Why would you want to share a symbol library?

To others to work on separate files to share artwork

How do you instantiate a symbol?

Instance name in the Properties will instantiate it

What is the purpose of the horizontal subdivisions in the Tools panel?

To divide the tools by their basic functionality

In the method gotoAndPlay(1), what is the 1?

It represents a frame number to jump to and play

When editing nested symbols, how do you get back to the main Timeline?

Click the scene icon in the topleft corner of the Stage

How can movie clip symbols be animated?

animated with ActionScript and motion tweens

Editing a symbol within the library has what effect on the instance on the Stage?

All instances of the symbol will be affected

Holding the Shift key when drawing with the Line tool does what?

Allows lines to be created at 45degree increments

How do you identify an expandable text block?

text block has a small circle in one of the right corners

When using the Free Transformation tool, what does the dot in the center do?

It determines the axis of rotation

A single character shape within a font

If an existing symbol is selected and you attempt to convert it to a symbol, what happens?

The selected symbol will be nested inside a new symbol

What is a "function" in ActionScript?

A single command that triggers a block of code

When importing an audio file using File > Import > Import to Stage, where does the file go?

It is stored in library, regardless the way it was imported

What is the purpose of streaming video?

it allows the video to begin playing before downloaded

What do Code Snippets do?

Code Snippets provide prebuilt blocks of code

What happens when you choose Modify > Break Apart a "Text"?

The individual letters of the text field are broken

What can the Subselection tool in Animate access?

anchor points and curvature points of vector graphics

What does anti-aliasing do?

It controls how the edges of characters will appear

Vectors is superior to bitmaps in what ways?

Infinitely scalable without loss of detail

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1
Why would you want to share a symbol library?
To minimize the sizeof the published file
To allow other to customize symbols for their own use
Libraries symbols cannot be shared
To others to work on separate files to share artwork
2
How do you instantiate a symbol?
Symbols are instantiated only after played completely
Instantiation can be accomplished through ActionScript code
Instance name in the Properties will instantiate it
All symbols in Flash are automatically created.
3
What is the purpose of the horizontal subdivisions in the Tools panel?
To let you quickly navigate subsections using the Tab key
To act as editable subgroups
To delineate between individual tools
To divide the tools by their basic functionality
4
In the method gotoAndPlay(1), what is the 1?
It represents a frame number to jump to and play
It identifies the object that should be affected
It instructs the playhead to move to the frame labeled 1
It sets the precedence of the operations
5
When editing nested symbols, how do you get back to the main Timeline?
Press the Home button
Doubleclick the Timeline tab
Click the scene icon in the topleft corner of the Stage
Click the ESC key
6
How can movie clip symbols be animated?
only nested animation
using ActionScript only
animated with ActionScript and motion tweens
animated by motion tweens only
7
Editing a symbol within the library has what effect on the instance on the Stage?
Symbol will not affect instances that already placed
A new symbol will be created in the Library.
All instances of the symbol will be affected
Editing symbols in the library has no effect
8
Holding the Shift key when drawing with the Line tool does what?
Allows only vertical and horizontal lines to be created
Allows lines to be created at 45degree increments
Makes the line a uniform thickness
Enables the Snap to Object feature
9
How do you identify an expandable text block?
text block has a plus sign (+) along the bottom
text block has a small circle in one of the right corners
text block has an arrow on its right side
text block has a small square in one of the right corners
10
When using the Free Transformation tool, what does the dot in the center do?
It is a handle to move the object without transforming it
Dragging it will produce an animation path
Will freely distort the object when moved
It determines the axis of rotation
11
to make us easy, we can use....to make script easly
actionscript3
timeline
code snippet
properties panel
12
ActionScript 3 is similar in syntax to what other language?
COBOL
JavaScript
BASIC
Objective C
13
What is a glyph?
A specialty character like a copyright
Any nonstandardcharacter like one used in foreign languages
A flourish or a scroll character
A single character shape within a font
14
If an existing symbol is selected and you attempt to convert it to a symbol, what happens?
The Modify> Convert toSymbolmenuoptionwillnot beavailable
A new symbol will be created on top of the existing symbol
The selected symbol will be nested inside a new symbol
Flash will display an error dialog box
15
What is a "function" in ActionScript?
An instantiated symbol occupying a single keyframe
A mathematical operator used for calculations
A single command that triggers a block of code
A term that is defined to represent a block of code
16
testing step will done after....
design
assembly
colecting data
concept
17
When importing an audio file using File > Import > Import to Stage, where does the file go?
Import to Stage will not allow you to import an audio file
It is accessible through the Audio panel.
Assigned to the current frame
It is stored in library, regardless the way it was imported
18
What is the purpose of streaming video?
It allows the video to stay in sync with the FlashTimeline
It guarantees smoother play back on the enduserside
It allows the end user to edit the video in realtime
it allows the video to begin playing before downloaded
19
Which video format can be read by both the Flash Video Player and iOS devices?
F4v
MP4
FLV
MOV
20
What key do you press to draw a prefect circle using the Oval tool?
The Ctrl key
The Shift key
Oval tool defaults to perfect circles always
The Alt key
21
What do Code Snippets do?
Truncate extra characters for a faster download
Are used as drag codes to avoid using the Actions window
Code Snippets provide prebuilt blocks of code
Code Snippets auto complete existing code
22
In the Movieclip class, which of the following is a method?
x
stop()
rotation
alpha
23
Which of the following is not a symbol type?
Graphic
Bitmap
Movie Clip
Button
24
testing step devided two ways, there are..
alpha and black box
Black and white
Alpha and Beta
beta and white box
25
the stages of making program architecture specifications, style, appearance, icons are ...
concept
testing
design
assembly
26
What happens when you choose Modify > Break Apart a "Text"?
The individual letters of the text field are broken
The individual words of the sentence are broken
You cannot break apart a text field
The text field is converted to a symbol
27
What can the Subselection tool in Animate access?
Only individual portions of shapes
None of the choices
anchor points and curvature points of vector graphics
The individual pixels of a bitmap image
28
What does anti-aliasing do?
It controls how the edges of characters will appear
It prevents character substitution
It sets a size for the characters to increase readability
It blurs text in the direction of an animation
29
What is the most flexible symbol type in Animate?
Button
Movie clip
Bitmap
Graphic
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Vectors is superior to bitmaps in what ways?
All of the above
Usually larger file sizes
Infinitely scalable without loss of detail
Better for displaying photographic images

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