ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR UPDATED 2026 EXAM SCRIPT
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS SCORED A+
✔✔Contrast - ✔✔Creates visual interest and a focal point in a composition. It is what
draws the eye to the focal point. Difference
✔✔Control panel - ✔✔The panel in Illustrator that contains controls, links (to temporary
panels), and settings. Options on the panel change depending on the type of object
currently selected.
✔✔Corner point - ✔✔An anchor point that connects either two straight line segments or
a straight and a curved segment on a path.
✔✔Creative Cloud Libraries - ✔✔A feature provided in Illustrator that enables you to
copy artwork as an asset into a Libraries panel, then place that asset into any other
Adobe application that also contains a Libraries panel. Library assets are stored in your
Creative Cloud Assets page.
✔✔Creative Commons - ✔✔Ways that artists can release their works for limited use
and still choose the way the works are used and shared: Public Domain, Attribution,
ShareAlike, NoDerivs, and NonCommercial.
✔✔Curved point - ✔✔An anchor point that connects two curved segments on a path.
When selected, direction handles will display to control the shape of the curved
segments.
✔✔Decorative fonts - ✔✔Also known as ornamental, novelty, or display fonts. They
don't fall into any of the other categories of fonts. Convey a specific feeling.
✔✔Deliverables - ✔✔A predetermined list of items that will be delivered to the
customer.
✔✔Design principles - ✔✔The essential rules or assembly instructions for art.
✔✔Diagonal (lines) - ✔✔Lines traveling neither on a vertical nor a horizontal path.
Express growth or decline and imply movement or change.
✔✔Dingbat fonts - ✔✔Also known as wingdings. They are a collection of objects and
shapes instead of letters.
✔✔Direction handle - ✔✔A visual feature that displays on a selected curved anchor
point that controls the shape of a curved segment.
, ✔✔Document color mode - ✔✔Determines the color model that Illustrator uses to create
the image, such as RGB or CYMK.
✔✔Document window - ✔✔A tabbed window within the Application Frame that contains
the artboards and canvas scratch area.
✔✔dpi - ✔✔Stands for dots per inch and refers to the resolution of an image when
printed.
✔✔Drawing modes - ✔✔Illustrator provides three specific drawing modes: Draw Normal
(the default)
Draw Behind: Draw Behind places newly drawn objects behind selected objects
Draw Inside: Draw Inside places newly drawn objects within a selected object.
✔✔Elements of art - ✔✔The building blocks of creative works. They are the "nouns" of
design: space, line, shape, form, texture, value, color, and type.
✔✔Embedded - ✔✔Placing a bitmap image as a non-vector object in an Illustrator
document. The image data is stored in the document. See also linked.
✔✔Emphasis - ✔✔Describes the focal point to which the eye is naturally and initially
drawn in a design.
✔✔Fair use - ✔✔A set of rules that specify how and when copyrighted material can be
used and that make sure copyright protection doesn't come at the cost of creativity and
freedom.
✔✔Feedback loop - ✔✔A system set up to continually encourage and require input and
approval on a project's direction.
✔✔Fonts - ✔✔The whole collection of a typeface in each of its sizes and styles.
✔✔Form - ✔✔Describes three-dimensional objects, such as spheres, cubes, and
pyramids.
✔✔Geometric shapes - ✔✔Predictable and consistent shapes, such as circles, squares,
triangles, and stars. They are rarely found in nature and convey mechanical and
manufactured impressions
✔✔Glyph - ✔✔Each character of a font, whether it is a letter, number, symbol, or
swash.
✔✔Gradient fill - ✔✔A gradual blend between two or more solid colors. Gradients are
created and edited via the Gradient panel in Illustrator.
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS SCORED A+
✔✔Contrast - ✔✔Creates visual interest and a focal point in a composition. It is what
draws the eye to the focal point. Difference
✔✔Control panel - ✔✔The panel in Illustrator that contains controls, links (to temporary
panels), and settings. Options on the panel change depending on the type of object
currently selected.
✔✔Corner point - ✔✔An anchor point that connects either two straight line segments or
a straight and a curved segment on a path.
✔✔Creative Cloud Libraries - ✔✔A feature provided in Illustrator that enables you to
copy artwork as an asset into a Libraries panel, then place that asset into any other
Adobe application that also contains a Libraries panel. Library assets are stored in your
Creative Cloud Assets page.
✔✔Creative Commons - ✔✔Ways that artists can release their works for limited use
and still choose the way the works are used and shared: Public Domain, Attribution,
ShareAlike, NoDerivs, and NonCommercial.
✔✔Curved point - ✔✔An anchor point that connects two curved segments on a path.
When selected, direction handles will display to control the shape of the curved
segments.
✔✔Decorative fonts - ✔✔Also known as ornamental, novelty, or display fonts. They
don't fall into any of the other categories of fonts. Convey a specific feeling.
✔✔Deliverables - ✔✔A predetermined list of items that will be delivered to the
customer.
✔✔Design principles - ✔✔The essential rules or assembly instructions for art.
✔✔Diagonal (lines) - ✔✔Lines traveling neither on a vertical nor a horizontal path.
Express growth or decline and imply movement or change.
✔✔Dingbat fonts - ✔✔Also known as wingdings. They are a collection of objects and
shapes instead of letters.
✔✔Direction handle - ✔✔A visual feature that displays on a selected curved anchor
point that controls the shape of a curved segment.
, ✔✔Document color mode - ✔✔Determines the color model that Illustrator uses to create
the image, such as RGB or CYMK.
✔✔Document window - ✔✔A tabbed window within the Application Frame that contains
the artboards and canvas scratch area.
✔✔dpi - ✔✔Stands for dots per inch and refers to the resolution of an image when
printed.
✔✔Drawing modes - ✔✔Illustrator provides three specific drawing modes: Draw Normal
(the default)
Draw Behind: Draw Behind places newly drawn objects behind selected objects
Draw Inside: Draw Inside places newly drawn objects within a selected object.
✔✔Elements of art - ✔✔The building blocks of creative works. They are the "nouns" of
design: space, line, shape, form, texture, value, color, and type.
✔✔Embedded - ✔✔Placing a bitmap image as a non-vector object in an Illustrator
document. The image data is stored in the document. See also linked.
✔✔Emphasis - ✔✔Describes the focal point to which the eye is naturally and initially
drawn in a design.
✔✔Fair use - ✔✔A set of rules that specify how and when copyrighted material can be
used and that make sure copyright protection doesn't come at the cost of creativity and
freedom.
✔✔Feedback loop - ✔✔A system set up to continually encourage and require input and
approval on a project's direction.
✔✔Fonts - ✔✔The whole collection of a typeface in each of its sizes and styles.
✔✔Form - ✔✔Describes three-dimensional objects, such as spheres, cubes, and
pyramids.
✔✔Geometric shapes - ✔✔Predictable and consistent shapes, such as circles, squares,
triangles, and stars. They are rarely found in nature and convey mechanical and
manufactured impressions
✔✔Glyph - ✔✔Each character of a font, whether it is a letter, number, symbol, or
swash.
✔✔Gradient fill - ✔✔A gradual blend between two or more solid colors. Gradients are
created and edited via the Gradient panel in Illustrator.
