Adobe Illustrator Drawing and Shaping Objects 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which Pathfinder operation merges selected shapes into a single combined shape keeping the outermost outline?
- Minus Front
- Unite (Correct answer)
- Intersect
- Divide
Correct answer: Unite
Unite combines selected objects into one shape using their combined outline.
Question 2: What does the Pathfinder 'Minus Front' command do?
- Subtracts the front object from the back object (Correct answer)
- Keeps only overlapping areas
- Splits the shape into pieces
- Removes the back object
Correct answer: Subtracts the front object from the back object
Minus Front cuts away the top object, leaving the portion of the back object that remains.
Question 3: The 'Intersect' Pathfinder mode results in what?
- Only the area where all selected shapes overlap (Correct answer)
- Everything except the overlap
- Two separate paths
- A compound path of all shapes
Correct answer: Only the area where all selected shapes overlap
Intersect retains only the region shared by all selected objects.
Question 4: Which tool lets you merge, delete, and paint individual overlapping regions of shapes directly on the canvas?
- Shape Builder tool (Correct answer)
- Live Paint Bucket
- Eraser tool
- Reshape tool
Correct answer: Shape Builder tool
The Shape Builder tool combines or extracts overlapping regions by dragging across them.
Question 5: When using the Shape Builder tool, what does holding Alt/Option while clicking a region do?
- Duplicates the region
- Deletes that region (Correct answer)
- Applies a stroke
- Locks the region
Correct answer: Deletes that region
Alt-clicking with the Shape Builder tool removes the targeted region.
Question 6: What is created when you apply 'Divide' from the Pathfinder panel to overlapping shapes?
- A single merged path
- Separate faces split along every intersection, grouped together (Correct answer)
- An empty compound path
- A clipping mask
Correct answer: Separate faces split along every intersection, grouped together
Divide splits the artwork into separate filled faces wherever paths intersect, kept in a group.
Question 7: A compound shape created with Pathfinder is editable until you do what?
- Save the file
- Click Expand (Correct answer)
- Change the fill color
- Group the objects
Correct answer: Click Expand
Clicking Expand permanently flattens a compound shape into final paths.
Adobe Illustrator Drawing and Shaping Objects 3
Which Pathfinder operation merges selected shapes into a single combined shape keeping the outermost outline?