CAD Exam Review Questions
To edit the attributes of several blocks simultaneously, use the ____ command.
-ATTEDIT
When drawn properly, the dashes in hidden lines are .125 ″ long and spaced ____ apart.
.06"
According to ASME standards, the recommended height for dimensions and notes on a drawing is ____.
.12"
In the dimension 4.50±.10, what is the tolerance value?
.20
According to ASME standards, what is the minimum recommended spacing between the first dimension line and subsequent dimension lines?
.250"
According to ASME standards, what is the minimum recommended spacing between an object feature and the first dimension line?
.375"
Custom dictionary files have a file extension of ____.
.cus
A template file has a ____ file extension.
.dwt
What should the Offset from origin value in the dimension style be when you are dimensioning to a centerline?
0
The lower-left corner of the drawing limits is at ____ by default.
0,0
What value should you specify for text height when you are defining a text style so that you can set the text height with the TEXT command?
0.0000
Annotative blocks should usually be inserted at a scale of ____.
1
How many layers are required in an AutoCAD drawing?
1
How many viewports can be active at one time in model space?
1
How many viewports does the model space drawing window contain by default?
1
What is the maximum number of visibility parameters a block can have?
1
If you specify a distance multiplier of 3 units and then select a parameter grip and specify a move of 4 units, how far will the object actually move?
12 units
If you enter the expression (3+5)*2 in QuickCalc, AutoCAD will calculate the answer to be ____.
16
f you enter the expression 2*6+4 in QuickCalc, AutoCAD will calculate the answer to be ____.
16
In order for objects on a layout and objects in model space to print correctly, the layout must be plotted at a scale of ____.
1:1
How many blocks are required to automate the creation of a revision block for a drawing?
2
How many line widths are recommended in ASME Y14.2, Line Conventions and Lettering?
2
What is the scale factor for a drawing that is to be plotted at a scale of 1/2 ″ = 1 ″?
2
If you want to place the first dimension line 1/2 ″ from an object and the drawing scale is 1/4 ″ = 1 ′-0 ″, the correct dimension spacing in model space is ____.
24"
How many plot styles are present in a color-dependent plot style table?
255
f you enter the expression 3^3 in QuickCalc, AutoCAD will calculate the answer to be ____.
27
Paper space is a ____ drawing environment.
2D
To create a table that has three data rows, a header row, and a title row, how many rows should you specify in the Insert Table dialog box?
3
If you set the measurement scale for a drawing at 1.5 and a line measures exactly 2 inches long, what value will be displayed in the dimension? 1.5 3.0 3.5 5.0
3.0
According to the ASME Y14.5-2009 Dimensioning and Tolerancing standard, which of the following is a correct display for a specified dimension of 3.2 ″ with a bilateral tolerance of .015?
3.200±.015
The most common angle for section lines is ___________.
30 degrees
How many different dimensions can be created with the DIMANGULAR command?
4
A chamfer that is the same distance from the corner in each direction has an angle of ____.
45 degrees
How many views are needed to show an object from all (orthographic) sides?
6
In an architectural drawing that has a scale factor of 48, what is the model space text height for text that will appear 1/8 ″ high when printed?
6"
To create an octagon using the POLYGON command, how many sides should you specify?
8
What happens when you hover the cursor over a command in AutoCAD?
A tooltip appears
The general section line symbol is ____.
ANSI31
A drawing requires eight bolts arranged in a circular fashion around a central axis, and you have already drawn one bolt. The most efficient way to create and place the remaining bolts is to use the ____ command.
ARRAY
Grips can be used to perform all of the following commands except ____. ARRAY COPY ROTATE SCALE
ARRAY
To display the Attribute Definition dialog box, access the ____ command.
ATTDEF
To turn off attribute prompts, you can set the ____ system variable to 0.
ATTREQ
In which point entry system are all coordinates measured from the origin?
Absolute coordinates
A standard layer naming system for architectural drawings was developed by the ____.
American Institute of Architects (AIA)
What type of view is typically used to describe a foreshortened surface?
Auxiliary
To display objects in different colors depending on their level of constraint, use the ____ command.
BCONSTATUSMODE
To change the color of parameter grips in the Block Editor, use the ____ command.
BESETTINGS
Blocks are created using the ____ command.
BLOCK
Blocks containing attributes are created using the ____ command.
BLOCK
To display or redisplay the Block Table Properties dialog box, use the ____ command.
BTABLE
Which command allows you to create visibility states for a visibility parameter?
BVSTATE
Which command allows you to close the current drawing file without exiting AutoCAD?
CLOSE
For which of the following object types would the Endpoint object snap not be useful? Arc Circle Line Spline
Circle
If the value of the attribute should always be the same, select the ____ mode when you create the attribute.
Constant
What auto-fill option would you use to copy the same data from one cell to multiple other cells?
Copy Cells
Noncircular curves should be dimensioned using the ____ command.
DIM
What command allows you to draw a single linear dimension?
DIM
Which command allows you to convert an associative dimension into a dimensional constraint?
DIMCONSTRAINT
To change the angle of the extension lines on an existing dimension, you would use the ____ command.
DIMEDIT
What command allows you to dimension the vertical distance between the endpoints of a slanted line?
DIMLINEAR
To dimension a drawing using rectangular coordinate dimensioning without dimension lines, use the ____ command.
DIMORDINATE
A command that allows you to draw a filled circle is ____.
DONUT
To move a hatch pattern behind its boundary after the hatch has been created, use the ____ command.
DRAWORDER
Sheet set data is saved in a sheet set data file that has a(n) ____ extension.
DST
The three default cell styles in AutoCAD are ____.
Data, Header, and Title
To copy a layout from another existing drawing into the current drawing, you can use ____.
DesignCenter
Which AutoCAD tolerance option is used to create a unilateral tolerance?
Deviation
When multiple objects are pasted into a drawing using the Paste as Block option, which of the following commands can you use to make the objects individually editable? COPY EXPLODE MATCHPROP DDEDIT
EXPLODE
If an xref file named Electrical contains a layer named Wiring, the layer shows up in the host drawing as ____.
Electrical Wiring
To scale multiple text objects using the current justification of each object as its base point, select the ____ justification option of the SCALETEXT command.
Existing
Which PEDIT option allows you to create a fit curve? Break Decurve Fit Spline
Fit
The list of related buttons that appears when you pick the arrow next to certain command buttons is known as a ____.
Flyout
Clicking a hatch pattern opens the ____.
Hatch Editor
Blocks containing attributes are inserted into a drawing using the ____ command.
INSTERT
If you know you will need to calculate the area of an object, which of the following commands should you not use to create the object? LINE PLINE RECTANGLE SPLINE
LINE
Which PEDIT option controls the appearance of linetypes at polyline vertices? Edit vertex Join Ltype gen Width
Ltype gen
To draw a symmetrical assembly, you can draw one-half of the assembly and use the ____ command to reflect the first half to create the second half.
MIRROR
What command allows separate multileaders to be grouped together using a single leader line?
MLEADERCOLLECT
To display annotative objects correctly in drawings that were created in an AutoCAD version prior to AutoCAD 2008, change the default value of the ____ system variable.
MSLTSCALE
What is the meaning of the yellow alert icon that may appear next to a parameter in the Block Editor?
No action as been assigned to the parameter
In the MEASUREGEOM command, which option of the Area option allows you to find the area of a rectangle without picking its vertices? Length Object Rectangle Select
Object
Which SPLINE option allows you to convert a spline-fitted polyline into a true spline? Convert Fit Object Polyline
Object
To use DesignCenter to insert a hatch pattern into a drawing, you must first select a(n) ____ file.
PAT
A sheet set stores all of the following information except ____. paths to required drawing layouts or sheets PDF files related to the project the structure and organization of sheets in the sheet set project properties common to all sheets
PDF files related to the project
When you plot to a file, the file is saved with a ____ extension.
PLT
To remove unused blocks from a drawing, use the ____ command.
PURGE
When you add attributes to a block properties table, which attribute mode is critical to the correct operation of the table?
Preset
If you create a block properties table without any grips, the only way to select a record from the table is to use the ____.
Properties palette
Which command allows you to change a selected group of dimensions to chain dimensions?
QDIM
To change the calculation of points along a spline so that the start point becomes the endpoint and the endpoint becomes the start point, use the ____ command.
REVERSE
What two types of objects can the BOUNDARY command create?
Regions and polylines
To find all instances of a word in a text object and replace them with another word, select the ____ option in the Find and Replace dialog box.
Replace All
If objects in a block were originally created using absolute colors, you can change their color to ByLayer by using the Block Editor or the ____ command.
SETBYLAYER
he command that is active by default when you select a grip is ____.
STRETCH
What type of lines are used to show a surface in a section view where material has been cut away?
Section lines
If you know that an arc with an included angle of 15 ° needs to begin at the end of an existing line and end at the center point of a circle, which ARC option would you use to create the arc? Start, Center, Angle Start, Center, Length Start, End, Angle Start, End, Radius
Start, End, Angle
Which actions can be assigned to a point parameter? Array and move actions Chain and flip actions Scale and rotate actions Stretch and move actions
Stretch and move actions
The command that allows you to edit either single-line or multiline text is ____.
TEXTEDIT
In which system of dimensioning are features labeled with letters or numbers that correspond to values in a table?
Tabular dimensioning
When you insert a table into a drawing, which tab of the ribbon is activated by default? Annotation Home Text Editor Table
Text Editor
When you use the TEXT command without specifying an option, which two items must you specify before you can begin typing the text?
Text height and text rotation
To avoid printing the boundaries of floating viewports in a layout, what should you do to the Viewports layer before printing?
Turn it off
If a field does not display the expected value, update the field manually using the ____ command.
UPDATEFIELD
When the origin is at the lower-left corner of the drawing area, which quadrant of the XY plane is visible on-screen?
Upper-right quadrant
To use the Viewports dialog box to create a new viewport in paper space, use the ____ command.
VIEWPORTS
When an auxiliary view is used, what type of line is drawn in the view where the inclined surface appears as a line?
Viewing-plane line
To delete a visibility state, use the ____ dialog box.
Visibility States
To change the line width of a rectangle during its creation, you can use the ____ option.
Width
To create a text style with text that has characters that are narrower than the standard text font, which option would you adjust in the Text Style dialog box? Annotative Height Oblique Angle Width Factor
Width Factor
When you access the STATUS command and the information will not fit on the screen, you can press the ____ key to display additional status information.
[Enter]
To remove the grips from all of the objects on-screen, press the ____ key twice.
[Esc]
To receive context-oriented help while you are in the process of using a command, which keyboard key should you press?
[F1]
When you are editing a table, which key combination moves the cursor to the previous cell?
[Shift]+[Tab]
A linetype that is set using the Linetype Manager is a(n) ____ linetype and does not change when an object is moved to a different layer.
absolute
AutoCAD stores hatch patterns in the ____ file.
acad.pat
To edit model space objects from within a floating viewport in paper space, you must ____ the viewport.
activate
The two basic formats for dimensional constraints are ____.
annotational and dynamic
Gathering and storing all the electronic drawing files related to a project is known as ____.
archiving
The item that hides a portion of objects around and behind text so that the text is unobstructed is a ____.
background mask
A previously drawn symbol or shape that can be inserted instead of point objects when a line is divided or measured is a(n) ____.
block
A block properties table can contain ____.
both action parameters and constraint parameters
Circles on a drawing that are dimensioned using rectangular coordinate dimensioning without dimension lines should have ____.
center marks
A small angled surface used to relieve a sharp corner is known as a ____.
chamfer
Holes are dimensioned in the view in which they appear as ____.
circles
A value that stays the same in a calculation is known as a(n) ____.
constant
The primary means of pointing to objects or locations in an AutoCAD drawing is the ____.
crosshairs
The automatic viewport that appears when you first access a layout is created on the ____ layer.
current
Measurements made with the DIMORDINATE command automatically originate from the ____.
current UCS origin
The theoretically perfect surface, plane, point, or axis from which all measurements are taken in ordinate dimensioning is called a(n) ____.
datum
To remove an external reference from a host drawing, you can ____ it.
detach
Circles are generally dimensioned by giving the ____.
diameter
When you draw a circle using the 2-Point option, the two points you select define the circle's ____.
diameter
Parametric constraints that control the size or location of geometry are ____ constraints.
dimensional
The size of a chamfer in AutoCAD is determined by the ____.
distance from the corner
The column spacing for an array operation specifies the ___________.
distances between the same point on each object
The two primary types of AutoCAD files are ____.
drawing files and templates
The model space dimension size is calculated by multiplying the ____ by the desired plotted dimension size.
drawing scale factor
By default, new dimensional constraints use the ____ format.
dynamic
In a formula, the caret (^) represents the ____ operator.
exponentiation
Layers and objects can be ____, or removed from the host drawing temporarily, for editing purposes.
extracted
A rounded interior corner is known as a ____.
fillet
A default spline is created by specifying ____.
fit points
The two basic types of constraints in AutoCAD are ____.
geometric and dimensional constraints
The space between columns of text is known as the ____.
gutter
In simplified representation, the thread depth is shown using a(n) ____.
hidden line
The drawing into which an external reference is referenced is known as the ____.
host drawing
From the thread note M16X2, you can determine that the thread ____.
is a metric thread
From the thread note 3/4-10UNC-2B, you can determine that the thread ____.
is an internal thread
A list of objects ordered according to the layers on which they reside is called a(n) ____.
layer index
The DIMARC command is used to dimension the ____ of an arc.
length
The specified dimension is replaced by upper and lower tolerances in the ____ method of dimensioning.
limits
The default dimension name d6 refers to a(n) ____ dimensional constraint.
linear
The two axes of an ellipse are known as the ____ axes.
major and minor
The AutoCAD tool that snaps to exact points, such as the center of a circle or the endpoint of a line, when you pick a point near these locations is ____.
object snap
The feature that requires active running object snaps and point acquisition is ____.
object snap tracking
An external reference that is displayed without being attached to the current drawing is said to be ____.
overlaid
A specification that controls characteristics such as positions, distances, and angles of dynamic block geometry is called a(n) ____.
parameter
A temporary value for a field is called a ____.
placeholder
To find the correct dimension location and spacing in model space, you must multiply the scale factor by the ____.
plotted spacing
The dimension 17.65±.15 is an example of ____ dimensioning.
plus-minus
The dimensioning system in which angular dimensions are used to locate features from surfaces, centerlines, or center planes is known as the ____ coordinate system.
polar
The ∅ symbol placed in front of a diameter dimension is an example of a ____.
prefix
To end a command, you can use any of the following techniques except ____. pressing the [Enter] key pressing the [F1] key pressing the space bar right-clicking and selecting Enter
pressing the [F1] key
The size of a fillet in AutoCAD is determined by the ____.
radius of the fillet
A drawing file that is used for viewing only is known as a(n) ____.
read-only drawing
A block that was originally drawn at a scale of 1:1 and is then inserted at a scale factor of 1 is known as a ____.
real block
A lookup table organizes parameter properties into lookup ____.
records
An array that contains rows and columns is a ____ array.
rectangular
A specific instance of a block that has been inserted into a drawing is known as a block ____.
reference
If you try to over-constrain an object, AutoCAD creates a ____ instead.
reference dimension
A closed 2D area that can have physical properties such as centroids and moments of inertia is a ____.
region
To work well, an annotative block should originally be created as a ____ block.
schematic
Thin lines that are drawn in a pattern to show where material has been cut away are known as ____.
section lines
A list of all the sheets in a sheet set and the type of information that can be found on each sheet is called a ____.
sheet list table
A layout or model view saved for use in a sheet set is called a(n) ____.
sheet view
To create a curve-continuous situation between a spline and a line, arc, or another spline, use a(n) ____ constraint.
smooth
The feature that constrains the crosshairs to move in specific increments is called ____.
snap
A list of objects ordered according to their locations in 3D space is called a(n) ___
spatial index
If you only need to show a specific part of an xref in the host drawing, you can create a boundary that displays a ____ of the xref.
subregion
Groups of layouts based on folder hierarchy within a sheet set are called ____.
subsets
Small stubs along the top of the ribbon used to access collections of commands are called ____.
tabs
According to the ASME Y14.5-2009 standard, tolerance text height should be ____.
the same as the dimension text height
The normally accepted size for fraction text on a drawing is ____.
the same size as non-fractional text
The TIME command displays all of the following except the ____. current time time the current session began time of the last update total editing time
time the current session began
Temporary lines that are displayed at specific angles during the drawing process are ____.
tracking vectors
All dimensional values are displayed horizontally and read from the bottom of the sheet in ____ dimensioning.
unidirectional
To suppress the display of an xref without removing it from the host drawing, you can ____ it.
upload
If you use a value frequently in equations, you should save it as a(n) ____ so that you don't have to enter it every time.
variable
A block in a sheet view that indicates the name, number, and scale of the view is the ____ block.
view label
Another name for object lines is ____.
visible lines
The ARRAYPATH command allows you to array objects along all of the following objects except a(n) ____. circle spline helix xline
xline
AutoCAD's two types of construction lines are ____.
xlines and rays
Changing the display area to show a smaller part of the drawing at a higher magnification is known as ____.
zooming in
A block that consists of a(n) ____ is an example of a 2D unit block.
∅1″ circle
