Adobe Illustrator ACA Exam Guide
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
What essential information should you get from a client before you begin a project? - CORRECT
ANSWER Client's business, the project's purpose, the target audience and their needs
What is intellectual property? - CORRECT ANSWER Someone's original work. Creations
of the mind, such as inventions, symbols, images, text, and images.
What are derivative works? - CORRECT ANSWER Work based off of someone else's
original, copyrighted work.
When can you use work to make a derivative work? - CORRECT ANSWER Must have
permission from the copyright owner, or the original work must be in the public domain.
When must you obtain permission before using an image? - CORRECT ANSWER If the
image has a copyright notice.
If the image does not have a copyright notice.
If you find the image with a regular web search.
What are the five phases of a design project? - CORRECT ANSWER Designing,
Planning, Building, Testing, Publishing or Launch
Why is it important to update a client regularly throughout the design process? - CORRECT
ANSWER So that the client can give you information as it comes, as well as being able to
make sure the client is satisfied.(Regular Feedback.)
What is the Gestalt principle of design? - CORRECT ANSWER The idea that the sum is
greater than its parts in design
,When using the Rule of Thirds, where should the focal point of the image be aligned? -
CORRECT ANSWER Along points where lines cross.
Explain the concept of hierarchy. - CORRECT ANSWER Making more important
information stand out among the design.
What is the purpose of the Color Guide panel in Illustrator? - CORRECT
ANSWER Recommends colors that would work well with colors currently in your design
What are Harmony Rules? - CORRECT ANSWER Sets of colors that would work well
with colors in your design based on relationships on the color wheel
What is the difference between ppi and dpi? - CORRECT ANSWER PPI-Pixels Per
Inch=Resolution of your display
DPI-Dots Per Inch=Resolution of your printer
What resolution is recommended for a printed graphic? Displayed? - CORRECT
ANSWER 300 dpi
72 ppi
What are some common raster file types? - CORRECT ANSWER Photographs jpg/jpeg,
psd, png, tiff, bmp and gif
What are some common vector file types? - CORRECT ANSWER Fonts,eps, ai and pdf
What are some common video file types? - CORRECT ANSWER .avi .mov .asf .avi .mp4
Wrap text around an object. - CORRECT ANSWER Choose Object>Text Wrap>Make.
, Create point type. - CORRECT ANSWER Text Tool>Type
Point type is when the type goes straight
Create paragraph type. - CORRECT ANSWER Text tool>Click and drag>Type
Paragraph type is when it follows the text box set previously.
Change the paragraph alignment or spacing. - CORRECT ANSWER Characters
Panel>alignment/spacing (type tool active)
Change the kerning, leading, or horizontal scale. - CORRECT ANSWER Characters
Panel>kerning/leading/horizontal scale (type tool active)
What is kerning? - CORRECT ANSWER Adjusting the spacing between (letters or
characters) in a piece of text to be printed.
What is leading? - CORRECT ANSWER The vertical lines of spacing between type
Create a new graphic symbol using the currently selected object. - CORRECT
ANSWER Symbols Panel>New Object
Open a symbol library and use a symbol. - CORRECT ANSWER Symbol Panel>Click
and drag a symbol
Break an instance's link to its original symbol. - CORRECT ANSWER Break Link (Top
Menu)
Change the Workspace to Tracing. - CORRECT ANSWER Top Menu>Tracing
Duplicate an existing artboard. - CORRECT ANSWER Artboard tool>New Artboard
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
What essential information should you get from a client before you begin a project? - CORRECT
ANSWER Client's business, the project's purpose, the target audience and their needs
What is intellectual property? - CORRECT ANSWER Someone's original work. Creations
of the mind, such as inventions, symbols, images, text, and images.
What are derivative works? - CORRECT ANSWER Work based off of someone else's
original, copyrighted work.
When can you use work to make a derivative work? - CORRECT ANSWER Must have
permission from the copyright owner, or the original work must be in the public domain.
When must you obtain permission before using an image? - CORRECT ANSWER If the
image has a copyright notice.
If the image does not have a copyright notice.
If you find the image with a regular web search.
What are the five phases of a design project? - CORRECT ANSWER Designing,
Planning, Building, Testing, Publishing or Launch
Why is it important to update a client regularly throughout the design process? - CORRECT
ANSWER So that the client can give you information as it comes, as well as being able to
make sure the client is satisfied.(Regular Feedback.)
What is the Gestalt principle of design? - CORRECT ANSWER The idea that the sum is
greater than its parts in design
,When using the Rule of Thirds, where should the focal point of the image be aligned? -
CORRECT ANSWER Along points where lines cross.
Explain the concept of hierarchy. - CORRECT ANSWER Making more important
information stand out among the design.
What is the purpose of the Color Guide panel in Illustrator? - CORRECT
ANSWER Recommends colors that would work well with colors currently in your design
What are Harmony Rules? - CORRECT ANSWER Sets of colors that would work well
with colors in your design based on relationships on the color wheel
What is the difference between ppi and dpi? - CORRECT ANSWER PPI-Pixels Per
Inch=Resolution of your display
DPI-Dots Per Inch=Resolution of your printer
What resolution is recommended for a printed graphic? Displayed? - CORRECT
ANSWER 300 dpi
72 ppi
What are some common raster file types? - CORRECT ANSWER Photographs jpg/jpeg,
psd, png, tiff, bmp and gif
What are some common vector file types? - CORRECT ANSWER Fonts,eps, ai and pdf
What are some common video file types? - CORRECT ANSWER .avi .mov .asf .avi .mp4
Wrap text around an object. - CORRECT ANSWER Choose Object>Text Wrap>Make.
, Create point type. - CORRECT ANSWER Text Tool>Type
Point type is when the type goes straight
Create paragraph type. - CORRECT ANSWER Text tool>Click and drag>Type
Paragraph type is when it follows the text box set previously.
Change the paragraph alignment or spacing. - CORRECT ANSWER Characters
Panel>alignment/spacing (type tool active)
Change the kerning, leading, or horizontal scale. - CORRECT ANSWER Characters
Panel>kerning/leading/horizontal scale (type tool active)
What is kerning? - CORRECT ANSWER Adjusting the spacing between (letters or
characters) in a piece of text to be printed.
What is leading? - CORRECT ANSWER The vertical lines of spacing between type
Create a new graphic symbol using the currently selected object. - CORRECT
ANSWER Symbols Panel>New Object
Open a symbol library and use a symbol. - CORRECT ANSWER Symbol Panel>Click
and drag a symbol
Break an instance's link to its original symbol. - CORRECT ANSWER Break Link (Top
Menu)
Change the Workspace to Tracing. - CORRECT ANSWER Top Menu>Tracing
Duplicate an existing artboard. - CORRECT ANSWER Artboard tool>New Artboard
