Adobe Illustrator ACA Exam Guide Questions With Verified Answers

Adobe Illustrator ACA Exam Guide Questions With Verified Answers What essential information should you get from a client before you begin a project? - answerClient's business, the project's purpose, the target audience and their needs What is intellectual property? - answerSomeone's original work. Creations of the mind, such as inventions, symbols, images, text, and images. What are derivative works? - answerWork based off of someone else's original, copyrighted work. When can you use work to make a derivative work? - answerMust 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? - answerIf 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? - answerDesigning, Planning, Building, Testing, Publishing or Launch Why is it important to update a client regularly throughout the design process? - answerSo 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? - answerThe 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? - answerAlong points where lines cross. Explain the concept of hierarchy. - answerMaking more important information stand out among the design. What is the purpose of the Color Guide panel in Illustrator? - answerRecommends colors that would work well with colors currently in your design What are Harmony Rules? - answerSets 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? - answerPPI-Pixels Per Inch=Resolution of your display DPI-Dots Per Inch=Resolution of your printer What resolution is recommended for a printed graphic? Displayed? - answer300 dpi 72 ppi What are some common raster file types? - answerPhotographs jpg/jpeg, psd, png, tiff, bmp and gif What are some common vector file types? - answerFonts,eps, ai and pdf What are some common video file types? - answer.avi .mov .asf .avi .mp4 Wrap text around an object. - answerChoose Object>Text Wrap>Make. Create point type. - answerText Tool>Type Point type is when the type goes straight Create paragraph type. - answerText tool>Click and drag>Type Paragraph type is when it follows the text box set previously. Change the paragraph alignment or spacing. - answerCharacters Panel>alignment/spacing (type tool active) Change the kerning, leading, or horizontal scale. - answerCharacters Panel>kerning/leading/horizontal scale (type tool active) What is kerning? - answerAdjusting the spacing between (letters or characters) in a piece of text to be printed. What is leading? - answerThe vertical lines of spacing between type Create a new graphic symbol using the currently selected object. - answerSymbols Panel>New Object Open a symbol library and use a symbol. - answerSymbol Panel>Click and drag a symbol Break an instance's link to its original symbol. - answerBreak Link (Top Menu) Change the Workspace to Tracing. - answerTop Menu>Tracing Duplicate an existing artboard. - answerArtboard tool>New Artboard