Illustrator CC Exam
You are on the activities committee for school and you've been asked to design and create a poster for an upcoming school dance. When designing all of the elements of the poster as they relate to typography and its use in visual design which of the following options should be considered?
Set the style or tone of the poster with the choice of font Consider the font, style, color and spacing when laying out text
Which of the following tools allows you to create complex shapes by merging and erasing simpler shapes?
Shape Builder Tool
What two options are in the transform panel?
Shear Rotate
Which are methods that can be applied to create an illusion of depth to your artwork?
Size and scale Lighting and shading
You are designing a mobile app to be used on smartphones, and you need to create graphics that can be used in the application/ Under which circumstances might you need to get permission to use a photo you have taken?
Taking a picture at a place that requires an admission fee or ticket. Taking a picture of people. Taking a picture of works of art.
In regards to typography, which of the following correctly describes leading?
The distance between each line of text
What is a vanishing point in design?
The point at which receding parallel lines viewed in perspective appear to converge.
Which of the following statements is true in regards to printing an Adobe Illustrator project?
The printer's resolution directly affects the size and quality of images you can print
In regards to typography, which of the following correctly describes kerning?
The spacing between specific pairs of characters
One of the team members in your project sent you an email with images that he found to use in the project. In which of the following circumstances would it be legal for you to use the images in your project?
The team member created the images himself He found the images online, but they were in the public domain
Which of the following accurately describe typing on a path?
The text flows along the edge of an open or closed path The text flows in the direction in which points were added to the path
Which phrase is used in regards to the Gestalt principle?
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts
RGB SVG EPS PNG
To be viewed on a monitor To be viewed on a mobile device Allows file to be shared and can be reopened and edited in Illustrator Can be used in Microsoft Office applications
Which option is a reason to add a bleed to your Illustrator document?
To ensure that your artwork is still printed to the edge of the page after the page is trimmed
You are working on a project for a local business. Your client has asked you to create graphics to be used on the website and mobile apps. You need to prepare the photos in Illustrator before laying out the images in Adobe Dreamweaver. Which of the following are best practices and should be done to prepare these images for use on the web?
Use the "Save for Web (Legacy)..." command to optimize the images. Use the "Export for Screens..." command to optimize the images.
Selection tool Direct Selection tool Group Selection tool Lasso tool Magic Wand
Used to select objects Used to select paths, segments, and anchor points Used to select objects and groups Used to select points or path segments within objects Use to select objects with similar attributes
Grayscale Bitmap RGB CYMK Indexed
Uses different shades of gray Uses black and white Best for projects intended to be used on the web or video Best for professional printing projects using process colors The only colors saved are the colors used in the image
Which of the following are advantages of using vector file type over bitmap file type?
Vector allows for resizing without loss in quality Vector graphics are smaller in file size
JPEG, GIF, PNG, SVG, and SVG2 PDF and EPS Targa, MPG, MPEG, MOV, WMV, and AVI BMP and PNG
Web Print Video Microsoft Applications
Which of the following are key questions that would help determine the purpose, audience, and audience needs when designing your visual project?
What are the client's goals? Who is the target audience? What is the stated purpose of the content?
Which of the following question would e the most beneficial when gathering feedback on your design from your client>
What do you not like about the design?
Under which circumstances does content sourced from a third part need permission?
When the content is copyrighted. When the content is trademarked.
You were for a publishing company called Fusion Publishing. Your current project involves making some illustrations for a children's book titled, "Eat Your Green Beans!". You must remember to consider the type of audience you are illustrating for and the format your art will be presented on. In addition to your illustration project, you also maintain the company website and have been asked to make a fax page that displays a fax template for potential clients to use. The following RGB color values create which color?
White
What is the difference between a clipping mask and an opacity mask?
A clipping mask completely hides artwork outside of the mask, while an opacity mask changes the transparency
What is a bezier curve?
A curve that can be scaled and manipulated easily A curve that is created using mathematical formulas
Which of the following information needs to be gathered before you start working on the project?
A demographic report on the customers who purchase online orders What new information the new website will need that the old website didn't have
Spot Color Global Process Color Non-global Process Color
A special premixed ink that uses a single printing plate A combination of Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black inks that automatically updates when the swatch is modified A combination of Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black inks that does not automatically update when the swatch it modified
Raster Rasterize Bitmap Pixel Vector
A type of image that when scaled will lose quality The process of converting a vector image into a bitmap image An image that is represented by pixels in a grid layout; each pixel contains color information for the image Single dot or point in an image that are arranged in a grid layout to create a bitmap image An image created with mathematical calculations and can be enlarged without a loss of quality
A hobby store just opened in your area and is wanting a banner with the store name and logo printed on it. They would like to be able to make banners in many different sizes without quality loss of the logo and text. Which of the following file formats natively opens with Adobe Illustrator?
AI
What is a symbol in Illustrator?
An art object that you can reuse in a document.
Which of the following tools can you use to convert a smooth anchor point to a corner?
Anchor Point Tool
Vector paths are made up of anchor points and segments. Which of the following is correct regarding anchor points?
Anchor points can be converted between smooth points and corner points Curved and straight path segments can be connected by an anchor point
Which of the following are effective ways of working with clients on a project?
Approve any changes with the client Give the client regular updates about the progress of the project Give the client a mock up of the project so they can better understand the process
Blob brush Path Eraser Arc tool Anchor Point tool
Automatically expand and merges calligraphic brush paths that share the same color Removes paths and anchor points from objects Draws individual concave and convex curve segments Changes smooth points to corner points and vice versa
Which of the following elements of graphics does NOT need to be set up, checked, or confirmed prior to use in videos?
Bleed
You have been hired redesign the logo for a security company. It is important that the logo is visually clean and easy to read. In which phase of creating your design project would you develop a sketch or design comp to show your client?
Building
Which color model in general should be used when creating artwork that will be printed?
CMYK
Which of the following features allows a shape to hide parts of other artwork so only the part withing the shape is visible?
Clipping mask
Which of the following Illustrator tool panels allows you to change the harmony rule for color suggestions?
Color Guide panel
You finished your project and need to sen it to the client, but the project uses a font that the client doesn't have installed on their computer. How can you ensure that the text in the Illustrator project file will open and display correctly on the client's computer?
Create Outlines of all the text in the project
What situation would be best suited for the Blend Tool?
Creating a series of evenly distributed objects between two shapes
What must you do before you can edit an Illustrator document that was placed inside your new Illustrator document?
Disable links to that document
File size Scaling Dpi Ink dots Pixel/vector graphic
Display size Resampling Ppi RGB value Raster/bitmap graphic
When gathering feedback on design plans it is important to ask specific questions, which of the following is NOT a question that would be helpful in the designing process?
Do you like it?
Which of the following methods can you use to import an EPS file into your document?
Drag-and-drop feature Place Command Paste Command Open Command All options are correct
Paintbrush Pen Pencil Smooth tool
Draws freehand and calligraphic lines Draws straight and curved lines Draws and edits freehand lines Smooths Bezier paths
What happens if you enter in more text than will fit into a bounding area?
Even though it's not visible, the excess text is still in the bounding area and a small plus (+) symbol is displayed at the bottom of the box
Which of the following elements of graphics does NOT need to be set up, checked, or confirmed prior to use in another Adobe application?
File Size
Which of the following elements of graphics does NOT need to be set up, checked or confirmed prior to publishing to the web?
File size
Which of the following elements of graphics does NOT need to be set up, checked, or confirmed prior to print publishing?
File size
Which design principal uses design elements to draw the eye to a point of interest?
Focal Point
Which of the following effects is located under the Photoshop Effects section of the Effect menu?
Gaussian Blur
You have been hired to design a movie poster for an upcoming release, which of the following information would best help you as you begin to develop your ideas?
Genre of the movie Age range of the target audience
Which of the following features allows you to edit an individual object in a group while dimming all other non selected objects?
Group Isolation mode
Which panel allows you to quickly convert a bitmap image into a vector graphic?
Image Trace panel
Why shoudl you use hierarchy in design?
It leads the viewer through the elements from most to least important.
What option would you give your document a smaller file size?
Linking artwork to the illustrator file
Which of the following features allows you make edits to an object in an outside program like Adobe Photoshop and have the changes reflected to the object inside Adobe Illustrator?
Links
Before creating assets for the project, which of the following design decisions need to be made?
Make sure the assets are appropriate for the intended age of the children Ensure the art style is appealing to children and their parents
Which of the following is NOT a guideline when creating clipping masks in Adobe Illustrator?
Only bitmap objects can be clipping masks; however, any artwork can be masked.
Which of the following view modes allows you to see only the paths of a vector graphic?
Outlines
Which of the following is a raster, or bitmap file type?
PNG
Why would Packaging an Illustrator document be important before distributing an Illustrator file to multiple clients?
Packaging would ensure that each client could view the fonts used in the file
Mesh tool Rotate tool Pen tool Lasso tool Hand tool
Painting tool gallery Reshaping tool gallery Drawing tool gallery Selection tool gallery Moving and zooming tool gallery
Smooth point Corner point Direction handles Anchor point
Path segments are connected as a continuous curve A path that abruptly changes direction Consist of direction lines that end in direction points Mark at the beginning and end of each segment
Order of the development process
Planning Designing Building Testing Publishing
In the New Document dialog box, what does the Print profile present use as: its default unit of measurement?
Points
In the New Document dialog box, all the Profile presets use RPG color mode except which one?
A former collegue has asked for help in designing a web page mockup for a Bakery. All the content will use placeholder text and images. It is important to consider things like the ability to scale to different screen resolutions and sizes. Which of the following clearly outlines the goals and boundaries of a project?
Project scope
Which of the following describes creative work that can be used without permission because it is owned by the public and not an individual?
Public domain
During the process of zooming, panning and scrolling your artwork needs to do this so the appearance remains crisp and clean.
Render
Which of the following file formats is resolution-independent and is not composed of pixels?
SVG
