Deck 4: Transforming and Distorting Objects

Question 1

Shape modes and pathfinders can be applied to overlapping objects using the Effect menu or the Pathfinder panel.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The Shear tool skews an object on an axis that the user can specify.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

With a transform tool selected, pressing [Alt] (Win) or [option] (Mac) and clicking the artboard defines the point of origin and opens the tool's dialog box.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Click a transform tool, press [Alt] (Win) or [option] (Mac), then click the artboard - where you click will be the point of origin for the transformation and the tool's dialog box opens.

Question 5

You can think of the Shape Builder tool as a combination of the Live Paint Bucket tool and the Pathfinder buttons.

Question 6

The Shape Builder tool creates new closed paths from overlapping objects.

Question 7

Compound paths can be released and returned to their original component objects.

Question 8

When two or more objects are made into a compound path, Illustrator defines them as one object.

Question 9

When you select any two objects and apply the Make Clipping Mask command, the backmost object functions as the mask, and the object in front is masked.

Question 10

The Reflect tool reflects an object across its point of origin.

Question 11

When you select a single object in a compound path, you can make its appearance attributes different from the other objects in the compound path.

Question 12

The only transformation you cannot make using tools on the Transform panel is a reflection.

Question 13

By default, an object's Y coordinate represents its vertical distance from the bottom left corner of the artboard.

Question 14

The Free Transform tool is excellent for making quick, inexact transformations.

Question 15

All transformations are executed from a fixed point, referred to as the point of origin.

Question 16

The Pathfinder panel has ten buttons.

Question 17

If you move an object, applying the Transform Again command will move the object again.

Question 18

The Axis panel offers a quick and simple solution for aligning selected objects along the axis you specify.

Question 19

With a given transform tool selected in the Tools panel, clicking anywhere on the artboard will open the tool's dialog box.

Question 20

Changing an object's size is an example of a transformation.

Question 21

The Reflect tool is useful for creating a cast shadow.

Question 22

The Shape Builder tool is designed to help you create new objects from overlapping objects.

Question 23

The Shape Builder tool is similar in function to the Unite pathfinder.

Question 24

Gradients cannot be applied to strokes.

Question 25

Compound paths can be used to create complex, eye-catching graphics.

Question 26

When two or more objects are compounded, Illustrator continues to define the objects as individual objects.

Question 27

There are four basic methods for making transformations with the transform tools.

Question 28

When two objects are made into a compound path, one object functions as a transparent hole in conjunction with the object behind it.

Question 29

If you transform an object from its center point, select a second object, then apply the Transform Again command, the second object is transformed from its own center point.

Question 30

Generally, compound shapes are used only for practical - as opposed to artistic - purposes.

Question 31

Click a transform tool, then click the artboard - where you click defines the point of origin for the transformation.

Question 32

You can type new values directly into the Transform panel to modify selected objects.

Question 33

The Free Transform tool is best for performing quick transformations.

Question 34

The Shear tool can be used to create a mirror image.

Question 35

Using the Free Transform tool, you drag handles to scale, rotate, and shear a selected object.

Question 36

When you apply a shape mode button, the two overlapping objects are combined into one object with the same formatting as the topmost object in the group before the shape mode button was applied.

Question 37

The Outline Stroke command is useful for applying a gradient to a stroke.

Question 38

The Outline Stroke command is useful for making concentric circles.

Question 39

By default, an object's X coordinate represents its horizontal distance from the bottom right corner of the artboard.

Question 40

In a compound group, you cannot select one of the objects that make up the group individually.

Question 41

Case Based Critical Thinking
Now that his team has been using Illustrator regularly and getting comfortable with the software, Mark is excited to work with them on some of the more interesting features and to share with them some of his special techniques.
Mark asks his designers to picture two circles set apart from one another, then to picture a third circle added between them, positioned so that each of the outside circles overlaps the middle circle.He then asks them to picture a line - drawn with the Pen tool - that crosses horizontally through all three circles.If you were to select all three circles and the line, and then apply the Divide pathfinder, how many objects would be created?

A)6
B)8
C)10
D)12

Question 42

The Transform Each dialog box offers which of the following transformations?

A)Move
B)Offset Path
C)Outline Stroke
D)Cut and Paste

Question 43

Case Based Critical Thinking
Now that his team has been using Illustrator regularly and getting comfortable with the software, Mark is excited to work with them on some of the more interesting features and to share with them some of his special techniques.
Mark and his team are sitting down for lunch, and Mark is making a sandwich.Mark holds up a piece of Swiss cheese and tells his team that if they were to draw this in Illustrator, they'd need to use which of the following?

A)masks
B)compound paths
C)pathfinders
D)the artboard tool

Question 44

An object's position on the artboard is indicated using which of the following?

A)smart guides
B)snap to point
C)X and Y coordinates
D)rulers

Question 45

If you want to use multiple objects as a clipping mask, you must first

A)group them
B)unite them with the Unite button
C)make them into a compound path
D)send them to the back of the stacking order

Question 46

In the Transform panel, all values refer to the bounding box of an object only if the bounding box is visible.If not, the values refer to the object's center point.

Question 47

Multiple objects can be used as a single clipping mask without making them into a compound path.

Question 48

To help you remember the shortcut key for the Transform Again command, think which of the following?

A)"T" for transform
B)"R" for repeat
C)"D" for duplicate
D)"A" for again

Question 49

The Shape Builder tool can't delete closed paths from overlapping objects.

Question 50

You can use the Free Transform tool to do which of the following?

A)scale an object from any point of origin
B)rotate a copy of an object
C)perform a non-uniform scale
D)Divide an object

Question 51

The Tools panel contains how many transform tools?

A)4
B)5
C)6
D)7

Question 52

When transforming an object with the Free Transform tool, the object is transformed from which of the following?

A)its center point
B)its top left anchor point
C)a point you click on the artboard
D)its outer radius

Question 53

Shape modes and pathfinders are a group of preset operations that help you combine paths in a variety of ways.

Question 54

Like a compound path, a compound shape is two or more paths that are combined in such a way the holes appear wherever paths overlap.

Question 55

Illustrator refers to a complex compound path as what?

A)compound shape
B)shape mode
C)clipping mask
D)pathfinder

Question 56

Shape modes and pathfinders are very useful for what?

A)creating compound paths from simple paths
B)creating irregular shapes from basic shapes
C)creating compound shapes
D)creating shape modes

Question 57

Case Based Critical Thinking
Now that his team has been using Illustrator regularly and getting comfortable with the software, Mark is excited to work with them on some of the more interesting features and to share with them some of his special techniques.
Mark is talking with his team about clipping masks.One of the junior designers is having trouble with the concept that there's more to the masked art than you can see, so Mark gives a quick quiz to them all, asking which of the following is not a good analogy for a clipping mask?

A)a white stencil positioned over a pink wall
B)the matting in a picture frame
C)a hole in a wall
D)a lamp on a desk

Question 58

The ____ button on the Pathfinder panel creates a single, merged object from the area where two or more objects overlap.

A)Intersect shape mode
B)Divide pathfinder
C)Unite shape mode
D)Minus Back

Question 59

When the Outline Stroke command is applied to a stroked path, the width of the closed path that is created is ____.

A)a number that you input in the Outline Stroke Options dialog box
B)by default, half the height of the original stroked path
C)the same as the stroke weight of the original stroked path
D)one-half the stroke weight of the original stroked path

Question 60

Why is Outline mode especially useful for rotations?

A)because objects are transparent
B)because strokes are not visible
C)because fills are not visible
D)because center points are visible

Question 61

Case Based Critical Thinking
Now that his team has been using Illustrator regularly and getting comfortable with the software, Mark is excited to work with them on some of the more interesting features and to share with them some of his special techniques.
One of Mark's designers is trying to make concentric circles with the Scale tool.Mark tells him to draw the smallest circle first, then to use which of the following techniques to create perfect concentric circles.

A)In the Scale dialog box, create the desired number of copies all at once, and all at the same percentage
B)Use the Offset Path command
C)Select the circle, select the Scale tool, click and drag to create a copy, then repeat the transformation until you have the desired number of circles
D)Select the circle, select the Scale tool, click and drag to create a copy, then use the same method to create the remaining copies one at a time.

Question 62

Which command "uncompounds" a path, returning it to its component objects?

A)Release Compound Path
B)Remove Compound Path
C)Delete Compound Path
D)Transform Path

Question 63

In the above figure, number 3 identifies which pathfinder or shape mode?

Question 64

In the above figure, number 1 identifies which pathfinder or shape mode?

Question 65

To transform multiple selected objects individually, apply which command?

Question 66

In the above figure, number 4 identifies which pathfinder or shape mode?

Question 67

The Reflect tool comes in handy when trying to draw what kind of objects?

A)symmetrical objects
B)compound paths
C)concentric squares
D)anchor points

Question 68

Describe the appearance of a cast shadow.

Question 69

Which transform tool flips an object across an axis?

Question 70

Which of the following letters would be an example of a compound path?

A)E
B)G
C)P
D)U

Question 71

In the above figure, number 2 identifies which pathfinder or shape mode?

Question 72

When transformed, the default point of origin for an object is what?

A)its top left anchor
B)its bottom right anchor point
C)its center point
D)its bottom left anchor point

Question 73

When two objects are made into a compound path, a hole appears where?

A)in the center of the front object
B)in the center of the back object
C)where the two objects overlap
D)in the areas where the objects aren't overlapping

Question 74

The Pathfinder panel contains how many buttons?

Question 75

Which command do you use to create a hole in an object?

Question 76

When you create a new document, where is the Reflect tool hidden?

Question 77

Which command converts a stroked path into a closed path?

Question 78

Case Based Critical Thinking
Now that his team has been using Illustrator regularly and getting comfortable with the software, Mark is excited to work with them on some of the more interesting features and to share with them some of his special techniques.
Mark draws a red heart shaped object on the art board.He then creates a gold star that is larger than the heart object and positions the star over the heart.He selects both then applies the Intersect shape mode.What does he now see on the art board?

A)a red heart
B)a gold heart
C)a red star
D)a gold star

Question 79

When you select an object then click the Free Transform tool, what is the name of the eight-handled object that appears around the selected object?

Question 80

Case Based Critical Thinking
Now that his team has been using Illustrator regularly and getting comfortable with the software, Mark is excited to work with them on some of the more interesting features and to share with them some of his special techniques.
One of Mark's designers draws a diamond shape, fills it with yellow, then applies a 12 point black stroke.She becomes frustrated though, when she realizes that she can't apply a gradient to a stroke.Which of the following is her best option?

A)Use the Create Outlines command
B)Use the Offset Path command
C)Use the Outline Stroke Command
D)Give up - there's no way to create the effect.