Adobe Illustrator Practice Test - Practice Test Geeks

Which of the following tools allows you to combine and erase basic shapes to create complex shapes?

A) Blend Tool

B) Live Paint Bucket

C) Shape-Builder Tool

D) Join Tool

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Explanation:
The shape builder tool in Illustrator is an important and useful tool to learn and get hands-on with. With this tool in practice, the user can make different artworks and vector graphics using shapes and patterns. The user need not be well versed with the pen tool and brushes can make use of the Shape Builder tool and create their desired designs.

In Illustrator, what is a symbol?

A) Any visual graphic created in your document.

B) An art object that you can reuse in a document.

C) A special type of color swatch.

D) An interactive link found in a document.

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Explanation:
Symbols, in Illustrator, are pieces of art that you can save and easily reuse as many times as needed. Some examples of symbols that you might encounter include logos, button shapes, and small graphics that may be repeated a number of times in an Illustrator file.

What choice would result in a smaller fall size for your document?

A) Exporting artwork as a BMP file

B) Only using black strokes in your document

C) Linking artwork to the illustrator file

D) Embedding artwork into the illustrator file

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Explanation:
Correct answer is Linking artwork to the illustrator file

Why is it necessary to package an Illustrator document before releasing it to a number of clients?

A) Packaging would ensure that each client could view the fonts used in the file

B) A Packaged file can be viewed without a copy of Adobe Illustrator

C) Packaging would prevent the file from being corrupted

D) Packaging would ensure a smaller file size for easy transfer

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Explanation:
Packaging files ensures that the font will be preserved so that the document is viewed with the correct fonts from computer to computer

Which of the following tools can you use to make a corner out of a smooth anchor point?

A) perspective grid tool

B) Anchor Point tool

C) Slice tool

D) spiral tool

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Explanation:
The anchor points define the angles and curves to draw smooth, clean and precise shapes that can be scaled to any size. Illustrator also provides tools to break or split a path at any anchor point or along any segment to help you edit your artwork easily.

Which design principle employs design components to draw attention

A) Field of View

B) Focal Point

C) Rule of thirds

D) Aspect Ratio

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Explanation:
Focal Point. Focal point (often de s cribed as e mphasis), is the element we intend the viewer to focus on, and thus, the element we are emphasizing.

What actually is a raster?

A) Single dot or point in an image that are arranged in a grid layout to create a bitmap image

B) An image created with mathematical calculations and can be enlarged without a loss of quality

C) A type of image that when scaled will lose quality

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Explanation:
In computer graphics and digital photography, a raster graphic is a bitmap image that represents a generally rectangular grid of pixels, viewable via a computer display, paper, or other display medium. A raster is technically characterized by the width and height of the image in pixels and by the number of bits per pixel. Raster images are stored in image files with varying dissemination, production, generation, and acquisition formats.

Which two techniques can you use to give your artwork the appearance of depth?

A) Color and tone

B) Foreground and background

C) Lighting and shading

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Explanation:
The correct answer is Lighting and shading

What specifically is a bitmap?

A) An image that is represented by pixels in a grid layout; each pixel contains color information for the image

B) An image created with mathematical calculations and can be enlarged without a loss of quality

C) Single dot or point in an image that are arranged in a grid layout to create a bitmap image

D) The process of converting a vector image into a bitmap image

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Explanation:
A bitmap is a mapping from one system such as integers to bits. It is also known as bitmap index or a bit array. The memory is divided into units for bitmap. These units may range from a few bytes to several kilobytes.

RGB color mode is described by which of the following?

A) Best for projects intended to be used on the web or video

B) Uses different shades of gray

C) The only colors saved are the colors used in the image

D) Best for professional printing projects using process colors

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Explanation:
The RGB color model is an additive color model in which the red, green, and blue primary colors of light are added together in various ways to reproduce a broad array of colors. The name of the model comes from the initials of the three additive primary colors, red, green, and blue.

Indexed color is described by which of the following?

A) Uses different shades of gray

B) The only colors saved are the colors used in the image

C) Uses black and white

D) Best for projects intended to be used on the web or video

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Explanation:
Indexed color is a technique to manage digital images' colors in a limited fashion, in order to save computer memory and file storage, while speeding up display refresh and file transfers. It is a form of vector quantization compression.

When should you employ a PDF or EPS file type?

A) Video

B) Print

C) Microsoft Applications

D) Web

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Explanation:
The correct answer is Print

Which of the following is a Web-based file type?

A) PDF

B) MOV

C) BMP

D) JPEG

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Explanation:
JPEG or JPG (/ˈdʒeɪpɛɡ/ JAY-peg) is a commonly used method of lossy compression for digital images, particularly for those images produced by digital photography. The degree of compression can be adjusted, allowing a selectable trade-off between storage size and image quality.

Which of the following statements accurately defines the Blob brush?

A) Draws individual concave and convex curve segments

B) Automatically expand and merges calligraphic brush paths that share the same color

C) Removes paths and anchor points from objects

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Explanation:
The blob brush is really the perfect tool for reworking a design in this way given that shapes can be nibbled away at using the eraser tool (Shift + E) and then added to again with the blob brush. Lastly, this design features many casual lines and shapes.

Which of the following best characterizes the color of the Global Process?

A) These colors are not linked and do not automatically update when the color is modified

B) Use when few colors are specified and color accuracy is critical

C) Use when a job requires many colors, as when printing color photographs

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Explanation:
The correctanswer is Use when a job requires many colors, as when printing color photographs

A computer monitor uses which color mode, while a printer uses which color mode?

A) Monitor uses RGB, and the printer uses RGB.

B) Monitor uses RGB, and the printer uses CMYK.

C) Monitor uses CYMK, and the printer uses Grayscale.

D) Monitor uses CYMK, and the printer uses RGB.

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Explanation:
Monitors use the RGB color spectrum, a printer uses ink cartridges in cyan, magenta, yellow, and black (K)

Which of the following graphic elements does not require any prior setup, testing, or confirmation before being used in a video?

A) File format

B) Labeling layers

C) Bleed

D) File size

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Explanation:
A bleed in illustrator is a small area around the edge of your artwork that extends beyond the “finished” cut edge of your document. After printing occurs, the bleed is trimmed off, creating finished artwork that stops at this cut edge. The bleeds eliminate issues that printers have of not printing exactly to the edge of the paper.

What is a direct selection tool, and how does it work?

A) Allows the selection of individual letters.

B) Allows the selection of individual points.

C) Allows the selection of individual shapes.

D) Allows the selection of individual lines.

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Explanation:
Direct Selection tool illustrator is one of the most important parts of the Selection tools. The Direct Selection tool helps the user to select a part of the object that includes anchor points or segments. We can also select multiple anchor points and edit them using the direct selection tool in illustrator.

True or Flase: After you've created an artboard, you can modify its width and length.

A) False

B) True

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Explanation:
The correct answer is True

What can you do with live paint?

A) Change the color of the whole image at once.

B) Draw things freely by hand.

C) Remove color from an image.

D) Fill specific areas in different colors.

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Explanation:
Live Paint is an intuitive way to create colored drawings. It lets you use the full range of Illustrator’s vector drawing tools, but treats all the paths you draw as though they are on the same flat surface. That is, none of the paths is behind or in front of any other

All of the following are fundamental transformation tools, with the exception of:

A) Invert

B) Reflect

C) Scale

D) Rotate

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Explanation:
The correct answer is Invert

What is the area in which you develop your artwork that is defined by a solid line?

A) Artboard

B) Main area

C) Drawing Zone

D) White Zone

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Explanation:
An artboard clips the contents of any contained elements to its boundaries. The hierarchy of elements in an artboard is displayed in the Layers panel, together with layers and layer groups. Artboards can contain layers and layer groups, but not other artboards

RGB is an acronym that stands for:

A) Red, Gray, Black

B) Red, Green, Black

C) Red, Green, Blue

D) Red, Gray, Blue

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What is the greatest method for dealing with artwork?

A) To avoid ruining the original artwork, work from a copy of the original.

B) When it comes to working with artwork, there are no best practices.

C) To avoid losing anything, save your work frequently.

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Explanation:
Always make a backup of the original when working with client-supplied artwork before attempting any image editing.

There are several options for creating a backup of the original artwork. Which of the following options is a good way to keep the original artwork safe? (Select all that apply.)

Please select 2 correct answers

A) There's no need to make a duplicate.

B) Make a copy of the original file.

C) Open your artwork in Photoshop and duplicate the layer, remembering to lock the original layer.

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Explanation:
The ideal way is to make a duplicate copy of the file, however copying the layer and locking the original is also an option.