ILL_CS5_Exam Flashcards
You are creating a new document and choose Web for the New Document Profile. Which of the following are the default values for the Web intent?
Units: Pixels; Color Mode: RGB; PPI:72; Align to Pixel Grid: Yes
Your Illustrator document contains multiple red and blue objects all with a black stroke of differing weights. What is the most efficient way of selecting only the red objects?
Select > Same > Fill Color
You are working on a document with only one artboard; you wish to add another artboard of the same size. What will you do?
Select the artboard tool and Option/Alt drag the original artboard to duplicate it
Which of the following statements is true after choosing View > Rulers > Change to Global Rulers?
There is one ruler system for the entire document
You have drawn a square of 100px and added a center aligned stroke of 10px. The info panel displays the width and height as 100px. How will you make Illustrator include the stroke width when displaying the objects dimensions?
Select Use Preview Bounds in Preferences
How can you create a custom guide in you document that is at an angle of 45 degrees?
Create a line at 45 degrees and convert it into a guide via View > Guides > Make Guides
Where will you find the option of adding Metadata to a file in Illustrator?
File > File Info
What does the symbol circled in red denote?
A Template layer
Using the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box; you have created and saved a custom set of keyboard shortcuts. You wish to print out a copy of your custom keyboard shortcuts; what would be your next step?
Click Export Text…
You are saving your document in the Illustrator (.ai) format. Which check box will you select in the Illustrator Options dialog to ensure the file can be read when placed into an InDesign document?
Create PDF Compatible File
You wish to draw a shape with exact measurements; how would you achieve this?
Select the shape in the tools panel and click once on the artboard; enter the measurements in the dialog box that appears
Which of the following is NOT available in the Stroke panel when aligning the stroke?
Align Stroke Vertically
How do you create a Clipping Mask?
Place the object you want to use as the clipping mask in front of the object you are using as the fill and choose Object > Clipping Mask > Make
You have grouped some objects and applied a Drop Shadow to that group. You wish to edit the objects without ungrouping and therefore losing the Drop Shadow; how will you achieve this?
Double click the group to enter isolation mode
When using the Transform panel what does the yellow warning sign (bottom left) denote?
Only the Pattern will be transformed not the Object
The Width Tool can add variable widths to which of the following?
All of the above
You have created a square shape and now wish to increase the width but not the height but when you enter the new dimension in the Control panel width box the height automatically adjust as well. What should you do?
Unlock the Constrain Width and Height Proportions icon in the Control Panel
Which of the following is the correct procedure for adding/removing sides of a polygon shape when drawing?
Pressing the up/down keys before releasing the mouse button
Which command in the Actions panel allows you to play an Action on a folder of files and subfolders?
Batch
You have selected a placed grayscale image which of the following panels will you use to apply a spot color?
Swatches panel
Which of the following can use shades of gray to create varying degrees of transparency in the artwork?
An Opacity Mask
Which of the following is a feature of a mesh point that cannot be achieved with a normal anchor point?
It can accept color
Your document contains many colors but now it is only going to be printed using only one spot color. What will you do?
Convert the document to a 1 color job using the Live Color dialog box
Some of the swatches in this Swatches panel have a white bottom right corner; what does this represent?
These swatches are Global Swatches
You create a group of overlapping objects and apply the Multiply Blend mode to the group. What must you do to prevent objects within the group from multiplying with each other?
Turn on Knockout Group
You create an opacity mask. What must you to do to edit the art that is the opacity mask?
Click on the mask thumbnail in the Transparency panel
You open a document with an embedded profile different to your current Working Space. Which of the following will you use to decide how to handle the color data?
A Color Management Policy
You have filled an object with a gradient and now want to apply a mesh to push the colors in different directions. What should you do?
Object > Expand… to Gradient Mesh and then use the Mesh tool
You want to add Pantone 072 C to your Swatches Panel. What should you do?
Open the Pantone solid coated panel via the Swatches Panel > Open Swatch Library > Color Books and drag the color into your Swatches
Judging by the Color Guide panel and artwork shown; identify the base color that is generating the current color harmony?
C
Where would you find the option for checking your text for uncapitalized words at the start of sentences?
Edit > Check Spelling
What should you do to convert type into editable vector objects?
Select the type with the Selection Tool tool; then choose Type > Create Outlines
Which panel would you use to create a style that includes both character and paragraph formatting attributes?
Paragraph Styles
Which panel will provide with the option of adding underline and strikethrough to text?
Character panel
You are designing a logo for a yacht club and you want the text to appear on a wavy line. What should you do?
Draw the wavy line and use the Type on a Path tool to add text
You are working with an Open Type font. Which panel will you use to display the character variations that are available for a specific character?
Glyphs panel
Your text is running over a vector object (Fig A) how would you make it wrap around to appear as Fig B.
Select the yellow star shape and go to Object > Text Wrap > Make. The yellow star should then be stacked above the text
Your text is threaded from Container 1 directly to Container 3; in order to thread it from 1 to 2 to 3 where will you click first?
B; Container 1 out port
You are using Area Text with the Paragraph option set to Adobe Single-line Composer. Your text is aligned left; which of the following will you adjust to increase white space allowed at the end (right side) of a line before hyphenation begins?
Hyphenation Zone
From which of the following panels can you add multiple fills and strokes to an object?
Appearance panel
You have applied a stroke; drop shadow and custom gradient fill to an object. What is the most efficient way of applying the same elements over multiple objects in your document?
Create a Graphic Style
Which Effect was used to change this A. straight line (A) in to this wavy line (B)? B.
Zig Zag
You are using the Eyedropper tool to copy attributes from one object to another. The pick up object contains a Drop Shadow but this is not applying selected object; how will you remedy this?
Double click the Eyedropper Tool and select Appearance for Eyedropper Picks Up and Eyedropper Applies
You have created a Column Graph. With the graph selected which of the following will enable you to change it to a Bar Graph?
Object > Graph > Type…
Dragging from the green object to the red object using the using the Shape Builder Tool will result in a united object of which color?
Blue
To map artwork onto a 3D Revolved shape it must first be…
A Symbol
You are coloring a Live Paint Group but find that the color leaks through to unintended areas; how can you remedy this?
Increase the Gap detection amount
How do you apply color to the strokes on Live Paint group?
With the desired fill color selected and the Live Paint Bucket tool selected; hold down the shift key; move over the edge and click
Your object contains a drop shadow but when you Envelope Distort using the AoMake with Top ObjectAo method the shadow also distorts. How can you stop the shadow from distorting?
Uncheck the Distort Appearance in Envelope Options
You apply a 3D effect to an object. You now want to map artwork to one or more surfaces of the 3D objects. In the Map Art dialog box; you see surfaces that are light gray and surfaces that are dark gray. What does a dark gray color indicate?
The surface is currently hidden
A Pattern Brush can contain up to 5 tiles; how do you create and add the tiles?
Create the artwork for a tile and drag it to the Swatches Panel
When working with Blob Brush Tool which of the following statements is true?
The Blob Brush will paint filled shapes using the current stroke color
You have created a Three Point Perspective Grid and find that the default grid colors are too strong and a distraction to the artwork you are creating. Which method will you use to reduce the opacity of the grid?
View > Perspective Grid > Define Grid
You have defined a Three Point Perspective Grid and wish to drag some flat artwork onto the right hand plane. On selecting the artwork with the Perspective Selection Tool and beginning to drag you realize it is drawing onto the left plane. How will you quickly switch to the right plane without releasing the mouse?
Press the 3 key
Which of these Art Brush options will give you the ability to define a non-stretchable portion at the ends of your art brush?
Stretch Between Guides
When using the File > Place… command; which method will you use to embed the image on import?
Deselect the Link check box
You have traced an image using Live Trace; what must you do before you can manually adjust the paths?
Click Expand in the Control panel
Where will you click on this Links panel to unembed and relink the embedded file as a linked file?
A
You are saving a logo for the web which contains both solid areas and images with multi levels of transparency; which file format would you choose?
PNG-24
On creating a Symbol the Symbol Options dialog box gives you the option to Enable Guides For 9-Slice Scaling. What will this allow you to do?
Specify how scaling is applied to specific areas of a Symbol
When exporting Illustrator artwork to a SWF which of the following effects can be animated?
Blends
You have created artwork over 4 layers and exported to SWF choosing AoAI Layers to SWF FramesAo. One of the layers is not showing in the exported SWF; what could be the reason for this?
The layer visibility is turned off
You have created some graphics for web which you require to be resolution-independent therefore allowing the user to magnify their view of image on-screen without sacrificing sharpness; detail; or clarity. Which format would you choose?
SVG
You have created your artwork in Illustrator and wish to animate it in Flash Catalyst; which file format will you use to save your document?
FXG
Your document contains two overlapping objects; one of the objects is 100% Cyan and the other 100% Yellow. Both objects have their Blending mode set to AoNormalAo but the overlapping area appears to be green. How is this so?
The objects are set to overprint and Overprint Preview is enabled
Your document uses effects that create raster data and you need to make sure your file is suitable for commercial printing. Where can you set the resolution globally for the document?
Document Raster Effects Settings
What precaution should you take when your Illustrator document contains two tinted spot colors that overlap?
That the screen angles are set differently for each color
Your Illustrator document contains vector artwork; fonts and images and you wish to make a file for commercial CMYK printing. What should you do?
Save the document as a PDF using the PDF/X-1a preset
When choosing Protanopia or Deuteranopia what are you checking in your document?
Visibility for color blindness
