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Adobe Illustrator ACA Exam Guide
Questions & Answers
1. What essential information should you get from a client before you begin a
project?
Answer Client's business, the project's purpose, the target audience and their needs
2. What is intellectual property?
Answer Someone's original work. Creations of the mind, such as inventions, symbols,
images, text, and images.
3. What are derivative works?
Answer Work based off of someone else's original, copy- righted work.
4. When can you use work to make a derivative work?
Answer Must have permission from the copyright owner, or the original work must
be in the public domain.
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5. When must you obtain permission before using an image?
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.
6. What are the five phases of a design project?
Answer Designing, Planning, Building, Testing, Publishing or Launch
7. Why is it important to update a client regularly throughout the design
process?
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.)
8. What is the Gestalt principle of design?
Answer The idea that the sum is greater than its parts in design
9. When using the Rule of Thirds, where should the focal point of the image be
aligned?
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Answer Along points where lines cross.
10. Explain the concept of hierarchy.
Answer Making more important information stand out among the design.
11. What is the purpose of the Color Guide panel in Illustrator?
Answer Recommends colors that would work well with colors currently in your
design
12. What are Harmony Rules?
Answer Sets of colors that would work well with colors in your design based on
relationships on the color wheel
13. What is the difference between ppi and dpi?
Answer PPI-Pixels Per Inch=Resolution of your display
DPI-Dots Per Inch=Resolution of your printer
14. What resolution is recommended for a printed graphic? Displayed?
Answer 300 dpi
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Adobe Illustrator ACA Exam Guide
Questions & Answers
1. What essential information should you get from a client before you begin a
project?
Answer Client's business, the project's purpose, the target audience and their needs
2. What is intellectual property?
Answer Someone's original work. Creations of the mind, such as inventions, symbols,
images, text, and images.
3. What are derivative works?
Answer Work based off of someone else's original, copy- righted work.
4. When can you use work to make a derivative work?
Answer Must have permission from the copyright owner, or the original work must
be in the public domain.
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5. When must you obtain permission before using an image?
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.
6. What are the five phases of a design project?
Answer Designing, Planning, Building, Testing, Publishing or Launch
7. Why is it important to update a client regularly throughout the design
process?
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.)
8. What is the Gestalt principle of design?
Answer The idea that the sum is greater than its parts in design
9. When using the Rule of Thirds, where should the focal point of the image be
aligned?
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Answer Along points where lines cross.
10. Explain the concept of hierarchy.
Answer Making more important information stand out among the design.
11. What is the purpose of the Color Guide panel in Illustrator?
Answer Recommends colors that would work well with colors currently in your
design
12. What are Harmony Rules?
Answer Sets of colors that would work well with colors in your design based on
relationships on the color wheel
13. What is the difference between ppi and dpi?
Answer PPI-Pixels Per Inch=Resolution of your display
DPI-Dots Per Inch=Resolution of your printer
14. What resolution is recommended for a printed graphic? Displayed?
Answer 300 dpi
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