Illustrator Certification Practice 2024 Exam
Questions With Verified Answers
What essential information should you get from a client before you begin a project?
Client's business, purpose, audience, and audience needs
What is intellectual property?
A work that is the result of creativity
Which circumstances would you need to obtain permission before using an image?
1. If the image has a copyright notice.
2. If the image does not have a copyright notice.
3. If the image is marked as fair use.
4. If you purchase the image from a royalty-free website.
5. If you find the image with a regular web search.
6. If you created the image yourself.
1, 2, 5
What are the five phases of a design project?
Planning and Analysis, Designing, Building, Testing, and Implementing and Publishing
Why is it important to update a client regularly throughout the design process?
So that you know you're doing it to their specifications and making it correctly
What is the Gestalt principle of design?
The sum is more important than smaller parts
When using the Rule of Thirds, where should the focal point of the image be aligned?
Upon the intersections
Explain the concept of hierarchy.
A principle used to guide the eye from the most important to least important, by using textures, sizes,
color, or location
What is the purpose of the Color Guide panel in Illustrator?
It helps you pick colors that compliment each other.
What are Harmony Rules?
Rules that help you select colors that work well together, like complimentary, analogous, triad...
What is the difference between ppi and dpi?
PPI: points per inch
DPI: dots per inch
DPI refers solely to the printer, while PPI affects both printing and display
What resolution is recommended for a printed graphic? Displayed?
, Display: 72 ppi
Printed: 300 ppi
Wrap text around an object.
Object > Text Wrap > Make The text must be below the object and the object must be the only thing
selected!
What type of font is used on these flash cards (serif or sans-serif?)
Serif
Create point type.
Click once then type
Create paragraph type.
Click and drag then type
Change the paragraph alignment or spacing.
Paragraph panel
Change the kerning, leading, or horizontal scale.
Character panel
Create a new graphic symbol using the currently selected object.
Select a graphic, go to Symbols panel, new symbol , then change it from Movie Clip to Graphic
Use a symbol.
Click and drag from the Symbol panel
Change the Workspace to Tracing.
Click on the workspace menu > tracing
Duplicate an existing artboard.
Artboard tool > new artboard
Change the artboard orientation to landscape.
Artboard tool > landscape icon
Resize the artboard to 5" x 7"
Artboard tool > input numbers
Change the options on any tool in the toolbar.
Double-click the tool icon
Questions With Verified Answers
What essential information should you get from a client before you begin a project?
Client's business, purpose, audience, and audience needs
What is intellectual property?
A work that is the result of creativity
Which circumstances would you need to obtain permission before using an image?
1. If the image has a copyright notice.
2. If the image does not have a copyright notice.
3. If the image is marked as fair use.
4. If you purchase the image from a royalty-free website.
5. If you find the image with a regular web search.
6. If you created the image yourself.
1, 2, 5
What are the five phases of a design project?
Planning and Analysis, Designing, Building, Testing, and Implementing and Publishing
Why is it important to update a client regularly throughout the design process?
So that you know you're doing it to their specifications and making it correctly
What is the Gestalt principle of design?
The sum is more important than smaller parts
When using the Rule of Thirds, where should the focal point of the image be aligned?
Upon the intersections
Explain the concept of hierarchy.
A principle used to guide the eye from the most important to least important, by using textures, sizes,
color, or location
What is the purpose of the Color Guide panel in Illustrator?
It helps you pick colors that compliment each other.
What are Harmony Rules?
Rules that help you select colors that work well together, like complimentary, analogous, triad...
What is the difference between ppi and dpi?
PPI: points per inch
DPI: dots per inch
DPI refers solely to the printer, while PPI affects both printing and display
What resolution is recommended for a printed graphic? Displayed?
, Display: 72 ppi
Printed: 300 ppi
Wrap text around an object.
Object > Text Wrap > Make The text must be below the object and the object must be the only thing
selected!
What type of font is used on these flash cards (serif or sans-serif?)
Serif
Create point type.
Click once then type
Create paragraph type.
Click and drag then type
Change the paragraph alignment or spacing.
Paragraph panel
Change the kerning, leading, or horizontal scale.
Character panel
Create a new graphic symbol using the currently selected object.
Select a graphic, go to Symbols panel, new symbol , then change it from Movie Clip to Graphic
Use a symbol.
Click and drag from the Symbol panel
Change the Workspace to Tracing.
Click on the workspace menu > tracing
Duplicate an existing artboard.
Artboard tool > new artboard
Change the artboard orientation to landscape.
Artboard tool > landscape icon
Resize the artboard to 5" x 7"
Artboard tool > input numbers
Change the options on any tool in the toolbar.
Double-click the tool icon
