ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CC
CERTIFICATION EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS. VERIFIED 2026.
Additive color - ANS Created by combining light. Color components are red, green, and blue.
When added together at 100%, the three components create white.
Adobe Bridge - ANS An Adobe application that enables you to view thumbnails of your files
and helps you sort and organize those files.
Alignment - ANS Indicates how the text is justified / aligned on the right and left edges: such
as left, centered, and right.
Analogous (colors) - ANS Colors that are side by side on the color wheel.
Anchor point - ANS A point connecting two segments on a path. An anchor point can be
either a corner point or a curved point.
Appearance - ANS The attributes that are applied to an "object" and are listed on the
Appearance panel: stroke, fill, opacity, fx, etc.
Application frame - ANS The frame that surrounds the Illustrator interface and contains the
Application bar, document windows, and panels, and select zoom and artboard navigation
options.
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, Area type - ANS A type object (consisting of many lines of text) where type wraps to fit within
a vector shape. OR
Draw text box; text is constrained to the box
Artboard - ANS A printable region within a document. A document can contain multiple
artboards.
Attributes - ANS The settings such as fill, stroke, effects, and opacity that are applied to an
object. The attributes of an object make up the object's appearance.
Balance - ANS Evenly distributed, but not necessarily centered or mirrored.
Bleed - ANS The part of the image extending past the cut edge to ensure an edge-to-edge
print.
Blend tool - ANS A multistep color and shape progression between two separate objects.
Blends are created via the Blend tool or the Make Blend command.
Clipping mask - ANS A special group of objects in which the topmost object crops (masks) the
objects that are below it.
Portions of the lower objects that extend beyond the path of the topmost object are hidden and
don't print.
The topmost object in a clipping mask is referred to as a clipping path.
Color (hue) - ANS The perceived hue, lightness, and saturation of an object or light.
Color profile - ANS A description of the color-handling characteristics of a device, such as a
scanner, camera, printer, or display.
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
CERTIFICATION EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS. VERIFIED 2026.
Additive color - ANS Created by combining light. Color components are red, green, and blue.
When added together at 100%, the three components create white.
Adobe Bridge - ANS An Adobe application that enables you to view thumbnails of your files
and helps you sort and organize those files.
Alignment - ANS Indicates how the text is justified / aligned on the right and left edges: such
as left, centered, and right.
Analogous (colors) - ANS Colors that are side by side on the color wheel.
Anchor point - ANS A point connecting two segments on a path. An anchor point can be
either a corner point or a curved point.
Appearance - ANS The attributes that are applied to an "object" and are listed on the
Appearance panel: stroke, fill, opacity, fx, etc.
Application frame - ANS The frame that surrounds the Illustrator interface and contains the
Application bar, document windows, and panels, and select zoom and artboard navigation
options.
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, Area type - ANS A type object (consisting of many lines of text) where type wraps to fit within
a vector shape. OR
Draw text box; text is constrained to the box
Artboard - ANS A printable region within a document. A document can contain multiple
artboards.
Attributes - ANS The settings such as fill, stroke, effects, and opacity that are applied to an
object. The attributes of an object make up the object's appearance.
Balance - ANS Evenly distributed, but not necessarily centered or mirrored.
Bleed - ANS The part of the image extending past the cut edge to ensure an edge-to-edge
print.
Blend tool - ANS A multistep color and shape progression between two separate objects.
Blends are created via the Blend tool or the Make Blend command.
Clipping mask - ANS A special group of objects in which the topmost object crops (masks) the
objects that are below it.
Portions of the lower objects that extend beyond the path of the topmost object are hidden and
don't print.
The topmost object in a clipping mask is referred to as a clipping path.
Color (hue) - ANS The perceived hue, lightness, and saturation of an object or light.
Color profile - ANS A description of the color-handling characteristics of a device, such as a
scanner, camera, printer, or display.
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
