Chapter 11

The LENGTHEN command does not affect closed objects.

True

To stretch objects relative to the current location, use the Origin option of the STRETCH command.

True (wrong)

Which keyboard key can you press while the TRIM command is active to access the EXTEND command?

[shift]

To stretch an object relative to the current location, enter the ______________________________ option of the STRETCH command.

displacement

The JOIN command can be used to connect a line and an arc to form a spline.

false

The SCALE command increases or decreases the display of an object on-screen without affecting the object's actual dimensions.

false

Two lines can be joined even if they overlap.

true

Two polylines can be joined if they have a common endpoint.

true

To break a piece out of a circle, you should work in a clockwise direction to specify the break points.

true (wrong)

To delete unneeded objects left over when you are trimming, you can use the TRIM command's Undo option.

true (wrong)

Which of the following commands can be used to connect two lines at a corner?

join (wrong)

To scale an object by specifying a new size in relation to an existing size, you should use the ______________________________ option of the SCALE command.

reference

The scale factor that would reduce an object to half of its current size is ______________________________.

.5

A chamfer that is the same distance from the corner in each direction has an angle of ____.

45

Which symbol can you use with the BREAK command to break an object into two pieces without removing a portion?

@

To use the EXTEND command, you must first select a(n) ______________________________ edge to which the objects will be extended.

Boundary

Which of the following commands can be used to separate a single object into two objects?

Break

Which of the following objects cannot be chamfered?

Circle

Two lines can be joined only if the lines are ______________________________.

Collinear

The LENGTHEN option that allows you to specify a positive or negative change in length is ______________________________.

DElta

The size of a chamfer in AutoCAD is determined by the ____.

Distance from the corner

The size of a fillet in AutoCAD is determined by the ____.

Radius of the fillet

Which of the following commands would you use to lengthen a screw without changing its shaft size?

Stretch

The command that can remove a portion of a closed polygon is the ______________________________ command.

TRIM (wrong)

Another term for a rounded corner is ______________________________.

fillet

The point from which objects are stretched using the STRETCH command is called the ______________________________ point.

base

A small angled surface used to relieve a sharp corner is a(n) ______________________________.

chamfer

The object that defines the edge to which another object is trimmed is called the ______________________________ edge.

cutting

After accessing the STRETCH command, you should use a fence to select the objects to be stretched.

false

Chamfers can be defined by two distances or a distance and a radius.

false

If two lines do not meet at a corner, they cannot be filleted.

false

If you access the STRETCH command and select an entire object to stretch, the STRETCH command works like the MOVE command.

false (wrong)

If two nonintersecting lines would meet if they were extended, you can use the ______________________________ intersection to trim them.

implied

The Angle option of the CHAMFER command allows you to create a chamfer by specifying an angle and a ______________________________ for one edge.

length (wrong)

Which of the following objects cannot be joined using the JOIN command?

rectangles

The command that allows you to enlarge or reduce an entire object proportionately is the ______________________________ command.

scale

Holding down the [Shift] key while the EXTEND command is active accesses the TRIM command.

true

Holding down the [Shift] key while you select the second line for a filleting operation creates a zero-radius fillet.

true

The FILLET command can be used to create both inside and outside rounded corners.

true