True/False
Indicate whether the
statement is true or false.
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All the quick keys for commands
in Illustrator CS5 are the same for both the Macintosh and Windows platforms.
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2.
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Before you can move or modify
an Illustrator object, you must identify it by selecting it with a selection tool, menu item, or
command key.
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3.
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You must lock guides before you
can select them or delete them.
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4.
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You can drag and drop swatches
onto unselected objects to change their fill or their stroke color.
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5.
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While the Direct Selection tool
is no more than a means to an end for selecting and moving objects, the Selection tool is in itself a
drawing tool.
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6.
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Use the Reflect tool to
“flip” an object over an imaginary axis.
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7.
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When the Fill button is behind
the Stroke button, the fill is activated.
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8.
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To apply a fill or a stroke to
an object, you must first activate the appropriate button.
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9.
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The fill color is the color of
an object’s border or frame.
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10.
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Illustrator CS5 allows you to
have anywhere from 1 to 100 artboards in a single document, depending on the size of the
artboards.
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Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that
best completes the statement or answers the question.
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11.
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Pressing and holding
[Shift] when drawing with the Rectangle tool creates what?
a. | A perfect
rectangle | b. | A square | c. | A diamond shape | d. | A duplicate rectangle |
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12.
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____ are windows containing
features for modifying and manipulating Illustrator objects.
a. | Ellipses | b. | Screens | c. | Panels | d. | Samplers |
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13.
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To switch between activating
the fill and activating the stroke, you should press which key?
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14.
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The ____ box is a box with
eight hollow white squares that appears around an object or objects when
selected.
a. | scale | b. | border | c. | bounding | d. | context |
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15.
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In Illustrator, a star shape
has how many radii?
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16.
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When you press [Alt]
(Win) or [option] (Mac) while dragging an object, the pointer becomes a(n) ____
pointer.
a. | selection | b. | double-arrow | c. | context-sensitive | d. | insertion |
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17.
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If you click the Direct
Selection tool on the center of a filled object ____.
a. | the entire object is
selected | b. | the anchor points appear hollow | c. | only the center point is
selected | d. | nothing will be selected |
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18.
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The commands for showing,
hiding and locking guides can all be found on which menu?
a. | File | b. | Edit | c. | Object | d. | View |
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The command Group be found on
which menu?
a. | File | b. | Edit | c. | Object | d. | View |
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20.
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The commands for zooming in and
out can be found on which menu ?
a. | File | b. | Edit | c. | Object | d. | View |
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21.
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The command to turn Smart
Guides on and off can be found under which menu on the Application bar?
a. | File | b. | Edit | c. | Object | d. | View |
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Case Based Critical
Thinking
Mark is a
well-known illustrator and artist who started his own design firm two years ago. Because Mark’s
business is more about illustration than anything else, he is constantly challenging his staff to
hone their skills in Adobe Illustrator. He finds that, though many have “played around”
with the software, most of his designers are Photoshop gurus who don’t fully appreciate the
abilities and the concepts associated with Illustrator.
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One of Mark’s logo
designs - created exclusively in Illustrator - was used on the cover of a corporate annual. Now the
client has called and asked for the same logo to be used in an outdoor billboard campaign. One of
Mark’s designers worries that Mark’s logo is too small to be used on such a large display
- that the reduction in quality will be unacceptable. Based on this interaction, Mark realizes that
his designer doesn’t understand the concept of ____.
a. | bitmap
graphics | b. | pixels | c. | interpolation | d. | resolution independence |
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Mark’s team is working on
a complex layout for a children’s book that will utilize the same few Illustrator graphics at
various sizes and rotations. Many of them will be positioned as mirror images, and all of them will
be positioned precisely, based on a complex grid. Mark knows that this project will challenge his
team’s abilities working with ____.
a. | shape
tools | b. | drawing tools | c. | transform tools | d. | selection tools |
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24.
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Mark’s team is excited to
be working on a project that involves many geometric illustrations, but the big challenge is that the
artwork demands precise positioning. In many cases, objects must abut precisely, with no gap and no
overlap. Mark tells his team that they should rely heavily on which of the following Illustrator
features?
a. | grouping
objects | b. | smart guides | c. | dragging and dropping | d. | all of the
above |
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25.
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What is the term that refers to
the order of how objects are arranged in front and behind other objects on the
artboard?
a. | Arranging
order | c. | Stacking
order | b. | Layer order | d. | Placement order |
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