Chapter 3 Test Review

What is the extension used by Autocad for template drawing files used by the setup wizard

.DWT

This coordinates will define a point at the screen default origin.

0.0,0.0

Types of units used in AutoCAD.

1. Architectural 2. Decimal 3. Fractional

How many zooms are available with the previous option of the ZOOM command?

10

By default, from which direction does AutoCAD start measuring angles?

3 o'clock

F4 key

3D Osnap on/off

Which OSNAP option allows you to select the location where two lines or arcs may or may not cross each other in 3D space.

APParent intersection

F1 Key

Accesses the help menu

To ensure that the entire limits of the drawing are visible on the display, you should perform a Zoom

All

Alias AR

Array

If the spacing of the visible grid is set too small, AutoCAD responds as follows:

Automatically adjust the size of the grid so it will display.

.BAK is...

Backup drawing file

Alias CHA

Chamfer

Alias C

Circle

This is not a valid option in the Layer Properties Manager dialog box

Close

F9 key

Controls Cursor snap

F6 key

Controls Dynamic UCS on/off

F2 key

Controls graphic/text window

Alias CP

Copy

CTRL + N

Create a new drawing

When you invoke the LINE command and to the "specify first point;" prompt by pressing Enter or the SPACEBAR, AutoCAD will:

Display an error message

F12 key

Dynamic input on/off

Which OSNAP option allows you to select the closest endpoint of a line, arc, or polyline segment?

ENDpoint

Alias E

Erase

Alias EX

Extend

TRUE/ FALSE Turning a layer off is the same as freezing a layer?

FALSE

TRUE/ FALSE When creating drawing, you are allowed to draw on multiply layers simultaneously?

FALSE

True or False You can only open one drawing drawing file at a time with the OPEN command.

FALSE

True/False to draw multiple connected line segments, you must invoke the LINE command multiple times.

FALSE

Alias F

Fillet

The help command cannot be used:

For a text string

F7 key

Grid on/off

Which OSNAP option allows you to select the location where blocked objects have been located?

INSertion

Which OSNAP option allows you to select the location where two lines, arcs, or polyline segments cross each other?

INTersection

Digitizer

Is an external tablet used to input absolute coordinates to AutoCAD by means of a puck or stylus

Alias: LA

LAYER

Alias: LTS

LINE TYPE SCALE

To globally change the sizes of the dashes for all dashed lines, you should adjust:

LTScale

Which of following can not be modified in the Drawing Settings dialog box?

Limits

Alias: L

Line

A layer where objects may not be edited or deleted, but are still visible on the screen and may be OSNAPed to is considered:

Locked

To enter a command from the keyboard, enter the command name at the on-screen prompt:

Lowercase, uppercase, or mised case.

Which OSNAP option allows you to select the point in the exact center of a line?

MIDpoint

Alias: MI

MIRROR

Alias: MT

MTEXT

If you perform a ZOOM ALL and your drawing shrunk to a small portion of the screen, one possible problem might be

Misplaced drawing object

Alias M

Move

Which OSNAP option allows you to select a point on any object, except text, that is closest to the cursor's position?

NEArest

Which OSNAP option allows you to select the location where a "point" has been established?

NODe

Alias: O

OFFSET

After drawing a 3 point circle, you want to begin a line in the exact center of the circle. What tool in AutoCAD would you use?

Object Snap

F11 key

Object snap tracking on/off

CTRL + O

Opens an existing drawing

F8 key

Ortho on/off

F3 key

Osnap on/off

Which OSNAP option allows you to draw lines that are parallel to another line?

PARallel

When drawing a line which OSNAP option allows you to select the point on a line or poly line segment where the angle formed with the line is a 90-degree angle

PERpendicular

CTRL +P

Plots the current drawing

What is not an option of the ZOOM command?

Point and middle are not options. (Previous, Center, Extents, Out, Object, Dynamic, Scale ARE all options of the ZOOM command)

F10 key

Polar tracking on/off

Which OSNAP option allows you to select a point on a circle that is 0, 90,180, or 270 degrees from the circle's center?

QUADrant

If you used the U command, what command would restore the drawing to the state before the U command?

REDO

Alias: RO

ROTATE

Alias REC

Rectangle

CTRL + J

Repeats last command

Alias: SC

SCALE

Alias: S

SIZE

The invisible grid, which the crosshairs lock onto, is called

SNAP

True/ False In general, a REDRAW is quicker than a REGEN?

TRUE

Points are located by relative rectangle coordinates in relation to:

The last specified point or position.

Cursor Menu

The menu that will appear at the location of the cross hairs, when you hold down the shift key and right click on the pointing device.

CTRL + I

Toggles COORDS

CTRL + 0

Toggles Clean Screen

CTRL + 9

Toggles Command Line Window

CTRL +D

Toggles Dynamic UCS

CTRL + G

Toggles Grid

CTRL + L

Toggles ORTHO

CTRL +1

Toggles Properties Palette

CTRL + 8

Toggles Quickcalc Calculator Palette

CTRL + F

Toggles Running Osnap

CTRL + B

Toggles Snap

CTRL + 3

Toggles Tool Palettes Window

CTRL + I

Toggles the Coordinates Display

Nothing will appear on the screen after selecting the second point when drawing a what type of line?

Trace line

Alias TR

Trim

True/ False A rectangle generated by the RECTANGLE command will always have horizontal and vertical sides.

True

The following are all AutoCAD tools available, except:

Tsnap (GRID, SNAP, ORTHO, OSNAP are all autoCad tools)

To reverse the effect of the last 11 commands, you should

Use the UNDO command, or Use the U command multiple times

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

YES

Alias Z

Zoom

Rectangle command needs the coordinates of....

diagonally opposite corners of the rectangle.

F2 allows you:

flip screen from text to graphics

F5 key

isoplane toggle

The smallest number that can be displayed in the denominator when setting units to architectural unit is:

none of the above

Create a prototype template file to...

save basic setup parameters (such as snap, grid, etc.) for future drawings.

The SAVE command:

saves your work,does not exit you out of AutoCAD, and is a valuable feature for periodically storing information to disk.

Absolute polar coordinates are based on a distance from:

the global origin

When a layer is ON and THAWed:

the objects on that layer are visible on the monitor.

ESC

to cancel an AutoCAD command

Pressing the F2 function key:

toggles between text