Unit D- Illustrator CS5
True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
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1. The Divide pathfinder cuts objects where they overlap.
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2. If you overlap two circles and then apply the Divide pathfinder, you’ll end up with four objects.
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3. When an object is divided, the resulting components are automatically grouped.
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4. A compound path occurs when one object is made from two or more paths.
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5. The star design in the accompanying figure could have been created using the Divide pathfinder.
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6. The star in the accompanying figure was most likely sliced with triangles.
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7. The star in the accompanying figure is made up of ten individual objects.
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8. In the accompanying figure, the yellow blend has not been expanded.
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9. The line connecting the two blend objects in the accompanying figure is called the spine.
____ 10. The red blend in the accompanying figure was created using seven steps.
Modified True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false. If false, change the identified word or phrase to make the
statement true.
____ 11. Pathfinders provide preset operations to create new objects from overlapping objects.
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____ 12. When you share an object, you use a given shape to define the perimeter of another object.
_________________________
____ 13. A complete circle has 340 degrees. _________________________
____ 14. When straight or curved open paths are used to divide artwork, the paths themselves no longer
remain after the artwork is divided. _________________________
____ 15. The object in the accompanying figure is an example of a compound pathfinder.
_________________________
____ 16. In the accompanying figure, item 1 points to one of the five positive spaces.
_________________________
____ 17. Blends are most commonly used to create interesting shape patterns, color blends, or both.
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____ 18. The Select tool samples the color attributes of an object. _________________________
____ 19. Illustrator identifies a compound path as a(n) single object. _________________________
____ 20. Never underestimate the role that experimentation plays in graphic design.
_________________________
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 21. The hole in a compound path is also known as the ____ space.
a. negative
c. compounded
b. positive
d. complex
____ 22. To select objects with different color fills than the selected object, you would choose to select the
____.
a. opposite
c. negative
b. secondary
d. inverse
____ 23. A ____ is a series of intermediate objects between two objects.
a. compound path
c. blend
b. spine
d. gradient
____ 24. The horizontal line between two blend objects is called a(n) ____.
a. expander
c. spine
b. step
d. direction line
____ 25. If you move one of the original blend objects, the blend is ____.
a. expanded
c. restepped
b. redrawn
d. ungrouped
____ 26. If a blend object is made up of multiple objects, they need to be ____.
a. grouped
c. expanded
b. ungrouped
d. sent to the back
____ 27. You can sample color attributes from an object using the ____ tool.
a. Swatch
c. Eyedropper
b. Selection
d. Paint Bucket
____ 28. The number of steps in a blend are ____.
a. random
b. specified
c. an estimate number based on the distance between the two original objects
d. unknown until the blend is created
____ 29. Objects in a blend cannot be selected until you ____ them.
a. expand
c. group
b. ungroup
d. deselect
____ 30. To open the Blend Options dialog box, you ____.
a. double click the first blend object
c. right-click the Blend tool
b. double-click the Blend tool
d. right-click the first blend object
____ 31. When you expand a blend, you remove the ____.
a. steps
c. preview
b. outlines
d. spine
____ 32. A clockwise blend is created between ____.
a. layered strokes
c. paths
b. dashed lines
d. paths and a clipping mask
____ 33. In a clockwise blend, colors blend like the hands of a clock sweeping around a(n) ____ point.
a. reference
c. radial
b. anchor
d. center
____ 34. What tool would you use to create a clockwise blend?
a. Blend
c. Either a. or b.
b. Complex Blend
d. There is not a tool for this job
____ 35. A clipping mask must be a(n) ____ object
a. grouped
c. ungrouped
b. single
d. complex
____ 36. Another word for “clipped” is ____.
a. cut
b. expanded
c. masked
d. compounded
____ 37. A clipping mask could be a(n) ____.
a. open path
b. compound path
c. complex path
d. bitmap image
____ 38. A clipping mask can also be ____.
a. ungrouped
b. compounded
c. released
d. expanded
____ 39. A clipping mask loses its fill and stroke colors once it is ____.
a. expanded
c. ungrouped
b. released
d. grouped
____ 40. What is the easiest way to select a clipping mask?
a. Use the Selection tool.
b. Use the Direct Selection tool.
c. Use the Select/Object/Clipping Masks command.
d. Use the Select/Clipping Masks command.
____ 41. Dashed strokes have different types of ____ caps.
a. finishing
c. end
b. projecting
d. start
____ 42. The type of cap for a dashed stroke is found on the ____ panel.
a. Stroke Style
c. Styles
b. Stroke
d. Dashed Stroke
____ 43. A Round Cap creates a(n) ____ at each end.
a. oval
c. dash
b. anchor point
d. gap
____ 44. For any weight stroke, a 0-dash with a Round Cap will create a dotted stroke as long as the gap is
____.
a. wide enough
c. visible enough
b. thin enough
d. on the top of the stack
____ 45. The dash and gap text boxes are on the ____ panel.
a. Control
c. Stroke
b. Info
d. Stroke Styles
____ 46. Layered strokes can be created from ____.
a. a combination of dashed and non-dashed strokes
b. only dashed strokes
c. only dotted strokes
d. only non-dashed strokes
____ 47. Complex layered strokes are useful for ____.
a. wallpaper
c. blends
b. borders
d. compound paths
____ 48. To create a dashed line, you must click the ____ check box on the Stroke panel.
a. Layered Stroke
c. Create Dash/Gap
b. Repeat Pattern
d. Dashed Line
____ 49. Press ____ to go from one text box to another in the Stroke panel.
a. [Enter] (Win) or [return] (Mac)
c. [Shift][Tab]
b. [Shift]
d. [Tab]
____ 50. In the Rotate dialog box, you type a value in the ____ text box.
a. Angle
c. Degree
b. Rotate
d. Radius
____ 51. The Divide button is found on the ____ panel.
a. Shapes
c. Pathfinder
b. Shape Mode
d. Control
____ 52. When an object is ____, the remaining components are automatically grouped.
a. united
c. compounded
b. divided
d. masked
____ 53. The letter “O” is a good example of a(n) ____.
a. open path
c. compound path
b. clockwise blend
d. mask
____ 54. A good example of a compound path would be a ____.
a. masked object
c. star
b. donut
d. blended spine
____ 55. In the accompanying figure, item 1 is a(n) ____.
a. empty object
c. cover object
b. placeholder
d. front object
Will has created a brochure for a piano recital and wants to make an interesting pattern of musical
notes on the front cover. He decides to use the Blend tool.
____ 56. In order to get started, Will creates two quarter notes and then blends them by____.
a. dragging the Blend tool from the first quarter note to the second
b. double-clicking the Blend tool to open the Blend Options dialog box, choosing
options, closing the Blend Options dialog box, then clicking the first blend object
and then the second blend object with the Blend tool
c. selecting both blend objects, then clicking the Blend button on the Pathfinder panel
d. double-clicking the Blend tool to open the Blend Options dialog box, choosing
options, closing the Blend Options dialog box, then dragging the Blend tool from
the first quarter note to the second
____ 57. After blending the two quarter notes, Will realizes that the blend is too short. He makes the blend
longer by ____.
a. moving one of the blend objects farther away from its original location
b. undoing his last step, relocating the blend objects and then starting over
c. increasing the number of specified steps in the Blend Options dialog box
d. ungrouping the blend and moving all of the blend objects
____ 58. Will has created a blend using seven steps. When he switches to Outline mode to view his blend, he
sees ____.
a. nine blend objects; the seven steps and the two original blend objects
b. the two original blend objects and a straight line between them
c. seven blend objects
d. nine blend objects, and a straight line stringing them together
Charles was given an illustration containing some steps and he has been asked to modify the work
for his friend.
____ 59. Now Charles would like to modify the colors of the steps so he switches to Preview mode and ____.
a. expands the spine
b. double-clicks the Blend tool on the blend to ungroup it
c. removes the spine
d. expands the blend
____ 60. Charles knows that when a blend is expanded, ____.
a. the component objects of the blend are automatically ungrouped.
b. the component objects of the blend are automatically grouped.
c. the component objects of the blend are automatically selected.
d. the component objects of the blend are automatically edited.
Completion
Complete each statement.
61. The Compound Path command is found on the ____________________ menu.
62. You will not see the blend steps in ____________________ mode.
63. A clipping ____________________ is used to clip other objects below it so that only those objects
below it and within its boundaries are seen.
64. The blank spaces in a dashed line are referred to as ____________________.
65. A(n) ____________________ Cap extends the stroke past the anchor points to a distance that is
equal to 1/2 the point size of the stroke itself.
66. A(n) ____________________ Cap is a blunt cap.
67. When you create a layered stroke, you copy the first stroke, then use the ____________________
command.
Matching
Identify the letter of the choice that best matches the phrase or definition.
a. Clipping mask
d. Blend
b. Expand
e. Negative space
c. Compound path
____ 68. Two or more paths united as one complete path
____ 69. Makes blend steps editable objects
____ 70. A series of intermediate objects between two objects
____ 71. Object that you use to “clip” other objects so that only the parts of the objects
that are clipped are visible
____ 72. The see-through areas of a compound path
Unit D
Answer Section
TRUE/FALSE
1. ANS: T
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 76
2. ANS: F
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 76
3. ANS: T
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 76
4. ANS: T
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 78
5. ANS: T
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 76 - Illustrator 77
6. ANS: F
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 76 - Illustrator 77
7. ANS: T
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 76 - Illustrator 77
8. ANS: T
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 82 - Illustrator 83
9. ANS: T
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 82 - Illustrator 83
10. ANS: F
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 82 - Illustrator 83
MODIFIED TRUE/FALSE
11. ANS: T
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 75
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 76
12. ANS: F, mask
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 75
13. ANS: F, 360
PTS: 1
14. ANS: T
REF: Illustrator 76
15. ANS: F, path
PTS: 1
16. ANS: F, negative
REF: Illustrator 80 - Illustrator 81
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 80 - Illustrator 81
17. ANS: T
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 82
19. ANS: T
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 78
20. ANS: T
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 80
18. ANS: F, Eyedropper
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 82
MULTIPLE CHOICE
21. ANS: A
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 78
22. ANS: D
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 80
23. ANS: C
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 82
24. ANS: C
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 82
25. ANS: B
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 82
26. ANS: A
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 82
27. ANS: C
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 82
28. ANS: B
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 84
29. ANS: A
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 82
30. ANS: B
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 82
31. ANS: D
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 82
32. ANS: C
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 84
33. ANS: D
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 84
34. ANS: D
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 84
35. ANS: B
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 86
36. ANS: C
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 86
37. ANS: B
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 86
38. ANS: C
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 86
39. ANS: B
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 86
40. ANS: C
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 86
41. ANS: C
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 90
42. ANS: B
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 90
43. ANS: A
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 90
44. ANS: A
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 90
45. ANS: C
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 90
46. ANS: A
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 92
47. ANS: B
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 92
48. ANS: D
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 92
49. ANS: D
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 90
50. ANS: A
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 84
51. ANS: C
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 76
52. ANS: B
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 76
53. ANS: C
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 78
54. ANS: B
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 78
55. ANS: D
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 79
56. ANS: B
PTS: 1
TOP: Critical Thinking
REF: Illustrator 82
57. ANS: A
PTS: 1
TOP: Critical Thinking
REF: Illustrator 82
58. ANS: B
PTS: 1
TOP: Critical Thinking
REF: Illustrator 82
59. ANS: D
PTS: 1
TOP: Critical Thinking
REF: Illustrator 82
60. ANS: B
PTS: 1
TOP: Critical Thinking
REF: Illustrator 82
COMPLETION
61. ANS: Object
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 78
62. ANS: Outline
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 82
63. ANS: mask
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 86
64. ANS: gaps
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 90
65. ANS: Projecting
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 90
66. ANS: Butt
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 90
67. ANS: Paste in Front
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 92
MATCHING
68. ANS: C
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 78
69. ANS: B
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 82
70. ANS: D
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 82
71. ANS: A
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 86
72. ANS: E
PTS: 1
REF: Illustrator 78