Deck 3: Drawing and Composing an Illustration

Question 1

If you are drawing with the Pen tool and click the Anchor Point tool, you will disconnect from the path.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

With a Projecting Cap, the weight of the stroke is equal on all sides of a path.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

To draw a curved path, click and drag the Pen tool when creating anchor points.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Choose Butt Caps for squared ends of a stroked path.

Question 5

Exact Dashes and Adjust Dashes affect how dashes are distributed along a stroked path or the edge of a stroked object.

Question 6

When you use the Direct Selection tool to select an anchor point connected to a curved segment, you will expose the point's direction lines.

Question 7

The Average command is a simple and effective way for aligning points.

Question 8

Press [Alt] (Win) or [option] (Mac) to access the Anchor Point tool.

Question 9

There are no shortcut keys for the Average and Join commands.

Question 10

You can create a maximum of four different sizes of dashes separated by four different sizes of gaps.

Question 11

Tracing a scanned image in Illustrator is looked down upon by professional designers.

Question 12

When you click and drag direction lines with the Convert Anchor Point tool, the direction lines move independently.

Question 13

If you position a red circle and a blue circle so that they partly overlap, the Live Paint Bucket tool can fill the overlapped area with a third color.

Question 14

The Eyedropper tool can only be used to sample one object's fill color and then apply it to another object.

Question 15

When two unstroked paths form a corner point, joins define the appearance of the corner.

Question 16

A smooth point always has two direction lines that move together as a unit.

Question 17

The length of a miter in a miter join is always the same as the stroke weight.

Question 18

Selected anchor points appear as white or hollow, while unselected points appear as solid.

Question 19

Caps are applied to the ends of open paths.

Question 20

The Projecting Cap applies a squared edge that extends the anchor points of a stroked path.

Question 21

Round caps create square dashes and butt caps create rounded dashes.

Question 22

The default Miter Limit is set to 3.

Question 23

To add a fill to an open path, Illustrator first must close the path by connecting the open points with a path.

Question 24

Generally, you will find the default miter limit satisfactory but remain conscious of it when you draw objects with acute angles.

Question 25

Locking and hiding placed elements will help you to protect the elements when they are positioned correctly.

Question 26

The greater the weight of the stroke, the less noticeable the joins will be.

Question 27

Once direction lines have been broken, they remain broken and can be moved independently with the Direct Selection tool.

Question 28

When you do a "marquee zoom," the area within the Zoom tool's marquee is magnified.

Question 29

Clicking and dragging a direction line of a smooth point with the Convert Anchor Point tool converts the point to a corner point.

Question 30

When you manipulate the direction lines of a smooth point, you change the curve of both segments attached to the point.

Question 31

When the Pen tool is positioned over a line segment of a selected path, the Add Anchor Point tool appears.

Question 32

Saving views is an effective way to increase your productivity.

Question 33

The Live Paint Bucket tool is located behind the Shapes tool.

Question 34

When two points are aligned on both the horizontal and vertical axis and are joined, they become one point.

Question 35

In Live Paint mode, the concept of objects no longer applies.

Question 36

Direction lines will print only if the path is selected when the document is closed.

Question 37

If you want to remove an anchor point from a path, selecting the point and applying the Cut command has the same result as using the Delete Anchor Point tool.

Question 38

Assembling an illustration with multiple objects will test your fluency with the stacking order commands.

Question 39

When objects in a live paint group are moved, the overlapping area changes shape and fill accordingly.

Question 40

Two anchor points aligned on both the horizontal and vertical axis are automatically joined.

Question 41

Which of the following letters is an example of a closed path?

A)C
B)L
C)D
D)X

Question 42

A corner point can join all but which of the following?

A)two straight segments
B)one straight and one curved segment
C)two curved segments
D)two gradient blends

Question 43

The Average and Join commands are under which menu?

A)Edit
B)Select
C)View
D)Object

Question 44

Which general term does Illustrator use to refer to that which has been applied to an object to affect its appearance?

A)symbol
B)attribute
C)filter
D)dressing

Question 45

Two anchor points aligned on both the horizontal and vertical axis are on top of each other.

Question 46

When two paths are joined at a corner point, manipulating one path will affect the other.

Question 47

The Place command is available on the Edit menu.

Question 48

Tweaking is always a part of the drawing process in Illustrator.

Question 49

Mark finds that his designers don't know any of the terms used to describe different components of a path.He tells his designers to compare a path drawn with the Pen tool to a road through the woods.With that analogy, a smooth point would occur at these places in the road:

A)curves
B)hills
C)corners
D)steps

Question 50

Anchor points created by clicking and dragging the Pen tool are called what?

A)smooth points
B)corner points
C)direction lines
D)miter joins

Question 51

Tweaking refers to what?

A)adding an anchor point to a path
B)converting a path into a guide
C)rotating an object precisely
D)making small improvements

Question 52

Case Based Critical Thinking
Mark finds that many of his designers are mostly Photoshop gurus and aren't fully up to speed with using the Pen tool to draw objects in Illustrator, and because of this, much of their line work and choices for stroking effects are unsatisfactory.He also finds that they are unaware of the basic concepts behind the Live Paint feature and how they relate to standard Illustrator working methods.
Mark reminds his team that line work is a critical component of Illustrator artwork.He reminds them to remain aware of joins and caps because their function is ____.

A)aesthetic - they affect only the appearance of stroke
B)practical - they affect miter limits and butt caps connect two right angle path segments
C)both a & b
D)none of the above

Question 53

When an object is selected, clicking a second object with the Eyedropper tool applies the second object's fill and stroke attributes to the selected object.

Question 54

Artistic attributes include fill and stroke color, as well as the stroke weight.

Question 55

When you remove an anchor point from a closed path by using the Cut command, which of the following choices best describes what happens?

A)the anchor point is pasted to the artboard
B)the paths attached to the point remain intact
C)the path is broken
D)the anchor point becomes a selection arrow

Question 56

Typographic attributes include the font, leading, and horizontal scale.

Question 57

If you drew four separate straight lines with the Pen tool then positioned them to make a tic-tac-toe grid, the Live Paint Bucket tool could apply a fill color to the center square.

Question 58

When you click a smooth point with the Anchor Point tool ____.

A)the two attached curved segments become straight segments
B)the direction lines are broken
C)the Convert Anchor Point tool becomes the Delete Anchor Point tool
D)the last selected color fills the point

Question 59

When the Pen tool is positioned over an anchor point on a selected path, ____.

A)the Pen tool becomes the Delete Anchor Point tool
B)the Pen tool becomes the Add Anchor Point tool
C)the Pen tool becomes a selection arrow
D)the Pen tool does not change

Question 60

The default Miter Limit is ____.

A)2
B)4
C)6
D)8

Question 61

Views that have been saved are listed where?

A)at the top of the Window menu
B)at the bottom of the Window menu
C)at the top of the View menu
D)at the bottom of the View menu

Question 62

In the figure above, describe how the figure on the left in is formed.

Question 63

What is the name of the command that allows you to save any view of the artboard?

A)Save View
B)New View
C)Edit View
D)Fit In Window

Question 64

Enter the appropriate word(s) to complete the statement.
____________________ points draw continuous curves.

Question 65

Enter the appropriate word(s) to complete the statement.
The ____________________ command unites anchor points.

Question 66

Which type of cap would you use to create a dotted line?

Question 67

The endpoints of two straight segments are united in what kind of anchor point?

Question 68

Enter the appropriate word(s) to complete the statement.
In the figure above, number 1 points to the __________ tool.

Question 69

Case Based Critical Thinking
Mark finds that many of his designers are mostly Photoshop gurus and aren't fully up to speed with using the Pen tool to draw objects in Illustrator, and because of this, much of their line work and choices for stroking effects are unsatisfactory.He also finds that they are unaware of the basic concepts behind the Live Paint feature and how they relate to standard Illustrator working methods.
To explain the concept of the Live Paint feature to his team, Mark knows he must reinforce the basic rules of painting objects in Illustrator.He creates two circles in Illustrator with no fill and no stroke, then positions them so that one is overlapping half of the other.He refers to this as "the artwork." He then tells his team that - without using Live Paint - the total number of different fills and stroke colors that could be applied to "the artwork" is:

A)one fill color and one stroke color
B)two different fill colors and two different stroke colors
C)three different fill colors and two different stroke colors
D)three different fill colors and four different stroke colors

Question 70

The Projecting cap of a stroked path extends the anchor point by what measurement?

A)1 point
B)1 pica
C)the weight of the stroke
D)one-half the weight of the stroke

Question 71

The primary function of the Average command is what?

A)joining anchor points
B)aligning objects
C)aligning anchor points
D)finding the average size of objects on the page

Question 72

Which of the following letters is an example of an open path?

A)C
B)O
C)D
D)none of the above

Question 73

The Live Paint Bucket tool paints ____.

A)regions and edges
B)edges and points
C)points and guides
D)regions and points

Question 74

The angle and length of direction lines define what?

A)a closed path
B)the arc of a curved segment
C)a smooth point
D)a "broken" point

Question 75

Enter the appropriate word(s) to complete the statement.
Use the ____________________ to change smooth points to corner points and vice versa.

Question 76

The Projecting cap is most useful when you align ____.

A)two anchor points at an acute angle
B)two anchor points at an obtuse angle
C)two anchor points at a right angle
D)two anchor points on a horizontal plane

Question 77

Case Based Critical Thinking
Mark finds that many of his designers are mostly Photoshop gurus and aren't fully up to speed with using the Pen tool to draw objects in Illustrator, and because of this, much of their line work and choices for stroking effects are unsatisfactory.He also finds that they are unaware of the basic concepts behind the Live Paint feature and how they relate to standard Illustrator working methods.
One of the junior designers has become confused about the Miter Limit option in the Stroke panel.Mark uses a star as an example, then uses the Miter Limit option to reduce the points to bevels.The junior designer says he's still confused about the term "miter." Mark explains that, in Illustrator, miter issues only occur with ____.

A)unstroked paths
B)stroked paths
C)anchor points
D)beveled edges

Question 78

The miter limit determines when a miter join will be squared off to what type of join?

Question 79

What happens when two stroked paths are at an acute angle?

Question 80

Enter the appropriate word(s) to complete the statement.
In the figure above, number 4 points to the __________ tool.