Exam #1

To create a completely filled circle using the DONUT command, specify a value of ________ for the inside diameter

0

Which of the following are the four quadrant points of a circle?

0,90,180,270

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

Which of the following is NOT a valid potion for creating a circle?

1- point

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

1/2

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

45 Degrees

How many view are needed to show an object from all orthographic sides

6

To create an octagon using the POLYGON command, how many sides should you specify?

8

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

@

What happens when you hover the cursor over a command in AutoCAD

A tooltip appears

TO create only a portion of an ellipse, you should use the ______ option of the ELLIPSE command

ARC

Grips can be used to perform all of the following commands except ____.

ARRAY

Which of the following is NOT an object snap mode in AutoCAD

AXIS

In which point entry systems are all coordinates measured from the origin

Absolute coordinates

Which of the following is a benefit of creating a drawing plan before beginning a drawing

Achieving an even workload

Which of the following should you type in front of a command name to us the command transparently

Apostrophe

Which command is used to create a region from a series of lines that form a closed area?

BOUNDARY

The point, or axis, around which an object is rotated is its ______________________________ point.

Base

Which navigation command allows you to center the display screen at a picked point, without zooming?

CENTER

Which of the following is NOT one of the 2D orthographic views

Center

Which of the following is NOT a valid option of creating an ARC?

Center-Radius

For which of the following object types would the ENDPOINT object snap not be used?

Circle

A polygon that is created around the outside of a circle and is tangent to the circle is said to be ________ about the circle

Circumscribed

You can increase the amount of a drawing that is visible on the screen by using the ________________________ command to hide all of the interface items

Clean Screen

TO connect the endpoint of the last line segment to the start point of the first segment, use the __________ option of the LINE command

Close

Which of the following is NOT generally a part of the planning process for a drawing project?

Creating object geometry

The primary means of pointing to objects or locations in an AutoCAD drawing is the ____

Crosshairs

Selects all objects in the window and objects crossing the window Selects all objects that are entirely within an irregular selection shape Selects every object in the drawing Selects all objects that are entirely within the polygonal shapes Selects every object it passes through Selects all objects that are entirely within the window

Crossing selection Window lasso selection All Selection Window polygon selection Fence selection Window selection

The object that defines the edge to which another object is tried is called the _____________________________ edge

Cutting

A command that allows you to draw a filled circle is _____

DONUT

To display an object that is underneath another object, you can use the _______________________ command

DRAWORDER

to move a hatch pattern behind its boundary after the hatch as been created, use the ______________ command

DRAWORDER

When you draw a circle using the 2 point option, the two points you select define the circle's

Diameter

The size of a chamfer in AutoCAD is determined by the _________

Distance from the corner

Which of the following command does NOT display a rubber band line while the command is active

ERASE

Which of the following commands can be used to close the AutoCAD software?

EXIT

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?

EXPLODE

Which of the following object snap modes requires an acquired point?

Extension

Before you can toggle running object snaps on or off, you must close any active command

FALSE

Hatch patterns are non-associative by default.

FALSE

The Through option of the OFFSET command Requires you to Pic two points

FALSE

When you use the DIVIDE command, you specify the spacing between increments

FALSE

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

FILLET

You must select the source object to edit objects in an array.

Fales

A 3D model typically shows an object length and width in a flat form

False

In AutoCad , final drawings are usually plotted in model space

False

It is possible to start AutoCAD by right clicking anywhere on the windows desktop and selecting AutoCAD 2018 from the menu option

False

The Copy with Base Point option in the Clipboard cascading shortcut menu works only for copying objects within the same drawing.

False

The INTERSECTION object snap mode uses acquired points instead of direct point selection

False

The weight of a control point affects the thickness of the spline at that point.

False

When you use the MEASURE command, you specify the number of increments and the length of each increment

False

When you use the PEDIT Spline option, the resulting polyline passes through all vertices.

False

A default spline is created by specifying ____

Fit points

The list of related buttons that appears when you pick the arrow next to certain command buttons is known as a

Flyout

Which of the following drawing standard is most likely to be used in China

GB

To apply brick siding to a drawing elevation of a new house, you would use the _____________________________ command.

HATCH BHATCH

Clicking a hatch pattern opens the ____

Hatch Editor ribbon tab

Boundaries inside another boundary of a hatch pattern are called _____________________________.

Islands

To convert connected polylines, lines, and arcs into a single polyline, you can use the ______________________________ option of the PEDIT command.

Join

Which PEDIT option controls the appearance of linetypes at polyline vertices?

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

The system variable that prevents text from being reversed when you use the MIRROR command is _____________________________

MIRRTEXT

Which of the following commands would you use to copy an object using grip editing?

MOVE

AutoSnap uses visual signals, or ______________, to show the active object snap when the crosshairs approaches a selection point

Markers

The line of symmetry about which objects are mirrored is called a(n) ______________________________ line.

Mirror

The AutoCAD environment in which drawings and designs are created is ___________________ space.

Model

Viewports created in model space are called _______ viewports

Model Tiled

The SPLINE command creates a type of curve called an ____ curve

NURBS

Which of the following object snaps modes can be used to elect a point object?

Node

Which of the following commands can create a circle that is concentric with another circle?

OFFSET

Which command can be used to bring back the last object you erased

OOPS

Which of the following navigation commands on the default steering wheel is NOT used in 2D drafting applications

ORBIT

Which SPLINE option allows you to convert a spline-fitted polyline into a true spline?

Object

Which of the following modes forces all of the lines you draw to be either horizontal or vertical

Ortho

To use DesignCenter to insert a hatch pattern into a drawing, you must first select a(n) ____ file

PAT

Which of the following commands is used to edit a polyline?

PEDIT

Which of the following command is used to create a polyline?

PLINE

The process of identifying a point location in the AutoCAD coordinate system is known as

Point entry

An array that consists of a circular pattern of objects is a(n) ______________________________ array.

Polar

The mode that allows the crosshairs to snap to present incremental angles is ________________ tracking

Polar

TO orient a drawing vertically on the drawing sheet, you should select the ______________ option in the Drawing orientation area of the Plot dialog box.

Portrait

In Orthographic projection, and imaginary ______________ is placed parallel to the object

Projection plane

Which of the following items allows you to view and adjust all of the properties related to the selected objects?

Properties palette

The object snap mode that snaps to the quarter section of a circle is the __________ object snap

Quadrant

Which of the following items is displayed by default when you double-click on a line?

Quick Properties palette

Picking the calculator icon next to a text box in the Quick Properties palette displays the ______________________________ palette for calculating values.

QuickCal

Which command can be used to reverse the action of the UNDO and U commands

REDO

Which of the following commands refreshes the display of the current viewpoint without recalculating all objects?

REDRAW

The ___________ command regenerates the entire drawing, including portions that are not currently displayed on-screen

REGENALL

To recalculate and update all of the objects in a viewpoint, you need to _______________ the viewpoint

REGENERATE

An array that contains rows and columns is a ____ array.

Rctangular

What two types of objects can the BOUNDARY command create?

Regions and Polylines

A closed geometric figure that has equal sides and equal angles is called an_________ polygon

Regular

Coordinate values are preceded by the @ symbol Coordinate values are entered using dynamic input Coordinate values are measured from the origin The angle is preceded by a less than symbol The length and angle are entered in a dynamic input fields

Relative coordinate entry Pointer input Absolute coordinate entry Polar coordinate entry Dimensional input

If you are creating a polar array of rectangles and you want to keep the same side of each object facing toward the center point of the array, you must specify to ______________________________ the objects as they are arrayed.

Rotate

To create an ellipse to represent a circle that is rotated 30 degrees from the line of sight, use the ______ option of the ELLIPSE command.

Rotation

The command that allows you to enlarge or reduce an entire object proportionally is the ________________________ command

SCALE

Which of the following commands CANNNOT be used to create a rectangle?

SPLINE

Which command allows you to edit splines?

SPLINEEDIT

The command that is active by default when you select a grip is ____.

SRETCH

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

STRETCH

To change the size of an object during an ALIGN operation, use the ALIGN command's ______________________________ option.

Scale

Which feature on the Application Menu allows you to locate and access any command listed in AutoCAD customize User Interface (CUIx) file

Search Text Box

The feature that constrains the crosshairs to movie in a specific increments is called

Snap

In an ALIGN operation, the points you elect to define the objects original position are called the _____________________ points

Source

Objects that overlap so that one is on top of the other are known as __________ objects

Stacked

If you know that an arc with an included angle of 15 degrees 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, End, Angle

Which of the following options allows you to draw a circle tangent to three existing objects

TAN TAN TAN

The AutoCAD feature that uses alignment paths and tracking vectors to align new geometry with existing geometry is AutoTrack

TRUE

The PEDIT command can edit objects that are not polylines.

TRUE

To join option of the VPORTS command allows you to join two tiled viewports into a single viewport

TRUE

You can hatch an unenclosed area in AutoCAD only if the gap tolerance is set to a value greater than 0.

TRUE

Small stubs along the top of the ribbon used to acmes collection of commands are called

Tabs

To create a _____ polyline, use different values for the starting and ending widths

Tapered

Another name for a shortcut menu is cursor menu

True

Drawing layout should be determined at the planning stage, before you begin drawing

True

If you use the Pick Points button to select an area to be hatched, AutoCAD defines the boundary around the point automatically.

True

It is possible to close AutoCAD by double clicking on the Application Menu button in the upper left corner of the AUtoCAD window

True

Point size can be set relative to screen magnification

True

The status toggle buttons toggle AutoCAD's drawing aids on and off

True

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 display the View Manager dialog box, access the ______ command.

VIEW

Which of the following commands allows you to zoom level and display so that you can return to it later

VIEW

Which of the following is not an application for AutoCAD

Video capture

to change the line width of a rectangle during creation, you can use the ________ option

Width

An AutoCAD line that extends infinitely in both directions is an______

XLINE

The ARRAYPATH command allows you to array objects along all of the following objects except a(n) ____.

XLINE

Which of the following commands allows you to view extremely small details in a drawing?

ZOOM

Which keyboard key can be used to correct an error if you notice the error before you accept the value

[Backspace] key

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]

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

[Shift]

AutoCAD stores hatch patterns in the ____ file.

acad pat

When the boundary of a(n) _____________________________ hatch pattern is edited, the hatch pattern updates automatically.

associative

A small angled surface used to relieve a sharp corner is known as a _________

chamfer

Tangency that is calculated only after both points have been picked is known as ____________________-- tangency

deferred

A circle that is viewed at an angle appears as a(n)

ellipse

A rounded interior corner is known as a

fillet

A six-sided regular polygon is called a(n) ________

hexagon

The two axes of an ellipse are known as the ______ axes

major and minor

Palettes are also known as ____ dialog boxes

modeless

The AutoCAD tool that snaps tp exact points, such as the center of a circle or the endpoint of a one, when you pick a point near the location is ______________________

object snap

The feature that requires active running object snaps and point acquisition is ______________

object snap tracking

The views of a multi view drawing are created through ____________ projection

orthographic

To use an object snap mode that is not currently running you can enter an object snap ______________

override

When you enter the ERASE command, an _______ replaces the crosshairs on the screen

pick box

To end a command, you can use and of the following techniques EXCEPT

press the [F1] key

The size of a fillet in AutoCAD is determined by the ________

radius of the fillet

A cursor that consists of a magnifying glass with a plus or minus icon indicates that _________________ zooming is active

realtime

Object snaps that are set to be on in the background while you work are _____________________________ object snaps

running

A group of one or more selected objects is called an

selection set

The process of picking a point near an intended position so that the crosshairs automatically selects a specific point is ________

snapping

If two circles touch at any one point, the point at which they touch is called the point of ________

tangency

Temporary lines that are dis played at specific angles during the drawing process are ___________

tracking vectors

Changing the display area to show a smaller part of the drawing at a higher magnification is known as

zooming in