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Grado: ° -2019 TECHNOLOGY
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NAME BIMESTER II

GRADE &
LAST NAME _____________°
SECTION
TEACHER
SUPERVISING DATE 2019
THE EXAM

N° OF
BEGINNING TIME ENDING TIME
ORDER

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FINAL TEST GRADE 9TH

INSTRUCTIONS:
• The test has a total score of 20 points. There are no points against.
• Avoid using white-out, otherwise use a line to cross out what you want to eliminate,
such as: I do not have time.
• Do not lend or borrow desk supplies while the exam is in progress.
• The duration of the test is 80 minutes.
• NO STUDENT can leave the classroom before the time allotted for the completion of
the test.

COMPETENCE 1: Designs and builds technological solutions to solve problems in your

environment
COMPETENCE 2: Successfully thrives in the virtual environments generated by ICT with
responsibility and ethics.

Competence 1 Competence 2 Total

Successfully thrives
Designs and builds in the virtual
technological solutions environments
to solve problems in generated by ICT Total
your environment. with responsibility
and ethics.

1. Creating a flyer using Illustrator basic tools.

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PART I : CREATING THE PAGE SETTINGS FOR THE FLYER (10%)

a. Open Illustrator and click on FILE then choose the option New
b. Next set the page properties:
Name: Initial + LastName_Grade (Example CDiaz_9thgrade)
Size: A3
Units: Centimeters
c. Once the document is generated, in the upper right corner of the screen
there’s an option to change the workspace. Choose the option LAYER
PART II: CREATING FORMS IN ILLUSTRATOR (20%)
a. In the right side of the screen there’s the TOOLBAR, from the toolbar right
click in the RECTANGULE TOOL to choose the POLYGON TOLL in case you
can’t see it.

b. Press SHIFT and then click on the screen to start creating the forms. A
window may appear on the screen specifying the radius and sides of the
polygon if that happens click the OK bottom.

c. Go to WINDOW (it’s located in the upper bar of the screen) and choose the
option TRANSFORM. A window will appear if not you will see this window in
the right side of the screen.

d. Set the sides of the POLYGON to 2cm.

Once the polygon is created use the
Selection tool to drag it to the lower
right corner of the page.

e. Go to the upper bar across the top and

click on the option to select None color
for the Polygon.
f. TO DUPLICATE ONLY ONE POLYGON
press and hold:

ALT + DRAG +
SHIFT

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PART III: CREATING THE PATTERN (20%)

a. Once the POLYGONS were created, it’s time to
start creating the pattern. To DUPLICATE CONTROL + D
THE FIRST LINE OF POLYGONS. Press:

b. This allows us to duplicate the hexagons and create a pattern for the flyer and it
should look like the image below.

c. Once the page is cover in POLYGONS , start erasing some of them and arrange
them according to your preference like the picture below.

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d. Select all the POLYGONS, right click and the ALT + DRAG +
select the option GROUP to group all the SHIFT
hexagons.

e. Then DUPLICATE the group of POLYGONS

using:
f. Change the color of the new group outilne to
WHITE

PART IV: CREATING A COMPOUND MASK (20%)

a. The first step to creating a compound mask is go to the upper bar and click on
WINDOW then select the option
PATHFINDER and a window will pop
up.
b. Once the PATHFINDER tool is enable,
the next step is to select the first group
of polygons and click on the option
UNITE
c. The pattern will look like the image below.

d. Select the pattern and go to OBJECT

located in the upper bar.
e. From the menu displayed choose the
option COMPOUND PATH
f. Select the pattern and change the fill. Click
on the black square of the bar

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PART V: INSERTING AN IMAGE (20%)

a. Go to FILE and look for the option PLACE, a window will appear. Now go to
the file were the image is located, select it and click OK
b. Place the image in the position of your preference, it should be as big as the
page.
c. Select the image and right click with the mouse. Select the option ARRAGE
and then SEND TO BACK.
d. Make sure to SELECT THE IMAGE AND THE PATTERN to create the
compound mask, now right click with the mouse and click on the option
MAKE CLIPPING MASK.
e. Select the group of POLYGONS,
right click with the mouse and
select UNGROUP
f. Select the second group of the
pattern earlier created, place it
in front of the mask created
and change the outline to
white. STROKE: 3.5pt
g. Pick the rectangle tool to
create a white rectangle that
will cover the entire page.
(Minute 10:36 of the video)
h. Select the mask created and the
rectangule to create another
compound mask, now right click
with the mouse and click on the
option MAKE CLIPPING MASK.
(Minute 10:36 of the video)

PART VI: ADDING TEXT (10%)

a. Create a new layer and rename TEXT

b. Select the layer created and using the TYPE TOOL start
adding text to the flyer

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