Test your basic knowledge |

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. fills overlapping SELECTED shapes and line segments






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






3. Hold option to draw from the center.






4. Toggles the Type tool

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5. 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






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






7. Hold shift to select multiple objects.






8. Nonprinting lines that can be used to create boundaries or guidelines in a drawing






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






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






11. An anchor point where a path changes direction direction in an angle rather than smoothly.






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






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






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






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






16. ______________ 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.






17. Uses the y-axis to revolve an object around an axis. For example - an arc becomes a circle.






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






19. The line that forms the shape of an object






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






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






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






23. __________ 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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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.






30. printable portion of the work area - where illustrations can be finalized.






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






32. Hold shift to draw ___________.






33. Move a shape while drawing it (W/M)






34. 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.






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






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






37. A mathematically generated curve that has two endpoints and control points to specify curve direction






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






39. A group of relaxed command and options.






40. 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.






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






42. black arrow that will select the whole or grouped objects.






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






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






45. object that is dimmed and unavailable for modification but can be used as a guide for creating objects.






46. An anchor point that connects path segments in a smooth curve.






47. Letter 'c' - it will cut line segments






48. These tools allow you to cut and merge selected shapes.






49. Constrain Blob Brush path horizontally or vertically (W/M)






50. __________ 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