AUTO CAD

BASICS OF DRAWING AND MODIFYING

1. From which direction does AutoCAD start measuring angles

9 o'clock
6 o'clock
3 o'clock

2. What does WCS stand for?

Western CAD System
World Coordinate System
Worldwide Coordinate Sectors

3. When drawing in 2D, what axis do you NOT work with?

Y
Z
X

4. Is 300 degrees the same as -60 degrees in a drawing?

No
It depends upon your drawing
Yes

5. Which of the following is NOT a way to enter coordinates in AutoCAD?

Polar
Approximate
Relative

6. Which one of these will NOT start the Print command

PRINT
ALT+P
PLOT

7. What should you pay close attention to when learning AutoCAD?

The Toolbar
Tool Icons
The Command Line

8. Polar coordinates are used mostly for drawing...?

Angled Lines
Curved Lines
Vertical LInes

9. Which keystrokes will UNDO a command

CTRL+U
CRTL+Z
ALT+U

10. When using the TRIM command, which do you select first?
The object to be trimmed
Everything
The cutting edges

11. How many snap points does an object have?

Depends upon the object
1
3 or more

12. How many points do you need to define for the rectangle command?
1
2
4

13. How many AutoCAD objects are in a rectangle?

2
1
4

14. If you draw a line at 270 degrees it will point ___

Up
Left
Down

15. How long is a line from 1,4 to 4,4?

4 units
Can't easily tell from those coordinates
3 units

16. How long is a line drawn from 1,4 to @4<5

3 units
3.5467 units
4 units

17. How many points do you need to draw a line using Absolute Coordinates
2
1
It depends upon the line

18. When selecting objects, pressing 'L' will:

Select the last object created
Select lines only
Select the last object you modified

19. Pressing Shift while you are selecting will:

Remove the next selected object from the set
Automatically delete the object(s)
Allow you to draw a window

20. Pressing F when selecting objects will...

Finish the selection set
Allow you to find specific text
Allow you to draw a fence

21. How do you select the last set of object(s) you selected
Type H to highlight them
Type L
Type P

22. How do you select objects with a Crossing Selection?

Draw a window from up to down
Draw a window from right to left
Draw a window from left to right

23. What is the best way of drawing a rectangle?

Using the Polyline command
Using the Rectangle command
Using the Line command

24. To move something four units to the right, what would be the 2nd point of displacement?
@4,0
4,0
@4.0

25. How should you select objects when using the stretch command?.
With a crossing selection
Pick them one by one
Hold the shift key while selecting

26. The origin of a drawing is at:

A random point in space
0,0
The first point you select

27. Objects are rotated around the ____

Bottom right of the object
Centre of the object
Base point

28. The fillet command creates ____

Round Corners
Angled Corners
Both Round and Sharp Corners

29. A polar array creates new objects ____

In a circular pattern
In a straight line
In a grid pattern

30. The distances set for a chamfer are ____

Always the same
Sometimes different
Always different

31. You should use Osnaps when you dimension ____

Always
Never
Only on large drawings

32. How many layers should a drawing have?

1 or 2
As many as are needed
4

33. When can you set the height of your text?

Only in a special text dialog box
When you are starting the Text command
Only when you start the drawing

34. Scaling objects makes them ____

Either Bigger and Smaller
Bigger
Smaller

35. DDE can be used in which direction?

90 degree increments
All
45 degree increments

36. When using Object Snap Tracking, you should turn on ____
Osnaps (F3)
Object Snap Tracking (F11)
Both Osnap and Otrack

37. When setting up Polar Tracking, the Increment Angle ____

Locks you into one angle
Doesn't really do anything
Sets multiplies of the selected angle

38. Object tracking works only with ____

Midpoints only
Any active Osnap
Endpoints only

39. How can you change an object's properties?

Right click and choose Properties
All
Right Click and choose Quick Properties

40. Double clicking on a text object allows you to change its layer
No
Yes
Only if it is on the TEXT layer

41. If you select a line and a rectangle and view the properties ____
You will see all the properties
You will see the properties of the first selected object
You will see only limited properties

42. When you want to close the Properties palette ____

Click the X in the top left of the palette
Type CLOSE
Move it off the screen

43. To invoke the Zoom command transparently, type ____

:Z
'Z
@Z

44. Which is not a valid Zoom option?

All
Next
Previous

45. Panning allows you to ____

Close in on a small area
Move around the drawing at the same scale
See all of the drawing at once
46. Why should you use the Zoom tools?
To be faster
All
To be more accurate
 LEVEL 2
INTERMEDIATE TOPICS BLOCKS, CONSTRAINTS AND LAYOUTS

1. Which one is NOT a vaild type of unit?

Decimal
Open
Architectural

2. The fillet command creates ____

Angled Corners
Both Round and Sharp Corners
Round Corners

3. What do you NOT need to consider when starting a CAD drawing?

If you have enough paper
If you can draw it
If you have all the measurements needed

4. Which is NOT a valid method for entering Architechural units?

3'
3
3 feet

5. Which should you draw first in a floor plan?

Doors
Windows
Walls

6. What is an advantage to using blocks in your drawing?

All
It keeps file size down
They are easier to modify

7. When creating a block, what don't you need to do?

Pick a base point
Select the objects
Add Attributes

8. Once you create a block can you change it?

Only if you didn't name it
You can redefine it
Never
 9. What command do you use to write a block to a separate file?
Blockwrite
You cannot write a block to a disk
Wblock

10. What is an advantage of Dynamic Blocks?

You can add more objects
You can add many parameters
They use less RAM

11. Does the Align command work in AutoCAD LT?

No
Only in later versions
Yes

12. How often do you use the 3rd reference point in the Align command?
Never
Always
Only in 3D drafting

13. When using the Align command when do you use the Scale option?
Never
To match the aligned objects to a new size
Always

14. Should you use your Osnaps with the Align command?
Only in 3D
Yes - Always
No - AutoCAD will place the objects

15. Which item isn't part of an attribute?

Tag
Prompt
Scale

16. What is a block attribute?

Non-graphical information about the object
A number that identifies each block
Plain Text

17. What can you do with block attributes?

Display them in the drawing
Export them to another program
All
 18. When are attributes displayed in the drawing?
Turned on and off using the Dispatt command
Never
Turned on and off using the Attdisp command

19. Do you have to insert a table when extracting data?

Only in latest versions
No, you can just write data to a file
Yes, you must

20. Once a Hatch is drawn, can you edit it?

Only if you don't close the drawing
Yes, using the Hatchedit command
No

21. If you hatch an area and can't see it clearly...

AutoCAD is locked up
The scale may be wrong
You used the wrong layer

22. Which command does NOT fill an area?

Solid
Boundary
Hatch

23. What command can be used for a solid filled hatch?

Fill
Solid
FillHatch

24. If the hatch didn't work at all...

There was an opening in the area you selected
You used the wrong layer
The scale was wrong

25. What can be a problem with using True Type fonts?

They are too big
None
Other users may not have the same fonts

26. When you are defining a new Text Style, should you adjust the height?
Only if you really know what you're doing
Never
Always
 27. How many text styles do you need?
Just one
At least seven
It depends upon the drawing

28. What's an easy way to edit text?

Copy and Paste
Spellcheck command
Double Click on it

29. Should you override text styles?

Yes, all the time
Never
Only if you really need to

30. Can a polyline be given a variable width?

Yes
Only in line segments
No

31. Can different polylines be joined together?

Yes
No, just lines
Not if they haved arcs

32. What command allows you to edit a poyline?

PEdit
PLEdit
You cannot edit poylines once drawn

33. Can a polyline be left open?

Yes
Never
Only if it has an arc

34. What option is commonly changed in Revclouds?

Width
Arc Length
Style

35. When you are in a Layout tab what do you draw to see your model?
A Window
A Box
A viewport
 36. What's the easiest way to know if you are in paper space /layout mode?
Close the drawing
Look for the triangular icon
Zoom Out

37. What command do you use to scale a viewport?

VPScale
Zoom
Scale

38. Should you modify your model in Paper Space / Layout Mode?
No
Yes
Only if I want to mess up my drawing

39. What command is used to rotate the view in a viewport?

Rotate
Twist
DView

40. The two types of constraints are...

Parallel and Perpendicular
Geometric and Orthographic
Geometric and Dimensional

41. How do you remove a constraint from an object?

EREASECONSTRAINT command
ERASE command
DELCON command

42. Can you add more than one constraint to an object?

No
Only Geometric Constraints
Yes

43. If an object is copied does the constraint copy with it?

No
Yes
Only Geometric constraints

44. What is an elevation drawing?

A 3D Rendering
A photographic representation
A 2D drawing of the side of a building
 45. How many elevation drawings are needed?
Alway four
At least two
It depends upon the project

46. What should you draw first in an elevation?

Doors
Windows
Largest walls

47. What is a key part of elevations?

Orthographic Projection
Isometric Projection
Sketching