Adobe Illustrator CS5 Classroom In A Book Lesson 8 - Working with Layers
exam review questions
(p.247) ________ let you organize your work into distinct levels that can be edited and viewed individually or together.
(p.249) Think of layers as ________ folders that contain artwork.
(p.250) By default, every Illustrator document begins with two layers.
true
false
(p.249) The ________ provides an easy way to select, hide, lock, and change the appearance attributes of artwork.
(p.250) You can create and edit type or objects on a separate layer without ________ the rest of the artwork on any other layer.
(p.250) When a layer has a ________ in the upper right corner, it indicates that objects on the layer can be edited.
(p.251) Alt+clicking (Windows) or Option+clicking (Mac) the Create New Sublayer button at the bottom of the Layers panel creates a new sublayer and also displays the ________ dialog box where you can set options or name the layer.
(p.251) A ________ is a layer within another layer.
(p.251) To create a new sublayer without setting options or ________ the sublayer, click the Create New Sublayer button at the bottom of the Layers panel.
(p.251) By default, Illustrator assigns a unique ________ (up to nine) to each layer in the Layers panel.
(p.251) The same color displays in the illustration window in the bounding box, path, anchor points, and ________ of a selected object.
(p.239) Layers higher in the Layers panel list are ________ objects on the artboard that are in layers lower in the list.
in front of
behind
(p.252) Large black ________ at either end of a layer indicate that you are adding something to that layer.
(p.253) To move a selected object to another layer, select the square selected-art indicator (colored box) to the right of the original layer, and drag it up to the right of the round target icon of the target layer.
true
false
(p.253) To prevent selecting or changing the rest of your artwork as you edit objects on a layer, use the Layers panel to ________ other layers.
(p.253) Locked layers cannot be selected or ________ in any way.
(p.253) The ________ icon indicates that a layer and all its contents are locked.
(p.254) You can unlock individual layers by deselecting the lock icon; clicking again in the ________ relocks the layer.
(p.254) Pressing Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac) as you click the edit column alternately locks and ________ all other layers.
(p.254) Click the ________ to the right of a layer or sublayer in the Layers panel to select all the content on that layer.
(p.254) When a layer is ________, the content on the layer is also locked and cannot be selected or printed.
(p.254) Alt+click (Windows) or Option+click (Mac) the ________ icon next to the left of a selected layer name to hide the other layers.
(p.255) The Gradient tool works only on ________ objects that are filled with gradients.
(p.255) When you first select the Gradient tool, a horizontal line appears in the selected object; this is the default ________ of the gradient fill.
(p.256) Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac) the eye icon next to a layer to switch to ________ mode for that layer.
(p.256) You can paste a layered file into another file and keep the layers intact.
true
false
(p.257) Selecting the ________ Layers option indicates that when multiple layers from another file are pasted into the artwork, they're added as individual layers in the Layers panel. If the option is not selected, all objects are pasted into the active layer.
(p.259) A(n)________ is an object or group of objects whose shape masks artwork below it so that only artwork within the shape is visible.
(p.259) In the Layers panel, a masking object must be ________ the objects it masks.
above
below
(p.260) Clipping masks must be the ________ object in a layer or group.
(p.260) ________ layers combines the contents of all selected layers into one layer.
(p.260) Layers can only merge with other layers that are on the same ________ level in the Layers panel.
(p.260) When choosing Merge Selected from the Layers panel menu, the ________ layer you select determines the name and color of the merged layer.
first
last
(p.261) Merging and flattening layers are similar in that they both let you ________ objects, groups, and sublayers into a single layer or group.
(p.261) With ________, all visible items in the artwork are consolidated in a single layer.
merging
flattening
(p.261) With ________, you can select which items you want to consolidate.
merging
flattening
(p.261) With either merging or flattening, the stacking order of the artwork remains the same, and other layer-level attributes, such as clipping masks, are preserved.
true
false
(p.262) You can apply ________ attributes such as styles, effects, and transparency to layers, groups, and objects using the Layers panel.
(p.262) When an appearance attribute is applied to a layer, any ________ on that layer takes on that attribute.
(p.262) If an appearance attribute is applied only to a specific object on a layer, it affects only that object, not the entire layer.
true
false
(p.262) Clicking the ________ icon to the right of a layer name indicates that you want to apply an effect, style, or transparency change.
(p.262) When the target icon is ________ , it indicates that the object has appearance attributes applied to it.
(p.264) When a layer is in ________ mode, you can easily edit objects on that layer without affecting other layers.
(p.264) In isolation mode the contents of the isolated layer appear on top of all other objects on the artboard; the rest of the content on the artboard is ________ and locked.
(p.265) To flatten specific layers without deleting hidden layers, select the layers you want to flatten, and then choose ________ from the Layers panel menu.