Adobe Illustrator Certification Study Guide
UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
What is Kerning? - CORRECT ANSWER Space between characters
What is Leading? - CORRECT ANSWER Distance between the lines
What is Tracking? - CORRECT ANSWER Inserting or removing uniform spaces
What file type are bitmap images? - CORRECT ANSWER JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF
Describe the Rule of Thirds? - CORRECT ANSWER Creating nine equal parts with two
horizontal and two vertical lines and creates three equal columns or rows
What illustrator native file format preserves all illustrator data? - CORRECT ANSWER EPS
What do you need to understand to make optimum decisions about printing a project? -
CORRECT ANSWER How the printer's resolution effects the artwork when printed
What do you have to do first before modifying individual components of a symbol? - CORRECT
ANSWER Ungroup
What is the area of work that extends beyond the actual panel called? - CORRECT
ANSWER Bleed
When creating a new document set to profile: Web, what are the default color mode and raster
effect settings? - CORRECT ANSWER RGB and 72
, What happens to a brush stroke set to 5 points when you click Type on a Path? - CORRECT
ANSWER Stroke goes back to one
Which panel would you use to edit the width and height of an existing shape? - CORRECT
ANSWER Transform panel
How do you create a rectangle with rounded corners? - CORRECT ANSWER Rounded
rectangle tool
Describe linking and embedding placed digital images in Illustrator. - CORRECT
ANSWER Linked image is independent from the document and embedded image is within the
document in full resolution
What should be identified to effectively create a flyer for a neighborhood fundraiser? -
CORRECT ANSWER Target audience and what the fundraiser is for
Discuss what you might present to a client to specify all aspects and details of the project. -
CORRECT ANSWER Scope of the project
Which panel provides the ability to edit both the stroke and fill? - CORRECT
ANSWER Color panel
What is a bezier curve? - CORRECT ANSWER A curved line or path that is defined by a
mathematical equation (has any size scale)
When a new pattern is created, which panel does it add to? - CORRECT ANSWER Swatches
panel
Describe calligraphic brushes. - CORRECT ANSWER Resembles something drawn with a
paint brush
UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
What is Kerning? - CORRECT ANSWER Space between characters
What is Leading? - CORRECT ANSWER Distance between the lines
What is Tracking? - CORRECT ANSWER Inserting or removing uniform spaces
What file type are bitmap images? - CORRECT ANSWER JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF
Describe the Rule of Thirds? - CORRECT ANSWER Creating nine equal parts with two
horizontal and two vertical lines and creates three equal columns or rows
What illustrator native file format preserves all illustrator data? - CORRECT ANSWER EPS
What do you need to understand to make optimum decisions about printing a project? -
CORRECT ANSWER How the printer's resolution effects the artwork when printed
What do you have to do first before modifying individual components of a symbol? - CORRECT
ANSWER Ungroup
What is the area of work that extends beyond the actual panel called? - CORRECT
ANSWER Bleed
When creating a new document set to profile: Web, what are the default color mode and raster
effect settings? - CORRECT ANSWER RGB and 72
, What happens to a brush stroke set to 5 points when you click Type on a Path? - CORRECT
ANSWER Stroke goes back to one
Which panel would you use to edit the width and height of an existing shape? - CORRECT
ANSWER Transform panel
How do you create a rectangle with rounded corners? - CORRECT ANSWER Rounded
rectangle tool
Describe linking and embedding placed digital images in Illustrator. - CORRECT
ANSWER Linked image is independent from the document and embedded image is within the
document in full resolution
What should be identified to effectively create a flyer for a neighborhood fundraiser? -
CORRECT ANSWER Target audience and what the fundraiser is for
Discuss what you might present to a client to specify all aspects and details of the project. -
CORRECT ANSWER Scope of the project
Which panel provides the ability to edit both the stroke and fill? - CORRECT
ANSWER Color panel
What is a bezier curve? - CORRECT ANSWER A curved line or path that is defined by a
mathematical equation (has any size scale)
When a new pattern is created, which panel does it add to? - CORRECT ANSWER Swatches
panel
Describe calligraphic brushes. - CORRECT ANSWER Resembles something drawn with a
paint brush
