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

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 Properties panel, click Start Global Edit and then 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 > Path > Simplify.

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

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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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What command would you apply to make objects beneath the selected artwork visible inside the circle?

A yellow rectangle has a circular selection in the center.

Make Pattern

Make Compound Path

Make Live Paint Group

Make Clipping Mask

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Which action closes a path when you are actively drawing with the Pen tool?

pressing Return (Mac) or Enter (Windows)

clicking or dragging the first point in the path

switching to a different tool

choosing Object > Path > Join

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What happens when you click an existing anchor point with the Pen tool?

The point is selected.

The path is split at that point.

The point is deleted.

Any control handles are removed, converting the point into a corner point.

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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?

Links

SVG Interactivity

Attributes

CSS Properties

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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 is a compound path.

It has been converted to outlines.

It has a fill color of black.

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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?

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.

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

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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

Variables

Recolor Artwork

Proof Colors

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Which effect was used to give depth to the outline of California below?

A map of California has a light beige main color and a small dark shadow.

3D Rotate

3D Extrude & Bevel

3D Revolve

Offset Path

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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.

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

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

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When do you use the Knife tool?

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 at existing anchor points

when you want to cut an object into equal pieces

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You have drawn a five-pointed star in a design and want to change the inner radius. How would you achieve this?

Select the inner points, then use the Scale tool to uniformly change the radius.

Double-click the Star tool and change the Inner Radius option.

An Inner Radius of a Star cannot be modified and would have to be redrawn.

Use the Scale tool while holding down Option+Shift (Mac) or Alt+Shift (Windows).

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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.

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 and select Scale Proportionally.

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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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 Effect > 3D > Rotate

Select Object > Path > Reverse Path Direction

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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 Generate CSS from the CSS Properties panel.

Give the object a name in the Layers panel.

Drag the object into the Asset Export panel.

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

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

to ensure graphics use only web-safe colors

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You often use brushes from the Pattern Arrows brush library. How can you make it so this library automatically opens when you start Illustrator?

Select Persistent from the library's panel menu.

Open the library and save a custom workspace.

Select Show Pattern Brushes from the Brushes panel menu.

Select all the brushes in the Pattern Arrows brush library and choose Add to Brushes from the library's panel menu.

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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?

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

Select the circle and apply the Multiply blending mode.

Use the Appearance panel to add a second black fill.

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

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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 Shaper tool

the Shape Builder tool

the Smooth tool

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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 Global Edit command.

Use the Transform Each command.

Use the Transform Again command.

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

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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?

Recolor Artwork

Live Paint

Edit Colors

Select > Same > Appearance

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Why would you use the Save Selection command?

to save selected objects in a Creative Cloud library

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

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

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

Double-click the instance with the Type tool.

Edit the symbol instance name.

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

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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.

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

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

Quit and relaunch Illustrator.

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