Adobe Illustrator Working with the Pen Tool 3

Question 1

The Curvature tool (a Pen-tool relative) lets you create curves by:

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Clicking points and having Illustrator auto-calculate the curve

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Dragging direction handles manually

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Painting freehand strokes

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Tracing a raster image automatically

Question 2

To make an existing corner point smooth without redrawing, you can use the:

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Anchor Point tool (Convert)

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Scissors tool

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Knife tool

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Width tool

Question 3

In the Control panel, the 'Convert selected anchor points to smooth' button requires you to first select points with which tool?

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Direct Selection tool

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Selection tool

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Lasso tool

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Magic Wand tool

Question 4

What happens to direction handles when you drag a smooth anchor point's handle with no modifier key?

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Both handles move symmetrically

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Only one handle moves

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The handles are deleted

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The point becomes a corner

Question 5

The Join command (Ctrl/Cmd+J) on two selected open endpoints will:

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Connect them with a segment or merge coincident points

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Delete both points

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Smooth the entire path

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Create a compound path

Question 6

When tracing a complex shape, fewer anchor points generally produce:

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Smoother, cleaner curves

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More jagged edges

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Larger file errors

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Automatic gradients

Question 7

Which tool cuts a path at a single anchor point or segment, creating two open endpoints?

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Scissors tool

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Knife tool

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Eraser tool

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Delete Anchor Point tool