Deck 6: Working With Patterns and Brushes

Question 1

A pattern begins at the bottom-left corner of the object.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

You could use patterns to draw a field of flowers.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

When an object is filled with a pattern, the object is similar in its behavior to a clipping mask.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

When you replace an old pattern with a new pattern, any existing objects on the artboard that were filled with the old pattern will automatically update with the new pattern.

Question 5

In the Move dialog box, a negative value in the Horizontal text box always causes a selected object to move left of its present location.

Question 6

Randomness is an effect that Scatter brushes do well.

Question 7

The bounding box must be positioned behind all the other elements that make up the tile.

Question 8

In a Pattern brush, there are three types of corner tiles.

Question 9

In a Pattern brush stroke, the side tile is generally the most repeated tile.

Question 10

Scatter brushes do not allow you to control the rotation of objects placed along a path.

Question 11

In general, simple patterns are easy to create and complex patterns are more difficult.

Question 12

You can create your own artwork for corners but, if you don't, Illustrator automatically generates corner artwork based on the artwork you create for the pattern brush.

Question 13

To remove a brush stroke from a path, activate the Stroke in the Tools panel, then apply a None stroke.

Question 14

If you display the rulers and position your cursor at the top-left corner of the window, where the two rulers meet, the cross hairs are the ruler origin.

Question 15

Gradients cannot be used in patterns.

Question 16

In the Move dialog box, when you enter values in the Horizontal and Vertical text boxes, the values for the distance and the angle do not automatically update.

Question 17

You modify a pattern by editing the artwork in the pattern tile and then replacing the old pattern in the Swatches panel with the new pattern.

Question 18

Bitmap images can be used in patterns.

Question 19

Text in patterns can be used in patterns.

Question 20

Like a pattern fill, pattern brushes can use only one tile.

Question 21

Patterns can be transformed independently of the objects that they fill.

Question 22

Placed bitmap images can be used only for Scatter brushes.

Question 23

The option that you choose in one transform tool dialog box regarding pattern fills will be applied to the dialog boxes of the other transform tools.

Question 24

The Bristle brush creates open paths.

Question 25

You cannot create new brushes.

Question 26

Scatter brushes can be used as a drawing tool.

Question 27

Calligraphic brushes disperse copies of an object along a path.

Question 28

Artwork for Art and Pattern brushes can include all types of text.

Question 29

Scatter brushes allow you to control the spacing of objects along the path.

Question 30

The essential difference between the Paintbrush tool and the Blob Brush tool is that the Paintbrush tool creates a stroked path and the Blob Brush tool creates a closed filled object.

Question 31

Compound paths cannot be used in patterns.

Question 32

Pattern fills are based on a single tile.

Question 33

When you apply random settings to a Scatter brush, the positioning of the objects on the path will be different every time you apply the brush.

Question 34

In the Move dialog box, specifying the horizontal and vertical values for a move is the same as specifying the angle and the distance for the move.

Question 35

Graphs can be used in patterns.

Question 36

In the Move dialog box, you can enter a value for the angle you want to move an object.

Question 37

The best way to control how a pattern fills an object is to align the ruler origin with the bottom-left corner of the object.

Question 38

When you transform a pattern, all subsequent objects that you create will be filled with the transformed pattern.

Question 39

The word offset refers to the angle an object is rotated from its point of origin.

Question 40

When working with Pattern brushes, the beginning and ending tiles must contain the same artwork.

Question 41

In the Move dialog box, entering 3 in the Horizontal text box and 3 in the Vertical text box moves the selected object ____.

A)at a 45-degree angle
B)at a 90-degree angle
C)straight up
D)straight down

Question 42

You open the Pattern Options panel by selecting an object on the artboard, clicking the Edit menu, and then clicking Make.

Question 43

In the Move dialog box, entering .5 in the Horizontal text box and -.5 in the Vertical text box moves the selected object ____.

A)in a northeast direction
B)in a southeast direction
C)in a southwest direction
D)in a northwest direction

Question 44

In the figure above, the Dim Copies option has not been applied.

Question 45

When creating a pattern, only objects you select within the boundary box will be repeated in the pattern.

Question 46

Pattern tiles repeat as many times as necessary to fill an object.

Question 47

When you move an object that is filled with a pattern, the pattern inside the object does not change.

Question 48

In the figure above, which of the following options on the Pattern Options panel is being used to format the pattern?

A)Stagger
B)Brick by Row
C)Rotate
D)Reflect

Question 49

Press ____ to see changes made to the artwork after you change a value in the dialog box.

A)[Esc]
B)[Alt]
C)[Shift]
D)[Tab]

Question 50

You can select one of Illustrator's preloaded brushes directly from the Brushes panel.

Question 51

In pattern editing mode, other objects or artwork on the artboard disappears.

Question 52

Generally, it is best if a tile is no smaller than 1" in width or height.

Question 53

When an object has been moved, the Transform Again command will move it again.

Question 54

For patterns with a transparent background, you must create a bounding box.

Question 55

In the Move dialog box, you can enter a value for the distance you want to move an object.

Question 56

Bitmap art can be traced and saved as a brush.

Question 57

When you apply ____ settings to a scatter brush, the positioning of the objects on the path will be different every time you apply the brush.

A)default
B)random
C)pattern
D)gradient

Question 58

Patterns cannot be modified.

Question 59

In the Move dialog box, entering -.25 in the Horizontal text box and -.25 in the Vertical text box moves the selected object ____.

A)in a northeast direction
B)in a southeast direction
C)in a southwest direction
D)in a northwest direction

Question 60

Artwork for a brush can include which of the following?

A)gradients
B)blends
C)stars
D)mesh objects

Question 61

Enter the appropriate word(s) to complete the statement.
In the figure above, the artboard is in __________________ mode.
Case Based Critical Thinking
Mark's team is working on a series of children's books, which involves the creation of many complex illustrations.Mark knows that this project will be a major challenge for his team in the use of patterns.

Question 62

In the Move dialog box, entering 0 in the Horizontal text box and -.5 in the Vertical text box moves the selected object ____.

A)to the right
B)to the left
C)straight up
D)straight down

Question 63

Enter the appropriate word(s) to complete the statement.
____________________ brushes stretch an object along the length of a path.

Question 64

Enter the appropriate word(s) to complete the statement.
The ____________________ box defines the perimeter of the pattern tile.

Question 65

If you were using a brush to draw a pearl necklace, which brush would you use?

Question 66

Enter the appropriate word(s) to complete the statement.
You must convert ____________________ to outlines before it can be used as artwork for art and pattern brushes.

Question 67

In the Move dialog box, entering -3 in the Horizontal text box and 0 in the Vertical text box moves the selected object ____.

A)to the right
B)to the left
C)straight up
D)straight down

Question 68

Describe what an Art brush does.

Question 69

Enter the appropriate word(s) to complete the statement.
By default, a pattern begins at the ____________________ corner of the artboard.

Question 70

Enter the appropriate word(s) to complete the statement.
When you apply ____________________ settings to a Scatter brush, the positioning of the objects on the path will be different every time you apply the brush.

Question 71

The Brushes panel offers how many types of brushes?

Question 72

In the Move dialog box, entering .5 in the Horizontal text box and .5 in the Vertical text box moves the selected object ____.

A)in a northeast direction.
B)in a southeast direction.
C)in a southwest direction.
D)in a northwest direction.

Question 73

Enter the appropriate word(s) to complete the statement.
The ____________________ dialog box contains options for determining whether or not the scale will affect the pattern fill.

Question 74

Patterns fill objects by repeating an original pattern in a process called what?

Question 75

Enter the appropriate word(s) to complete the statement.
The ____________________ tool offers you a method for quickly altering the width of a stroke by clicking and dragging on the stroke itself.

Question 76

This term refers to the distance that an object is moved or copied from a starting location to an ending location.

A)unit of measurement
B)increment
C)offset
D)tiling

Question 77

Enter the appropriate word(s) to complete the statement.
Text can be used as artwork for brushes only after it has been converted to ____________________.

Question 78

One of the graphics for the book involves the creation of a checkerboard illustration, and a designer says that he can easily make the checkerboard by dragging and dropping copies of a single square.Mark tells him that he doubts that he can do it as well by hand as he could with the Move dialog box.What is Mark thinking? What reasons can you think of that makes using the Move dialog box the smarter option?

Question 79

In the Move dialog box, entering a positive value in the vertical text box moves the object in which direction from the horizontal axis?

Question 80

What type of brush creates a natural brush stroke with the streaks and varying opacities you would find with an actual paint brush?

A)Art
B)Scatter
C)Bristle
D)Calligraphic