two types of ________.






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






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






11. Measurement system used in grapic programs; there are six of these in an inch.






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






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






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






15. Allow you to create brush strokes with the appearance of a natural brush with bristles.






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






17. Nonprinting lines that can be used to create boundaries or guidelines in a drawing






18. __________________ 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/






19. Hold shift to select multiple objects.






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






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






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. white arrow that will select individual objects in a group or anchor points






24. solidity of an object's color; the opposite of transparency.






25. The line that forms the shape of an object






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






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






28. ____________ winds from a spiral while increasing the length of the spiral (W/M) - Start dragging - then Alt-drag/Start dragging then Option-drag






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






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






31. 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






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






33. __________ 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






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






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






36. Layer in which one or more sublayers are stored






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






38. 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.






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






40. An anchor point where a path changes direction direction in an angle rather than smoothly.






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






42. Will turn the top shape into a picture frame for all selected art below it.






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






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






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






46. 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






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






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






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






50. Letter 'x' - two arrows