Illustrator CS6 Study Guide

A good rule of thumb is to save the image in which format, with 300 dpi, when it comes to print?

.eps

Which file format is a vector image which is XML-based and is used for two-dimensional graphics that support animation and interactivity?

.svg

When the document's color mode is changed from CMYK to RGB, which will the resoultion convert to automatically?

72 ppi

All files meant for video can be saved at a resolution of __________.

72dpi

Which best describes a .jpg file format?

A compressed image format that normally stores digital photos

Which best describes what will happen when the user selects an object, then selects the Mesh tool, and then clicks the same object?

A division will appear on the object

Which is also created when a new document is created?

A new artboard

Which best describes a common way to create a focal point in a design?

Adding emphasis or contrast to the point to be focused on

Which are options that are located in the Edit Colors submenu of the Edit menu? Choose all that apply.

Adjust Color Balance, Convert to Grayscale, and Saturate

If a project is geared toward middle-aged, educated women, which audience needs have been addressed? Choose all that apply.

Age, Gender, and Education

Which objects will the blending mode in the Transparency panel most likely affect?

All selected objects that interact with one another

Which best describes the basic function of an opacity mask?

Allows the user to control how an object masks other objects and the opacity of those objects

Which best describes the function of Flattener Preview?

Allows the user to determine what areas will be affected for print-based output

Which best describes the function of the Width tool?

Allows the user to enlarge specified sections of a stroke

Which best describes the distinguishing function of the Art Brush tool?

Allows the user to stretch the selected artwork along a path

Which best describes the basic function of Adobe Kuler?

Allows users to share color themes in groups or online

Holding down the __________ key while drawing with the Pencil tool will assist in converting an open path to a shape.

Alt or Option

Which best explains the panel dock?

An area where open panels are located by default

What is a symbol in Illustrator?

An art object that you can reuse in a document

Which are created while drawing with the Pencil tool?

Anchor points

Which effects will appear in the Appearance panel?

Any effect that has been applied to the selected object

Texture most likely refers to which?

Appearance and feel

If the user clicks and holds the Graph tool, which are types of graph tools that are available to the user? Choose all that apply.

Area Graph Tool, Radar Graph Tool, and Bar Graph Tool

Which option in the Type Tool expansion menu is designed to allow the user to convert a shape on the artboard into an area type object?

Area Type Tool

Which of the following is a parametric curve that can be scaled indefinitely without restrictions of a rasterized image?

Bezier curve

Which of the following describes the part of the project that extends beyond the edge of the printed area that will be trimmed?

Bleed

Which of the following tools draws filled, compound paths?

Blob Brush tool

Which color mode is best known for use with images that will be printed?

CMYK

The user may import tabular data from a Microsoft Excel sheet into an Illustrator CS6 graph if the Excel sheet is saved as which type of file?

CSV

Which tool allows a user to hollow out an extruded shape?

Cap

When creating a shape with the Rounded Rectangle tool, how can you specify the amount of curve to use on the corners?

Change the value of the corner radius

Which actions may the user take to create area type in the clipboard?

Click and drag across the necessary area

Which action will add a new anchor point to a path when using the Pen tool?

Click any part of the line segment

After clicking the Rotate Tool button, which action may the user take to move the transform point for the selected object?

Click in the appropriate area of the selected object

Which actions may the user take to open both the Character and Paragraph panels simultaneously?

Click the Character option of the Type submenu in the Window menu

Once an image has been placed on the artboard and selected, which actions may the user take to embed that image if it has not been embedded already?

Click the Links option in the Window menu, and then click the Embed Image option in the Links panel menu

Which actions may the user take to open the Pattern Options dialog box?

Click the Make option in the Pattern group of the Object menu

When shapes overlap, which action should the user take to ensure that the selected shape is placed behind the unselected shape?

Click the Send to Back option in the Arrange group of the Object menu

When the user has received an Out of Gamut Warning in the Color Picker, which action may the user take to find the closest color that is in gamut?

Click the warning symbol in the Color Picker

Which is true when using the Pen tool?

Click to create an anchor point

Which action will swap the fill color and the stroke color of the selected artwork?

Clicking the double arrow next to the Fill and Stroke indicators

Which of the following features helps you find and save colors and create color schemes for your project?

Color Guide

Which are useful for colorizing grayscale images? Choose all that apply.

Color Picker and Swatches Panel

Which are types of swatches that can be created in Adobe Illustrator CS6? Choose all that apply.

Color swatches, pattern swatches, and gradient swatches

Which are Mode options in the Image Trace panel? Choose all that apply.

Color, Grayscale, and Black and White

Which keyboard shortcut can be used to fit an artboard to a workspace?

Command+0 in Mac, Ctrl+0 in Windows

Which is the keyboard shortcut for the Outline command?

Command+Y in Mac, Ctrl+Y in Windows

Which methods best help to avoid interruptions and interference with readability when using text and imagery together? Choose all that apply.

Contrast, Non-competing images, and Subtle background texture

Which option in the Type menu will convert selected text into shapes that can be edited individually?

Create Outlines

Extensive information about an image, such as dates when the image was modified, are available only when the user subscribes to which Adobe service?

Creative Cloud

Which key can be pressed down while drawing a spiral to change the coil density of the spiral?

Ctrl or Command

By default, which of the following are available in the Brush Libraries Menu? (Choose two)

Decorative and artistic

Which Pathfinder panel option will convert the overlapping areas into individual areas?

Divide

In which panel may the user adjust the Bleed values of a document?

Document Setup dialog box

The __________ is the area which contains any open files.

Document window

Which action may the user take to open the Scale panel?

Double-click the Scale Tool button

After blending two objects, which action may the user take to move only one of the individual objects?

Double-click the appropriate object

With the Layers panel open, which actions may the user perform to move a layer in the Layers panel to the top layer?

Drag the appropriate layer to the top

Which actions should a user take to reuse the effects that are applied to an object?

Drag the object with the appropriate effect into the Graphic Styles panel

Which drawing mode at the bottom of the Tools panel allows the user to create objects inside a shape?

Draw Inside

Which is true when creating multiple views of an artboard?

Each view can be set to a different zoom level

Which are options located in the panel menu of the Color Guide panel? Choose all that apply.

Edit Colors, Save Colors as Switches, and Color Guide Options

Which are two options that will be made unavailable in the Links panel once an image is embedded?

Edit Original and Update Link

Which option in the Color Guide will open the Recolor Artwork window when it is clicked?

Edit or Apply Colors

Which occurs when double-clicking a symbol in the Symbols panel?

Editing mode is opened for the symbol

Which best describes what the user should do before attempting to merge two swatches?

Ensure that both swatches to be merged are global swatches

Before colorizing a grayscale image, it is important to perform which action?

Ensure that the Fill indicator is above the Stroke tool

Which key can be pressed to exit isolation Mode?

Esc

Which Shape Modes option in the Pathfinder panel will omit the overlapping areas of selected objects?

Exclude

Which button on the Image Trace panel converts a tracing object into paths?

Expand

Which option in the Object menu allows the user to convert a stroke into outlines?

Expand Appearance

Which are the options located in the 3D submenu of the Effects menu? Choose all that apply.

Extrude and Bevel, Revolve, and Rotate

A file created for a video project will have the same output type and key requirements as artwork intended for print or the web.

False

A user must slice the artwork in order to save the artwork for the web.

False

Adding divisions to an object using the Mesh tool will change the properties of the objects.

False

All blending modes in the Transparency panel will produce a white color in the space where two objects of different colors overlap.

False

Changing the blending mode of an object will automatically change the color that the object is filled with.

False

Dragging the handle of a text box made with the Area Type tool will stretch the text in the box.

False

Point type allows a user to enter text only within a specified area created by the user.

False

Reducing the tint of an object will also reduce the transparency of the object.

False

Shape and form are the same thing in a design.

False

The Pencil tool can be used to draw much more precise paths than the Pen tool.

False

The Vertical Type tool enters text from left to right.

False

Users may want to avoid compressing files in Illustrator because a file loses quality when it is compressed.

False

When the Show Rulers command is used, rulers will appear at the top and bottom of the document window.

False

When the user decreases the intensity of the selected colors to 0% using the Saturate dialog box, the colors will automatically become black and white.

False

In which menu is the Document Color Mode located?

File

Which option on the Tools panel needs to be selected in order to apply a color from the Swatches panel to a shape?

Fill

The Info panel offers which information about a drawn line or shape? Choose all that apply.

Fill and stroke, height and width, and X and Y coordinates

When a user converts objects to a Live Paint group, which dialog box would a user most likely use to gain more control over gaps in the group?

Gap Options dialog box

In regard to design, which of the following is a principle that states that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts?

Gestalt Principle

Which are Type options found in the Symbols panel? Choose all that apply.

Graphic and Movie Clip

When designing for the web, which format(s) support raster-based images only?

HTML

Which tools in the Character panel are available to the user for adjusting the selected text? Choose all that apply.

Horizontal Scale, Set the baseline shift, and All Caps

After selecting the Live Paint Bucket, which actions should the user take to make a Live Paint group?

Hover over the desired group of artwork, then click the group

As a project manager, which three things are your responsibility at the beginning of a project?

Identifying the tasks that will be needed for the project, Identifying the deadlines of the project, and Identifying those who will work on the project

Which are the categories found in the Effect menu? Choose all that apply.

Illustrator Effects and Photoshop Effects

Which is the final phase of the project plan?

Implementation and publishing

Where are the raster-based effects located?

In the Photoshop category of the Effect menu

When the user adds a theme found in Adobe Kuler, where will that theme appear?

In the Swatches panel

Where can the option to Enable Guides for 9-Slice Scaling be found?

In the Symbol Options dialog box

Where is the Add Selected Colors option located?

In the panel menu of the Swatches panel

Which is the term describing duplicates of a symbol?

Instances

Pattern Editing Mode is most similar to which other type of mode?

Isolation Mode

Which are some of the common web formats used for Adobe Illustrator? Choose all that apply.

JPG, GIF, and PNG

Which option in the Characters panel adjusts the space between specific letters?

Kearning

Which are tools for manipulating text? Choose all that apply.

Kerning, Leading, and Tracking

Which options are included in the Paragraph panel? Choose all that apply.

Left indent, First-line left Indent, and Space after paragraph

Which are preset options in the Image Trace panel? Choose all that apply.

Line Art, Shades of Gray, and Low Fidelity Photo

Which are gradient option types found in the Gradient panel? Choose ell that apply.

Linear and Radial

Which tool in the Shape Builder Tool drop-down menu allows the user to select individual components and also regions of a Live Paint group?

Live Paint Selection Tool

Which of the following is an accurate video file format?

MPEG

Which of the following ways can help improve your workflow?

Manage and organize items using layers

Which check boxes are found in the Expand dialog box? Choose all that apply.

Object, Fill, and Stroke

Which best describes what will happen when the user presses down the Down Arrow key while creating or resizing a polygon?

One of the points will be removed from the shape

Which are actions that may be taken to open the Kuler panel?

Open the Window menu, and click the Kuler option in the Extensions submenu

Which option in the Path submenu of the Object menu should the user select if the selected path needs to be changed into a compound stroke?

Outline Stroke

Which will text convert to when using text on a perspective grid?

Outlines

Which type of tool is utilized by the Warp tool and Twist tool?

Paintbrush tool

Which is a problem when using patterns on the perspective grid?

Patterns do not map in perspective to an object on the grid

Which tools can be used to draw freeform vector shapes in Adobe Illustrator CS6?

Pen and Pencil

Which of the following tools allows for free-form drawing?

Pencil tool

Which allows the perspective of an object drawn on the perspective grid to change as it is moved around on the perspective grid?

Perspective Selection tool

After selecting an object, which type of gallery will appear when the Glowing Edges option in the Effect menu is clicked?

Photoshop Filter gallery

Which are units of measurement that are available options when using the rulers? Choose all that apply.

Picas, Pixels, and Points

The order of the development process should be ...

Planning, designing, building, and testing

Which section in the 3D Extrude & Bevel Options dialog box allows the user to rotate the selected object?

Position

Which best describes the function of the Isolation Blending option in the Transparency panel?

Prevents blending modes from being applied past the bottom of a group

Which is the function of the Harmony Rules?

Provide color relationship options that integrate with the selected color

Which color mode would a user most likely choose to save for video?

RGB Color

Which of the following file types is commonly used for web page images and is resolution dependent?

Raster

A photographic image is which type of image when it is placed into Adobe illustrator CS6?

Raster-based

For which reasons might a designer manipulate text? Choose all that apply.

Readability and Hierarchy

Which panel will appear if the user double-clicks the Reflect Tool button?

Reflect panel

Which are options in the Blend submenu of the Objects menu? Choose all that apply.

Replace Spine, Reverse Spine, and Reverse Front to Back

Which is a benefit of using the Profile drop-down box in the New Document dialog box?

Saves time by using preset options for each profile

Which type of brushes may be options in the New Brush window? Choose all that apply.

Scatter Brush, Pattern Brush, and Calligraphic Brush

Which tool can be used to split an object on its anchor points?

Scissors tool

Once the Brush panel is open, which actions may the user take to open the New Brush dialog box?

Select the appropriate image, and drag it onto the Brushes panel

Which of the following font types uses semi-structural details on the ends of some of the strokes?

Serif font

The Live Paint Bucket tool may be located when the user clicks and holds which tool in the Tools panel?

Shape Builder tool

The Reshape tool may be located in the expansion menu of which tool?

Shear tool

Hold down the __________ key when using the Pen tool to create 45-degree and 90-degree angles.

Shift

In order to draw a shape with equal height and width, hold down the __________ key while drawing the shape.

Shift

Which key is held down while drawing a line in order to create a perfectly straight vertical, horizontal, or 45-degree angle line?

Shift

Which are options that are available when the Artboard tool is selected? Choose all that apply.

Show Cross Hairs, Artboard Options, Show Center Mark, and Show Video-Safe Areas

For which reason may a user most likely want to keep a file as small as possible when working with images for the web?

Smaller files have faster load speeds

Which of the following are temporary snap-to guides that appear when you create or edit objects?

Smart guides

When two objects of different color are blended, which type of color spacing will be applied by default?

Smooth Color

Which tool is used to smooth out a path?

Smooth tool

What is the correct definition of a derivative work?

Something that is created from or based in something pre-existing

Which does a black dot in a white triangle on swatch indicate?

Spot color

Which tool is used to change the scale of a symbol or a symbol group?

Symbol Sizer Tool

A successful user would most likely employ which to track the details and specifications of a project? Choose all that apply.

Text document, Outline, and Project management software

Which allows multiple documents to be viewed in a variety of configurations?

The Arrange Documents button in the application bar

Which occurs when double-clicking on Fill color in the Tools panel?

The Color Picker opens

Which best explains what is meant when the Fill indicator has a red line through it?

The Fill property has a value of none

Which best describes a basic benefit of the Map Art dialog box while working with a 3D image?

The Map Art dialog box allows the user to view all the different surfaces of the 3D artwork

Which allows the user to increase or decrease the weight of the selected stroke?

The Stroke panel

Which is a reason to use the Swatches panel instead of the Color Picker when adding color to more than one object?

The Swatches panel can store color choices

If the user sets the spot colors to recognize CMYK values, which best explains what will happen when an image from an older version of Photoshop is placed on an artboard?

The Swatches panel will recognize values in the image

Which contains an option to open documents as tabs?

The User Interface dialog box in the Preferences menu

What does Fair Use mean in regards to images and copyright?

The image can be used for a limited and ʺtransformativeʺ purpose

Which occurs when the Image Trace feature is used on an image?

The image is converted to vector-based paths

After the user has selected an image in the Place dialog box, which best describes what may be indicated if the Link check box is selected?

The image will not be embedded when the user clicks the Place button

Which occurs when an anchor point is dragged while the Ctrl or Command key is held down?

The line segment reshapes to accommodate the new placement of the anchor point

Imagine that an image has been divided into nine equal parts. When you move the focal point to one of the intersecting areas, which rule of composition are you using?

The rule of thirds

Which best explains what an Out of Gamut Warning means when the user selects a Color Picker?

The selected color cannot be printed in the applied color mode

Which best describes what will happen when the user selects the Overprint Fill option in the Attributes panel?

The selected object will print over the background

You are creating an illustration for a children's book. What is most important to keep in mind?

The target age group

In addition to considering the purpose, which is another basic and important factor that the user should consider before starting the actual project?

The target audience

Which best explains what will happen when the user holds the Shift key while resizing text?

The text will be resized proportionally

For which reason may a user wish to employ the Scale panel while using one of the transformation tools?

The user needs to apply precise measurements to the scale of a selected object

Under which circumstance would a user most likely want to apply the Anti-alias effect in the Document Raster Effects Settings dialog box?

The user needs to soften the pixelated edges

What is the buffer around the outside of the edge of a project where important information should be kept inside called?

Title safe area

Which is the function of the Symbol Styler tool?

To apply a graphic style to a symbol

Which best describes the purpose of the Pathfinder panel?

To create new shapes out of existing shapes based on their stacking order

Which of the following is a benefit of adding a bleed to your document?

To have a visual indicator of the artwork that is outside the printing bounding box

Which option is a reason to add a bleed to your Illustrator document?

To insure that your artwork is still printed to the edge of the page after the page is trimmed

In default workspace, which is the function of the arrows found near the bottom left of the workspace?

To navigate to other artboards in the project

Which is the purpose of the proxy preview area?

To quickly navigate and focus on an area of an artboard

Which is the purpose of the guides found in 9-Slice Scaling?

To separate parts of a symbol to be scaled

Which is the purpose of the Smart Guides when drawing an object?

To show the height and width of the object

Which is a reason to use the Outline command?

To view artwork in outline form without color or other adjustments

For which reason would a user most likely apply the Show Video Safe Areas option?

To view artwork which is in the video safe areas

The Pen Tool is the best option to complete which of the following?

Trace a scanned drawing that was imported

Which panel features the option to align artwork to a pixel grid?

Transform panel

In which panel is the Blending Mode drop-down box located?

Transparency panel

Which are options in the Highlight drop-down box of the Flattener Preview? Choose all that apply.

Transparent Objects and All Affected Objects

9-Slice Scaling allows part of a symbol to be scaled without affecting the proportions of the entire symbol.

True

A symbol group is a single object.

True

A tracing object is composed of a single composite file.

True

A user can use the click-and-drag method to change the order of the artboards in a project.

True

A user may use the Pencil tool to reshape the spine of a blended object.

True

After creating a color group by using a Harmony Rule, the user may save the group to the Swatches panel.

True

Any Illustrator artwork can be converted to a symbol.

True

Certain video formats use pixels that are not square.

True

Holding the Alt or Option key and dragging a styled object onto an existing graphic style in the Graphic Styles panel will replace all instances subject to that graphic style.

True

Illustrator allows the user to apply multiple strokes end fills to a single object.

True

In the Tool panel, the Rectangle tool also features a menu of related drawing tools.

True

In the default setting, the panel dock contains panels that are related to the Essentials workspace.

True

Layers can be nested by dragging and dropping one layer onto another layer in the Layers panel.

True

Layers can be rearranged by dragging them into the desired order.

True

Multiple views can be created for a single document.

True

Objects can be copied from one plane to another on the perspective grid.

True

The Align right, Align center, and Align left options may be located in the Paragraph panel.

True

The Bristle Brush Options dialog box offers a selection of brush shapes to choose from.

True

The Eraser tool can be increased or decreased in weight, much like the Paintbrush tool.

True

The Shape Builder tool allows the user to merge multiple objects together by clicking and dragging a path along the desired objects.

True

The entire palette of swatches used in a document can be imported to the Swatch library.

True

The order in which sublayers are listed in the Layers panel is known as the stacking order.

True

The user may change the graph type even after the graph has been created.

True

When a modified image that has been placed on an artboard does not appear updated, the user may apply all modifications to the image by clicking the Update option in the Links panel.

True

When the user applies the Bloat tool within an object, the brush will extend the object's size.

True

When using the Perspective Selection tool, an object on a grid with three planes can be dragged to another plane by simply pressing 1, 2, or 3 on the keyboard while the object is being dragged.

True

Under which tool may the user locate the Type on a Path options?

Type

Which Shape Mode option in the Pathfinder panel will combine all the selected shapes?

Unite

Tapping which keys will increase or decrease the number of sides on a polygon or star shape, while those shapes are being drawn?

Up Arrow and Down Arrow

The artboards can be reordered by use of the __________ on the Artboards panel.

Up or Down arrow

If the user is interacting with legacy Illustrator documents, or older versions of Illustrator, which option in the Spot Color Options window should the user select?

Use Lab values specified by the book manufacturer

When creating a graphic that will be used in a variety of sizes, why should you create a vector rather than a raster graphic?

Vector graphics allows for resizing without losing quality while Raster will lose quality

Which option in the Type Tool expansion menu allows the user to drew a line with the Pencil tool and then enter text vertically along that line?

Vertical Type on a Path Tool

Under which menu can the option to enable Smart Guides be found?

View

Which are distortion tools that may be located in the same expansion menu as the Width tool? Choose all that apply.

Warp tool, Twist tool, and Pucker tool

Which are options found in the Profile drop-down box in the New Document dialog box? Chose all that apply.

Web, Print, Devices, Flash Builder, and Video and Film

Under which menu is the Brushes panel option located?

Window

Which appears at the bottom of the Navigator panel?

Zoom slider

Which tool can be used to increase or decrease the magnification of an artboard?

Zoom tool

A clipping mask uses __________ to mask a portion of artwork.

a piece of the artwork

Using the options in the Gradient panel, a gradient can be applied __________ stroke.

across, along, or within

When using the Pen tool, simply __________ any anchor point to remove it from the path.

click

Tapping the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys while drawing with the Arc tool will change the __________ of the arc.

degree

Options for each Symbolism tool can be accessed by __________.

double-clicking on the tool in the Symbolism tool panel

To use the Path Eraser tool, __________ a line segment to be erased.

draw on top of

In a perspective grid, the __________ and the __________ can be dragged to change the perspective of the grid.

horizon line, ground line

Pixel Preview displays a __________ preview of the artwork.

rasterized

Fair Use doctrine implies that parts of copyrighted works can be used without permission provided that the use is _________ and does not adversely affect the __________ that may be expected by the copyright owner.

reasonable, profit

Hierarchy in typography can best be described as __________.

the order the audience should read it

It is important to receive ___________ before using anything that is copyrighted.

written permission