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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
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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. These tools allow you to cut and merge selected shapes.
Pathfinder panel
Default fill & stroke
Fill attributes
Zoom tool
2. Letter 'c' - it will cut line segments
Scissors tool
Parent layer
Transparency
Symbol Librarie
3. place a file or object in a file so that it becomes part of the file.
Embed
Shape Builder tool
Art board
Fill attributes
4. solidity of an object's color; the opposite of transparency.
Reorder layers
Alt-drag/Option-drag
Opacity
3D effects
5. Layer in which one or more sublayers are stored
Decrease
Increase
Parent layer
Stroke
6. fills overlapping SELECTED shapes and line segments
None
Click and drag the Type tool
Marquee
Live paint bucket
7. ______________ 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.
Smooth point
Transparency attributes
Scaling
Create and expand
8. A layer within a layer that can have its own name and its own settings
Sublayer
A linked file
Join two or more paths (W/M)
An embedded file
9. Amount of light that can pass through an object. a transparent object allows objects below to appear.
Shift Key
Transparency
Shape Builder tool
Corner point
10. Hold shift to draw ___________.
Shear
Join two or more paths (W/M)
Shift-drag
Perfect shapes
11. ______ an arc - keeping the reference point constant (W/M) - Start dragging - then hold down F
Flip
Fill
Shift-drag
Perfect shapes
12. Uses the z-axis to rotate 2D artwork in 3D space and change the artwork's perspective.
Rotate
Shape tools
Template
Pattern brushes
13. A single level in the stacking order that can hold any number of object.
] (right square bracket)
Stroke attributes
Layer
Expand live-paint groups
14. An anchor point where a path changes direction direction in an angle rather than smoothly.
Shape tools
Pattern brushes
Illustrator to Flash
Corner point
15. The bottom box in the color icons (bottom of the tool bar) and what you call the outline "color" of a shape
Live paint bucket
Fill
Transparency attributes
Stroke
16. A graduated blend between two or more colors or between tints of the same color.
Scatter brushes
Gradient fill
Shift+D
Opacity mask
17. Uses the y-axis to revolve an object around an axis. For example - an arc becomes a circle.
Skew value
Illustrator to Flash
Revolve
Live paint bucket
18. This creates a single line of text. If you re-size this type it will re-size the text.
Stroke
Shape Builder tool
Perfect shapes
Click once with the Type tool
19. 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.
Increase
Calligraphic brushes
Recolor Artwork panel
Skew value
20. Zoom out to view the whole art board.
None
Cmd + Zero
Click once with the Type tool
Shape tools
21. Constrain Blob Brush path horizontally or vertically (W/M)
Extrude & Bevel
Shift
Cmd + Zero
Vertical dividers
22. Switch through drawing modes (W/M)
Dock
Appearance attributes
Shift+D
Opacity
23. Five ________: Art - Calligraphic - Pattern - Bristle and Scatter.
Color Guide panel
3D effects
Gradient fill
Brush types
24. Will show you variations on a selected color including tints - shades - and pallets based upon that color.
Add or remov
Bezier curve
Create and expand
Color Guide panel
25. Cannot be used as symbols.
Art board
Selection tool
Unembedded images
Shift
26. __________ 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
Vertical lines
Escape key
Decrease
Parent layer
27. The point on which an object rotates or transform . The point of orgin may be within the object or outside it.
OpenType fonts
Vertical lines
Point of orgin
Fill
28. 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.
't' ky
Pattern brushes
Increase
Increase or decrease
29. object that is dimmed and unavailable for modification but can be used as a guide for creating objects.
Corner point
Template
Click and drag the Type tool
Opacity mask
30. Keep the inner radius of a star ________ (W/M) - Start dragging - then hold down Ctrl/Start dragging - then hold down Command
Bristle brushes
[ (left square bracket)
Illustrator to Flash
Constant
31. Letter 'd' - black 1pt stroke - white fill.
Decay rate
Default fill & stroke
Filter
Opacity mask
32. Measurement system used in graphic design; 1/72nd of an inch.
Fill
Bounding box
Point
Click and drag the Type tool
33. Resizing an object horizontally - vertically - or proportionally in both directions to a percentage of its origanal size.
Cmd + Zero
Rotate
Scaling
Alt-drag/Option-drag
34. black arrow that will select the whole or grouped objects.
Unembedded images
Selection tool
Layer
Opacity
35. Change the _______ of a spiral (W/M) - Start dragging then Ctrl-drag/Start dragging then Command-drag
A linked file
Decay rate
Shear
Swap fill & stroke
36. 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
Swap fill & stroke
Skew value
Picas
Vertical lines
37. Using the S_______________ - you can visually and intuitively merge - delete - fill and edit overlapping shapes and paths directly in the artwork.
Recolor Artwork panel
Shape Builder tool
Bezier curve
Marquee
38. Hold shift to select multiple objects.
Path
Shift Key
Scatter brushes
Shear
39. A saved set of panel arrangements and tool setting.
Workspace
Pathfinder panel
Increase or decrease
Open and closed arc
40. Move a shape while drawing it (W/M)
Gradient fill
Shift Key
Transparency attributes
Spacebar-drag
41. in the option bar for a selected live paint group
Template
Expand live-paint groups
Constrain
Recolor Artwork panel
42. 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.
Gradient fill
Reorder layers
Increase
Transparency attributes
43. Decrease the _______ for horizontal dividers in a rectangular grid or radial dividers in a polar grid by 10% (W/M) - Start dragging - then press F
Color Guide panel
Option Key
Shift-drag
Skew value
44. Moves the view of the art board when zoomed in- you can toggle it with the space-bar
Click and drag the Type tool
Hand tool
Brush types
Swap fill & stroke
45. Six basic ___________ are: Rectangle - Rounded Rectangle - Ellipse - Polygon - Star - and Flare.
Shape tools
Picas
Add or subtract
3D effects
46. Provides access to a large bank of color pallets built by an international design community.
Skew value
Kuler panel
Unembedded images
Fill
47. Measurement system used in grapic programs; there are six of these in an inch.
Marquee
Stroke
Filter
Picas
48. 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.
Opacity mask
None
Revolve
Vertical dividers
49. To ___________ Select the paths - then press Ctrl+J/Select the paths - then press Command+J
Vertical lines
Decrease
Pathfinder panel
Join two or more paths (W/M)
50. __________________ 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/
Fill attributes
Parent layer
Add or remov
Direction line