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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. Letter 'a' - white arrow - will select individual objects in a group - or anchor points.
Fill
Transparency attributes
Click once with the Type tool
Direct Selection tool
2. Letter '/' (questions mark key) - a box with red slash
None
Perfect shapes
Simple or compound path
Transparency attributes
3. A layer within a layer that can have its own name and its own settings
Sublayer
3D effects
Hand tool
Bounding box
4. To ___________ Select the paths - then press Ctrl+J/Select the paths - then press Command+J
Join two or more paths (W/M)
Click and drag the Type tool
Embed
Guides
5. Five ________: Art - Calligraphic - Pattern - Bristle and Scatter.
Fill attributes
Rotate
Brush types
Guides
6. Switch between __________ (W/M) - Start dragging - then hold down C
Dock
Open and closed arc
Art brushes
Click once with the Type tool
7. ______ an arc - keeping the reference point constant (W/M) - Start dragging - then hold down F
Appearance attributes
Direct selection tool
Flip
Default fill & stroke
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.
Click and drag the Type tool
Embed
Open path
Transparency
9. 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.
OpenType fonts
Zoom tool
't' ky
Illustrator to Flash
10. A graduated blend between two or more colors or between tints of the same color.
Shift
Unembedded images
Straight
Gradient fill
11. Rectangle drawn around an object with a tool to select an area.
Increase
Dock
Marquee
Fill
12. These tools allow you to cut and merge selected shapes.
Open path
Expand live-paint groups
Workspace
Pathfinder panel
13. 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
Color Guide panel
OpenType fonts
Scissors tool
Swap fill & stroke
14. ____________ winds from a spiral while increasing the length of the spiral (W/M) - Start dragging - then Alt-drag/Start dragging then Option-drag
Brush types
Create and expand
Opacity
Add or subtract
15. Decrease size of Blob Brush (W/M)
Cmd + Zero
[ (left square bracket)
Scaling
Bounding box
16. Will turn the top shape into a picture frame for all selected art below it.
Shift+D
Clipping Mask
3D effects
[ (left square bracket)
17. __________ 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
Stroke
Decrease
Selection tool
Create corner or smooth join (W/M)
18. Measurement system used in graphic design; 1/72nd of an inch.
Straight
Anchor point
Expand live-paint groups
Point
19. A mathematically generated curve that has two endpoints and control points to specify curve direction
Bezier curve
Direct Selection tool
Picas
None
20. Letter 'd' - black 1pt stroke - white fill.
Create and expand
Default fill & stroke
Hand tool
An embedded file
21. Hold option to draw from the center.
Decay rate
Option Key
Bounding box
Selection tool
22. Layer in which one or more sublayers are stored
Join two or more paths (W/M)
Gradient
Parent layer
Paste board
23. vector paths that have two ends; the beginning and end points are not the same
Straight
Opacity
Parent layer
Open path
24. Opacity and blending mode
Selection tool
Workspace
An embedded file
Transparency attributes
25. 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.
Add or subtract
Pattern brushes
Increase
Spacebar-drag
26. To ______________ Select the paths - then press Shift+Ctrl+Alt+j/Select the anchor point - then press Shift+Command+Option+j
Stroke attributes
Create corner or smooth join (W/M)
Recolor Artwork panel
Point
27. The point on which an object rotates or transform . The point of orgin may be within the object or outside it.
Sublayer
Point of orgin
Swap fill & stroke
OpenType fonts
28. A point on a path that indicates a change of direction.
Illustrator to Flash
Add or remov
Increase or decrease
Anchor point
29. Add or remove _______________ from a rectangular grid or radial lines from a polar grid (W/M) - Start dragging - then press the Right Arrow or Left Arrow
Stroke
Fill
Vertical lines
Create corner or smooth join (W/M)
30. Nonprinting lines that can be used to create boundaries or guidelines in a drawing
Guides
Transparency attributes
Art board
Bristle brushes
31. Characteristics of the inner area of an object - such as the color - pattern style - etc. - inside an object.
Template
Expand live-paint groups
Shift-drag
Fill
32. Will show you variations on a selected color including tints - shades - and pallets based upon that color.
Color Guide panel
Art brushes
Direct selection tool
Scatter brushes
33. Cannot be used as symbols.
Straight
Opacity mask
Default fill & stroke
Unembedded images
34. Amount of light that can pass through an object. a transparent object allows objects below to appear.
Click once with the Type tool
Unembedded images
Escape key
Transparency
35. A single level in the stacking order that can hold any number of object.
Transparency
Guides
Zoom tool
Layer
36. Letter 'c' - it will cut line segments
Scissors tool
Vertical lines
Shape tools
Perfect shapes
37. Letter 'z'. magnifying glass - click and drag around the zoom area - hold option + click and zoom out.
Expand live-paint groups
Gradient fill
[ (left square bracket)
Zoom tool
38. Three types of _______: Extrude & Bevel - Revolve - Rotate
3D effects
Opacity
Scissors tool
Click once with the Type tool
39. A temporary frame around a selected object that shows the object's outer dimensions.
Closed path
Bounding box
Cmd + Zero
Create and expand
40. A special effect applied to a digital image. Many filters mimic the effect of special camera lenses.
Unembedded images
Bounding box
Filter
Selection tool
41. Six basic ___________ are: Rectangle - Rounded Rectangle - Ellipse - Polygon - Star - and Flare.
Expand live-paint groups
Vertical lines
Art board
Shape tools
42. Measurement system used in grapic programs; there are six of these in an inch.
Shift+D
Point
Picas
Transparency attributes
43. Keep the sides of a star ________ (W/M) - Alt-drag/Option-drag
Corner point
Shape Builder tool
Open and closed arc
Straight
44. solidity of an object's color; the opposite of transparency.
Shape tools
Opacity
Vertical dividers
Calligraphic brushes
45. A separate - external file connected to the Illustrator file by an electronic link.
A linked file
Scaling
Vertical dividers
Click once with the Type tool
46. Increase size of Blob Brush (W/M)
Transparency
Live paint bucket
] (right square bracket)
Calligraphic brushes
47. Constrain Blob Brush path horizontally or vertically (W/M)
Direction line
Point of orgin
Shift
Decrease
48. The bottom box in the color icons (bottom of the tool bar) and what you call the outline "color" of a shape
Open and closed arc
Embed
Stroke
Shift+D
49. 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)
Shift Key
Shift-drag
Direction line
Live paint bucket
50. An anchor point that connects path segments in a smooth curve.
Fill
Paste board
Smooth point
Illustrator to Flash