Drawing for Designers

Adobe Illustrator Final Exam Study Guide

What tool allows you to select nodes (anchor points)?

Direct Selection Tool

To edit a curve using the direction handles, you would use the ____________________.

Direct Selection Tool

Only Direct Selection can click and drag the direction handles that control the curve shape.

Selection Tool

Which tool is used to move (pan) around the artboard without changing the zoom level?

Hand Tool

Which tool icon looks like a white arrow and allows you to select individual anchor points?

Direct selection tool

Which of the following is NOT a basic selection method in Illustrator?

Using the Easer tool

The Selection Tool used to select entire objects rather than individual anchor points

True

The Direct Selection Tool can be used to move individual anchor points and direction induvial anchor points and direction handles

True

Illustrator is used to create and edit ________________ objects.

Vector

Which file extension is native to Illustrator?

.ai

Which file format should you use to keep an illustration document fully editable with layers and vectors

.ai

Illustrator is primarily a raster-based image editor, similar to Photoshop.

False

Which color mode is normally recommended when preparing artwork for print?

CMYK

CMYK color mode is recommended for artwork that will only be viewed on screens.

False

Illustrator’s native file format is .ai.

True

With the Pen Tool (P), what does a click-and-drag (instead of a simple click) do?

Creates a curved segment with direction handles

How do you close a path using the Pen Tool?

Click the first anchor point when you see the small circle cursor

Which tool would you use to draw a straight line segment by clicking once for each anchor point?

Pen Tool

Why should you create swatches when working in Illustrator?

To assure you are using consistent color throughout the document

Strokes are measured in ___________________.

points

Which statement about Fill and Stroke is correct?

Fill colors the inside of a shape; stroke colors the outline

Which tool allows you to sample a color from one object and apply it to another?

Eyedropper Tool

Increasing the stroke weight of an object will also change its fill color

False

Which tool is used to combine or subtract overlapping shapes by dragging across them

Shape Builder Tool

Before using the Shape Builder Tool, what must you do?

Select the shapes you want to combine or subtract

In the Pathfinder panel, which mode creates one single shape from all overlapping shapes?

unite

In the Pathfinder panel, which mode removes the front shape from the back shape?

Minus Front

Which tool icon looks like two overlapping shapes with a small arrow cursor, used to merge or subtract shapes?

Shape builder tool

The Shape Builder Tool can both combine and subtract areas of overlapping shapes.

true

The Pathfinder panel is used only for aligning objects.

false

Which panel do you use to align objects to the center of the artboard or to each other?

Align Panel

In the Align panel, which option lines up the left edges of multiple objects?

Align Left

To move an object back one step in the stacking order you would

____________________________.

Go to Arrange > Send Backward

If you do not want an object to move you should ____________________.

Lock it

Which panel lets you manage layers, sublayers, and stacking order of objects?

Layers Panel

Which command groups selected objects so they move and transform together?

Object > Group

The Align panel can align objects relative to the artboard.

True

Locking a layer prevents objects on that layer from being selected or edited.

True

Grouping objects makes it impossible to edit the individual objects inside the group.

False

The eye icon next to a layer in the Layers panel toggles the visibility of that layer on and off.

True

What does the Image Trace feature do?

Converts a raster image into vector shapes and paths

After using Image Trace, which command converts the traced object into editable vector paths?

Expand

Image Trace is used to convert a placed raster image into vector shapes.

True

After using Image Trace, clicking Expand allows you to edit the traced shapes with the

Direct Selection Tool.

True

In the “Happy Camper” project, which types of shapes are primarily used to build the camper graphic?

Basic rectangles and circles

What is a main benefit of building a logo like “Happy Camper” from basic vector shapes instead of a single freehand brush drawing?

It remains clean and easily editable at any size

Which keyboard shortcut undoes the last action in Illustrator?

Ctrl/Cmd + Z

Which tool creates freehand paths that you can later smooth or edit?

Pencil Tool

Which tool do you use to add, resize, or delete artboards in a document?

Artboard Tool

In the “Happy Camper” project, combining simple shapes helps keep the logo scalable and easy to edit.

True

Illustrator

vector, not raster.

Selection

whole objects

Shape Builder and Pathfinder

combine and cut shapes.

Align Panel

line up shapes, can align to artboard

Layers Panel

order, lock, hide, and group objects.

Image Trace + expand

convert a raster image into editable vector paths

Print

CMYK

Screen

RGB

Native file

,ai

Direct Selection

anchor points and handles.