Toolbar & Tools
Panels
File Requirements
Type
Miscellaneous
100
How do you flip the fill and stroke?
Click the circling arrows icon in the upper right of the stroke and fill on the toolbar.
100
What does Minus Front in the Pathfinder panel do?
It cuts out the area of the component from the underlying geometry/shape.
100
Which of the following export file types is a raster image format that uses lossless compression to preserve image quality?
PNG
JPG
SVG
PNG
100
Define kerning.
The spacing between specific pairs of characters.
100
Which of the following features allows you to edit an individual object in a group while dimming all other objects?
Group Isolation
Delete the surrounding objects
Changing the opacity of the objects
Turn the visibility of the objects off
Group Isolation mode
200
How do you change the settings of a brush?
Double-click the brush tool icon.
200
What are the two methods to delete a gradient stop in the gradient panel?
Click on the stop and then click the trash can at the bottom of the panel. Drag the stop off of the slider.
200
When using the EXPORT AS feature in Adobe Illustrator, which of the following is NOT an available file format?
SVG
PSD
PNG
200
Which tool is used to type along a curved line?
Type on a Path
200
Which correction tool can also draw basic circles, rectangles, and triangles?
Shaper tool
300
What does the knife tool do?
Cuts a path by dragging through a path
300
Which two panels can be used to adjust the stroke weight of an object?
Appearance and Stroke
300
Which export format allows one to export an Illustrator drawing as a vector graphic?
SVG
PNG
JPG
BMP
PSD
SVG
300
Which best describes the function of the Touch Type tool?
Typing on a path
Typing inside a closed path
Typing freely
Changing characters to fancier type.
Changing characters to fancier type.
300
Which two tools can be used to combine shapes?
Pathfinder and Shapebuilder
400
True or False: The Direct Selection tool allows for adjustments on anchor points, the Scissor tool cuts a path along its anchor points, and the Knife tool cuts a path by dragging through the path.
True
400
What are the two ways you can create a clipping mask?
Click the Make/Release Clipping Mask icon at the bottom of the layers panel. Object > Clipping Mask < Make.
400
You need to send an Adobe Illustrator file to your coworker so she can approve the design, but she doesn't have Adobe Illustrator on her computer. Which file format should you save the document as so she can open and view the file?
Adobe PDF
400
You finished your project and need to send it to a client, but the project uses a font that the client doesn't have installed on their computer. How can you ensure that the text in the Illustrator project file will open and display correctly on the client's computer?
Create Outlines of all the text in the project
400
Which tool allows one to create a group and then change colors on selections within that group?
Live Paint bucket tool
500
What does the Shape Builder tool do?
It allows you to subtract and add to simple shapes to create more complex shapes.
500
Which three things can be found and adjusted in the Appearance panel?
Stroke, Fill, and Opacity
500
Which of the following SAVE AS options in Adobe Illustrator allows your file to work with other Adobe softwares?
PNG
BMP
TIFF
500
Which two changes would improve the readability of the text below?
Contrast
Tracking
Accessibility
Kerning 
Contrast and Tracking
500
Which of the following statements regarding printing artboards is true?
All artboards or a range of artboards can be printed.
Artboards cannot be printed.
Artboards that are hidden cannot be printed.
Artboards are only printable when packaged.
All artboards or a range of artboards can be printed.