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When using the Image Trace feature, which option has the most impact on the number of paths that are created in the tracing result?

Paths

Corners

Noise

Colors

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What can you do to edit the text in just one placed instance of a symbol?

Edit the symbol instance name.

Click the Edit Symbol button in the Control panel or Properties panel.

Click the Break Link button in the Control panel or Properties panel.

Double-click the instance with the Type tool.

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You have a full-color RGB document and you need to create a grayscale version that will print only on the black plate. How can you accomplish this?

Select everything in the document and then apply the Convert to Grayscale command.

Delete all the color swatches from the Swatches panel except for Black and White.

Apply the Convert to Grayscale command and change the Document Color Mode to CMYK.

Use the Recolor Artwork command and select the 1-Color Job preset.

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You need to change the fill color of all the info circles in the map. The circles were not created from a symbol. Other than Global Edit, which command would help you accomplish this task efficiently?

Select > Same > Appearance

Live Paint

Recolor Artwork

Edit Colors

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You're working with a pen tablet and find that using the Ellipse, Rectangle, and Polygon tools to create objects is somewhat awkward. Which tool would allow you to draw, move, and edit these shapes with intuitive gestures?

the Shape Builder tool

the Smooth tool

the Shaper tool

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You want to add some stars to the circular background object in the image below, using a scatter brush. How can you ensure that the stars appear only inside the circle?

Select the Screen blending mode before you brush.

Select the circle and click the Draw Inside button on the toolbar before you brush.

Select the brush stroke and the circle and make a compound path.

Add a fixed spacing value in the Scatter Brush options.

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The fill colors of several instances of a dynamic symbol have been modified. What is the fastest way to return the fill color in every instance to its original appearance?

convert the symbol to a static symbol

break the link to the symbol

delete the symbol and expand all instances

set the Export Type to Movie Clip

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The four flowers shown in the image below were created by applying an art brush to paths of different lengths. How can you prevent the distortion seen in flowers 2, 3, and 4 while keeping the size of the leaves and the width of the stem the same in all the flowers?

Expand the appearance of the distorted flowers and drag the flowers with the Selection tool.

Open the Art Brush Options dialog box and select Scale Proportionally.

Use the Pen tool to add points at the top and bottom of the stem, and then drag the points with the Direct Selection tool to remove the distortion.

Open the Art Brush Options dialog box, select Stretch Between Guides, and then place the guides so only the stem is between them.

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What is the fastest and most efficient way to ensure that all the objects are placed precisely next to one another with no space between them?

Choose the Move command and in the dialog box set the Distance value to 0.

Turn on Smart Guides and drag each object until it snaps to the one next to it.

Select the objects with the Selection tool, then drag from the side of the selection bounding box until the objects snap together.

Specify a key object, then use the Horizontal Distribute Space command in the Align panel with a Spacing value of 0

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You need to process a large batch of Illustrator files, applying the same sequence of transformations to each one. What is the most efficient way to do this?

Use the Transform Again command.

Use the Actions panel to record and play back the sequence of steps.

Use the Transform Each command.

Use the Global Edit command.

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You are working with an Illustrator file that includes a linked Photoshop file. Your client sends a new Photoshop file with a different name and asks you to replace the old one in the Illustrator file. Which command in the Links panel would you use to accomplish this?

Relink

Edit Original

Update Link

Placement Options

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Your colleague has asked you to provide the CSS code for an object in your document. What must you do to make Illustrator auto-generate the code for that particular object?

Select the object and choose Copy Selected Style from the CSS Properties panel.

Give the object a name in the Layers panel.

Select the object and choose Generate CSS from the CSS Properties panel.

Drag the object into the Asset Export panel.

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Your client likes the pattern fill in the text below but wants the flowers to overlap more so there are smaller gaps. How could you accomplish that?

Select Size Tile to Art in the Pattern Options dialog box.

Use the Overlap buttons in the Pattern Options dialog box.

Increase the number of copies of the flower used to make the pattern.

Reduce the width and height in the Pattern Options dialog box.

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Why would you change the Expand Mesh value when using the Puppet Warp tool?

It allows you to work faster because modifying a larger mesh requires fewer calculations.

It allows you to see the mesh more clearly.

It allows you to make greater modifications to an object.

It allows you to modify disjointed objects together

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In the image below, you are attempting to use the Join tool to remove the overlapping portions of two paths (highlighted in yellow), but nothing seems to be happening. Why is this?

Endpoints need to be selected in both paths before they can be trimmed and joined.

Only one of the paths is selected, but both need to be selected.

The paths do not have a fill attribute.

One of the paths is selected but the Join tool works only with unselected paths.

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What would happen to the fill color of the object shown below if you copied and pasted it into another Illustrator file where the Document Color Mode was set to CMYK?

The fill color would be unchanged.

The fill color would be converted to CMYK values

Illustrator would display an error because you can't paste an object with RGB colors into a CMYK file.

The fill color would remain RGB but its appearance would change.

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You would like the columns in a chart to cover the whole length of the category axis. What option would you choose?

In the Graph Type dialog, choose Category Axis and set the Tick Marks option to Full Width.

In the first row of data, type 100% in each cell corresponding to the category columns.

In the Graph Type dialog, under Graph Options, set the cluster width to 100 in the Options section.

Select the columns with the Direct Selection tool and use the Scale tool to modify the width.

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When printing an image with many out-of-gamut colors, which rendering intent would you choose to best preserve the visual relationship between colors—not the specific color values?

Relative Colorimetric

Saturation

Perceptual

Absolute Colorimetric

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When viewing the artwork shown below in Outline mode, what can you tell about the word "backpack"?

It is live text.

It has been converted to outlines.

It has a fill color of black.

It is a compound path.

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You select a new color in the Color Picker and want to see several variations in different shades and tints. Which feature allows you to do this?

Color Guide

Recolor Artwork

Color Groups

Adobe Color Themes

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How can you reverse the direction of all the arrows on the spiral?

Drag the path with the Reshape tool

Use the Flip Horizontal and Flip Vertical commands in the Transform panel menu

Select Object > Path > Reverse Path Direction

Select Effect > 3D > Rotate

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Why use the Simplify command before exporting a web graphic to SVG format?

to reduce the output resolution so it's appropriate for web graphics

to reduce the number of points that must be represented in the code

to remove invisible points and lines

to combine redundant objects

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When multiple objects are selected, how do you deselect just one of them?

Use the Lasso tool to deselect the unwanted object.

Hold down the Option (Mac) or Alt (Windows) key and click the object you want to deselect.

Press Command+Shift+A (Mac) or Ctrl+Shift+A (Windows) and click the object you want to deselect.

Shift-click the object you want to deselect

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Why would you use the Save Selection command?

to preserve a selection of objects you may use again

to preserve vector copies of objects you plan to rasterize

to save copies of selected objects in a new file

to save selected objects in a Creative Cloud library

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How could you quickly change all the hexagons to triangles in the image below?

In the Properties panel, click Start Global Edit and then use the Transform controls to reduce the Polygon Side Count to 3.

In the Properties panel, click Expand Shape. Then click Start Global Edit and use the Transform controls to reduce the Polygon Side Count to 3.

In the Control panel, click the button to start editing similar shapes, then select Object > Transform > Transform Each.

In the Control panel, click the button to start editing similar shapes, then select Object > Path > Simplify.

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