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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.
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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. Measurement system used in grapic programs; there are six of these in an inch.
Picas
Shape tools
Decay rate
Pathfinder panel
2. Three types of _______: Extrude & Bevel - Revolve - Rotate
Click once with the Type tool
Stroke attributes
3D effects
Bounding box
3. Nonprinting lines that can be used to create boundaries or guidelines in a drawing
Bristle brushes
Default fill & stroke
Guides
Simple or compound path
4. A graduated blend of colors used as a fill; can be linear (flat) or radial (round)
Gradient
Zoom tool
Anchor point
Shape tools
5. The area surrounding the art board on the computer screen - depending on the magnification or view - it may or may not be visible.
Direct selection tool
Paste board
Shape tools
't' ky
6. 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)
Cmd + Zero
Bristle brushes
Shift-drag
Pattern brushes
7. Uses the z-axis to give a 2D object depth by extruding the object. For example - a circle becomes a cylinder.
Extrude & Bevel
Constrain
Click once with the Type tool
Create corner or smooth join (W/M)
8. Moves the view of the art board when zoomed in- you can toggle it with the space-bar
Illustrator to Flash
Hand tool
Scatter brushes
Parent layer
9. __________________ 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/
Add or remov
Stroke
Rotate
Join two or more paths (W/M)
10. Change the _______ of a spiral (W/M) - Start dragging then Ctrl-drag/Start dragging then Command-drag
Decay rate
Brush types
Paste board
Direction line
11. Stroke type - brush - color transparency and effects
Scatter brushes
Sublayer
Stroke attributes
Decrease
12. ____________ winds from a spiral while increasing the length of the spiral (W/M) - Start dragging - then Alt-drag/Start dragging then Option-drag
Add or subtract
Gradient
A linked file
Perfect shapes
13. A mathematically generated curve that has two endpoints and control points to specify curve direction
Add or remov
Add or subtract
Click and drag the Type tool
Bezier curve
14. To ___________ Select the paths - then press Ctrl+J/Select the paths - then press Command+J
Join two or more paths (W/M)
Path
An embedded file
Shape Builder tool
15. 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
Vertical lines
Workspace
Bristle brushes
Embed
16. Will turn the top shape into a picture frame for all selected art below it.
Scatter brushes
Flip
A linked file
Clipping Mask
17. Zoom out to view the whole art board.
Selection tool
Panel
Cmd + Zero
Direction line
18. Layer in which one or more sublayers are stored
Dock
Guides
Parent layer
Selection tool
19. Scatter an object - such as a leaf - along a path; you can adjust the size - spacing - scatter and rotation options to change the appearance of the brush.
Layer
Selection tool
Option Key
Scatter brushes
20. 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
Scaling
Transparency
Symbol Librarie
Add or remov
21. An anchor point that connects path segments in a smooth curve.
Smooth point
Illustrator to Flash
Unembedded images
An embedded file
22. The point on which an object rotates or transform . The point of orgin may be within the object or outside it.
Point of orgin
Add or remov
Stroke
Expand live-paint groups
23. Uses the y-axis to revolve an object around an axis. For example - an arc becomes a circle.
Selection tool
Revolve
Unembedded images
Corner point
24. black arrow that will select the whole or grouped objects.
Selection tool
Shift
Decrease
Workspace
25. Measurement system used in graphic design; 1/72nd of an inch.
Bezier curve
Filter
Spacebar-drag
Point
26. 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.
Closed path
Opacity mask
An embedded file
Unembedded images
27. Rectangle drawn around an object with a tool to select an area.
Marquee
't' ky
Path
Pattern brushes
28. A graduated blend between two or more colors or between tints of the same color.
Symbol Librarie
Hand tool
Gradient fill
Shift Key
29. Provides access to a large bank of color pallets built by an international design community.
Kuler panel
Rotate
Perfect shapes
Illustrator to Flash
30. 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.
Decrease
Kuler panel
Simple or compound path
Add or remov
31. Will allow you to change all of the colors in your selected art in a variety of ways.
Default fill & stroke
Recolor Artwork panel
Brush types
Shift Key
32. Switch between __________ (W/M) - Start dragging - then hold down C
Spacebar-drag
Open and closed arc
Zoom tool
Calligraphic brushes
33. Hold shift to draw ___________.
Stroke
Perfect shapes
Scaling
Corner point
34. 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
Unembedded images
Straight
Add or remov
Skew value
35. Decrease size of Blob Brush (W/M)
[ (left square bracket)
't' ky
Constant
Calligraphic brushes
36. Letter 'a' - white arrow - will select individual objects in a group - or anchor points.
Vertical lines
Direct Selection tool
Parent layer
Default fill & stroke
37. Amount of light that can pass through an object. a transparent object allows objects below to appear.
Bristle brushes
Symbol Librarie
Transparency
Kuler panel
38. Using the S_______________ - you can visually and intuitively merge - delete - fill and edit overlapping shapes and paths directly in the artwork.
Shift Key
An embedded file
Shape Builder tool
Template
39. 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
OpenType fonts
Scatter brushes
Add or remov
Closed path
40. A point on a path that indicates a change of direction.
Anchor point
Option Key
Shift-drag
Straight
41. A separate - external file connected to the Illustrator file by an electronic link.
Picas
A linked file
Parent layer
Straight
42. printable portion of the work area - where illustrations can be finalized.
Fill attributes
Gradient
Art board
Spacebar-drag
43. A location in the application window where a panel or panels are secured so they do not float.
Vertical lines
Dock
Closed path
An embedded file
44. Six basic ___________ are: Rectangle - Rounded Rectangle - Ellipse - Polygon - Star - and Flare.
Bounding box
Fill
Shape tools
A linked file
45. A group of relaxed command and options.
Vertical lines
Spacebar-drag
Panel
Create and expand
46. Line extending from anchor point that shows the direction of a curve
Stroke
Direction line
Open path
Corner point
47. Hold shift to select multiple objects.
Gradient fill
Shift Key
Corner point
Smooth point
48. The bottom box in the color icons (bottom of the tool bar) and what you call the outline "color" of a shape
Alt-drag/Option-drag
Closed path
Decay rate
Stroke
49. vector paths that have two ends; the beginning and end points are not the same
Reorder layers
Bounding box
Embed
Open path
50. Keep the sides of a star ________ (W/M) - Alt-drag/Option-drag
Default fill & stroke
] (right square bracket)
Straight
Direct selection tool