Illustrator

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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.

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

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

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

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

to remove invisible points and lines

to combine redundant objects

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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?

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.

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

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Why would you turn on the Ignore Artboards option in the Print dialog box?

to prevent Illustrator from printing marks showing the borders of the artboard

to prevent Illustrator from printing the names of artboards

to print all artboards on one piece of paper

to scale each artboard to the media size

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When do you use the Knife tool?

when you want to cut an object at existing anchor points

When you want to quickly divide an object by drawing closed, freehand paths

when you want to crop an embedded or linked image

when you want to cut an object into equal pieces

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Your boss likes the new logo you've designed but would like to see some variations using different color schemes. Which feature could you use to generate these variations quickly?

Live Paint

Proof Colors

Recolor Artwork

Variables

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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 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?

Edit Colors

Select > Same > Appearance

Recolor Artwork

Live Paint

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If you are looking for a tool in the toolbar and it is not visible, what should you do?

With nothing selected, click the More Tools button in the Properties panel.

Click the ellipsis at the bottom of the toolbar.

In the Window menu, click Window > Tools.

Turn on the tool in the preferences.

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Why would you choose Enable Guides for 9-slice scaling when creating a symbol?

to ensure that each instance of the symbol always maintains its original proportions when scaled

to include custom guides with the symbol so each instance is placed in the same position relative to the artboard

to allow portions of the symbol to be exported as separate graphics

to allow instances of the symbol to be scaled without distorting the corners

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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?

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

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

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.

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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?

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

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

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

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

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You have been working in the Essentials workspace and have changed the arrangement of panels, closing some that were open by default and opening others from the Window menu. How can you get back to the default arrangement of panels?

Quit Illustrator, press and hold Command+Shift+Option (Mac) or Ctrl+Shift+Alt (Windows), and relaunch Illustrator.

Quit and relaunch Illustrator.

Switch to any other workspace, and then switch back to Essentials.

Choose Reset Essentials from the Workspace menu or the Workspace switcher.

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When using the Live Paint Bucket tool to fill artwork with colors, you are unable to fill some areas due to the size of gaps between paths. What can you do in the Gap Options dialog box to fix this problem?

Select Close Gaps with Paths.

Turn off Gap Detection.

Select Large Gaps.

Select Small Gaps.

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What is the meaning of the three dots on the cloud icon in the image below?

The Alana fonts are currently being activated.

The Alana fonts are deactivated.

Not all the fonts in the Alana family are activated.

The Alana fonts are for web-only use.

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What would you do to the left anchor point to make the object symmetrical?

Convert it to a corner point.

Convert it to a smooth point.

Cut the path at the anchor point.

Remove it.

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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

Absolute Colorimetric

Perceptual

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The Symbol Sprayer tool has been used to apply several symbol instances to an illustration. You would like to modify the appearance of some instances using graphic styles. How would this be achieved?

Select instances with the Group Selection tool and then choose the desired graphic style.

Symbol instances in a symbol set cannot be overridden.

Select instances with the Direct Selection tool and then choose the desired graphic style.

With the Symbol Styler tool, select a graphic style and paint the style onto symbol instances.

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Which colorization method should you choose when using an art, scatter, or pattern brush to apply a spot color?

None

Tints and Shades

Hue Shift

Tints

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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 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.

The fill color would be unchanged.

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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?

Adobe Color Themes

Recolor Artwork

Color Groups

Color Guide

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You have designed the product label shown below. Your client wants the black circle to print as dark as possible and requires that none of the colorful logo elements show through the circle when the label is printed. What should you do?

Select the circle and apply the Multiply blending mode.

Select the circle and turn on Overprint Fill in the Attributes panel.

Use the Appearance panel to add a second black fill.

Fill the circle with a rich black color made up of all four process inks.

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If you want to create an image map, which panel would you use to make an object into a clickable region?

Attributes

SVG Interactivity

CSS Properties

Links

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What is the purpose of the Make Pixel Perfect command?

to create responsive web graphics that can resize with no loss of quality

to have Illustrator automatically choose the right export file format based on the contents of the graphic

to ensure graphics use only web-safe colors

to create sharp web graphics with no anti-aliasing of straight lines

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

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

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.

Shift-click the object you want to deselect

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