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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 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






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






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






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






5. The area surrounding the art board on the computer screen - depending on the magnification or view - it may or may not be visible.






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






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






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






9. Cannot be used as symbols.






10. Opacity and blending mode






11. Hold shift to draw ___________.






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






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






14. Zoom out to view the whole art board.






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






16. Switch through drawing modes (W/M)






17. Decrease size of Blob Brush (W/M)






18. A group of relaxed command and options.






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






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






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






22. 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






23. 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.






24. Stroke type - brush - color transparency and effects






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






26. 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.






27. Letter '/' (questions mark key) - a box with red slash






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






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






30. stretch artwork evenly along a path and include strokes that resemble graphic media - such as the Charcoal-Feather brush used to create the tree and objects such as the Arrow brush.






31. __________________ 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/






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






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






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






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






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






37. Letter 'x' - two arrows






38. 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.






39. A temporary frame around a selected object that shows the object's outer dimensions.






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






41. __________ 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






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






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






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






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






46. Letter 'v' - black arrow - will select the whole or grouped objects






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






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






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






50. Two types of ________.