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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. __________ 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






2. Because the __________ is part of the Illustrator file - no link can be broken.






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






4. Toggles the Type tool


5. ______________ 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.






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






7. To force an object to take a certain form






8. This creates a text box where the text will wrap at the end of the line to the next. Also when you re-size the box - the text remains the same size.






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






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






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






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






13. Two types of ________.






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






19. Constrain Blob Brush path horizontally or vertically (W/M)






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






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






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






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






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






25. __________________ 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/






26. Uses the z-axis to rotate 2D artwork in 3D space and change the artwork's perspective.






27. Switch through drawing modes (W/M)






28. __________ 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






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






30. A point on a path that indicates a change of direction.






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






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






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






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






35. Hold option to draw from the center.






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






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






38. Cannot be used as symbols.






39. 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






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






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






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






44. Zoom out to view the whole art board.






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






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






47. Hold shift to draw ___________.






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






49. A group of relaxed command and options.






50. Will show you variations on a selected color including tints - shades - and pallets based upon that color.