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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. Cannot be used as symbols.






2. Toggles the Type tool

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






4. 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.






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






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






7. Stroke type - brush - color transparency and effects






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






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






10. Two types of ________.






11. To ___________ Select the paths - then press Ctrl+J/Select the paths - then press Command+J






12. Opacity and blending mode






13. This creates a single line of text. If you re-size this type it will re-size the text.






14. Zoom out to view the whole art board.






15. Draw from the center of a shape (except for polygons - stars - and flares) (W/M)






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






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






18. __________ 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






19. 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.






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






21. 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.






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






23. 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.






24. Switch through drawing modes (W/M)






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






26. The line that forms the shape of an object






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






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






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






30. A group of relaxed command and options.






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






32. 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






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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






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






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






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






42. Uses the z-axis to give a 2D object depth by extruding the object. For example - a circle becomes a cylinder.






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






44. 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






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






46. Hold shift to select multiple objects.






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






48. __________________ 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/






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






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