Illustrator ACA Study Guide |
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2025 LATEST UPDATED.
The entire Illustrator interface is housed within the:
Application frame
From where can you access and manage workspaces?
Workspace switcher menu
When an object is selected with the Selection tool, the Recolor Artwork button is located in the:
Control panel
Where should you go to rename, duplicate, or delete a custom tools panel?
Window > Tools
You can use the Swatches panel to store and apply what objects in your Illustrator document?
Colors, Patterns, and Gradients
How many predefined workspaces does Illustrator come with?
Eight
To expand a panel that's displaying only as an icon in a dock or to collapse an expanded panel back
to an icon, click:
Its icon
To create a new vertical dock for panels, where should you drag a panel tab or icon?
Over the vertical left edge of the dock
Illustrator documents display within the ___________________ as tabbed windows, and the
document name is listed in its tab.
Application frame
Bleed values for your artboard can be entered in the:
1) New Document dialog box
2) Document Setup dialog box
3) Print dialog box
Because any objects placed on it will output to your chosen device or be exported with your final
file, the artboard is called the:
Live area
, When you use the Artboards panel to duplicate an artboard, where is the duplicate artboard added
in relation to the existing artboards?
To the right of the existing artboards
When you plan to print your file directly from Illustrator, what format should you use?
.ai
How do you zoom out using the Zoom tool?
Option-click (Mac OS) or Alt-click (Windows)
Which tool can you select and drag to pan across a document to bring a different document area or
artboard into view?
Hand tool
A shape is a path that consists of straight and/or curved line segments connected by:
Anchor points
To make the arms of a star longer while drawing it, ____________ away from the center of the star.
Command-drag (Mac OS) or Ctrl-drag (Windows)
You can apply the Live Shapes feature for a rounded rectangle when ___________ of the points on
the object are selected.
All
Pressing which key changes the number of sides of a polygon while you are drawing the shape by
clicking and dragging with the Polygon tool?
The up or down arrow keys
What will dragging an anchor point of a rectangle object disable?
The Live Shapes feature only
What is the term used for the inside color of an object?
Fill color
Which swatch would you click to apply a transparent fill or stroke?
The None swatch
You can only see the stroke of a path if it:
has a weight applied
Where can you position a stroke?
1) Inside of the path
2) Outside of the path
3) Center of the path
Which corner style would you choose to create a pointed corner?
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2025 LATEST UPDATED.
The entire Illustrator interface is housed within the:
Application frame
From where can you access and manage workspaces?
Workspace switcher menu
When an object is selected with the Selection tool, the Recolor Artwork button is located in the:
Control panel
Where should you go to rename, duplicate, or delete a custom tools panel?
Window > Tools
You can use the Swatches panel to store and apply what objects in your Illustrator document?
Colors, Patterns, and Gradients
How many predefined workspaces does Illustrator come with?
Eight
To expand a panel that's displaying only as an icon in a dock or to collapse an expanded panel back
to an icon, click:
Its icon
To create a new vertical dock for panels, where should you drag a panel tab or icon?
Over the vertical left edge of the dock
Illustrator documents display within the ___________________ as tabbed windows, and the
document name is listed in its tab.
Application frame
Bleed values for your artboard can be entered in the:
1) New Document dialog box
2) Document Setup dialog box
3) Print dialog box
Because any objects placed on it will output to your chosen device or be exported with your final
file, the artboard is called the:
Live area
, When you use the Artboards panel to duplicate an artboard, where is the duplicate artboard added
in relation to the existing artboards?
To the right of the existing artboards
When you plan to print your file directly from Illustrator, what format should you use?
.ai
How do you zoom out using the Zoom tool?
Option-click (Mac OS) or Alt-click (Windows)
Which tool can you select and drag to pan across a document to bring a different document area or
artboard into view?
Hand tool
A shape is a path that consists of straight and/or curved line segments connected by:
Anchor points
To make the arms of a star longer while drawing it, ____________ away from the center of the star.
Command-drag (Mac OS) or Ctrl-drag (Windows)
You can apply the Live Shapes feature for a rounded rectangle when ___________ of the points on
the object are selected.
All
Pressing which key changes the number of sides of a polygon while you are drawing the shape by
clicking and dragging with the Polygon tool?
The up or down arrow keys
What will dragging an anchor point of a rectangle object disable?
The Live Shapes feature only
What is the term used for the inside color of an object?
Fill color
Which swatch would you click to apply a transparent fill or stroke?
The None swatch
You can only see the stroke of a path if it:
has a weight applied
Where can you position a stroke?
1) Inside of the path
2) Outside of the path
3) Center of the path
Which corner style would you choose to create a pointed corner?
