Adobe Animate Certification Review
Exam Questions and Answers
Animate CC - Answers -software that allows you to design interactive animations with
cutting-edge drawing tools and publish them to multiple platforms
design - Answers -an outline, sketch, or plan, as of the form and structure of a work of
art
text - Answers -words, letters, numbers, and symbols created using the Text tool
animation - Answers -a visual presentation of many still frames produced from
drawings, models, or objects posed in a series of incremental movements that are then
rapidly sequenced to give the illusion of lifelike motion
video - Answers -a program or other visual media product including moving images,
with or without audio, that is digitally recorded, reproduced, or broadcasted
interactive media - Answers -a method of communication in which a program's outputs
depend on the user's inputs
ActionScript - Answers -an object-oriented programming language that is designed
specifically for website animation
workspace - Answers -the work area in a software program consisting of a customized
arrangement of various UI (user interface) elements, such as panels, bars, and
windows; options in Animate include Animator, Designer, Essentials, Developer, and
Classic or it may be customized
interface - Answers -a device or program enabling a user to communicate with a
computer; Animate's Interface is comprised of the Stage, Pasteboard, Properties panel,
Library, etc.
drawing tools - Answers -tools in a software program that aid the user with different
drawing abilities - pencil, pen, brush, shape, line, paint, etc.
timeline - Answers -the area below the stage in Animate that displays the sequence of
frames and is used for several actions
project phases - Answers -plan, design, build, test, publish/launch
, target audience - Answers -the intended market or readership of a publication,
advertisement or other message
scope creep - Answers -in project management, refers to changes, continuous or
uncontrolled growth in a project's scope at any point after the project begins
stage - Answers -the window in which you will see any type of content on the document
once it has been published
pasteboard - Answers -the area around the stage which can be used to have things off
screen which can then be animated into the stage
color picker - Answers -tool used to choose colors to apply to text, objects, strokes, etc.
motion tween - Answers -a type of animation that uses symbols to create movement,
size and motion changes, fades, and color effects
classic tween - Answers -a tool used to create animation movements within an Animate
document; similar motion tweens, but more complex to create and not as flexible
shape tween - Answers -animation using shapes in Adobe Animate
stamp - Answers -a paint tool used to copy pixel values from one
place and time to another
library - Answers -an area in Animate that allows you to store various types of assets
(documents, templates, images, etc.) for later use
preset - Answers -a motion tween that is pre-configured that enables you to add
animations with a minimal number of steps. You can also create a custom preset from
any animation you make and reuse
GIF - Answers -Graphics Interchange Format; a bitmap image format that supports both
animated and static images
symbol - Answers -a graphic, button, or movie clip that you create once in the Animate
CC authoring environment or by using the SimpleButton (AS 3.0) and MovieClip classes
instance - Answers -a clone or duplicate of a symbol
alignment - Answers -tool that allows you to align layers on the stage (horizontal center,
horizontal right, horizontal left, vertical center, vertical top, vertical bottom, etc.)
transformation - Answers -tool that allows you to transform/change shapes, objects, etc.
- resize, flip horizontally/vertically, etc.