AutoCad basics

Autocad basics

By Kathleen Ma

Multiple Choice

Once you have selected offset the first operation is to ______ and the cursor will turn into a square.

• click on the screen

• enter a distance 

• copy a line

• window an object

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What a hidden line used for?

• To represent an edge not visible 

• To show an alternate position

• To represent a line of symmetry 

• To eliminate a section of drawing not needed because of size

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From which direction does AutoCAD start measuring angles?

• 12 o'clock

• 6 o'clock

• 3 o'clock

• 9 o'clock

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Which command will create round corners?

• Fillet

• Round

• Chamfer

• Circle

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Polar coordinates are used mostly for drawing ________. 

• Vertical and Horizontal Straight Lines

• Arcs

• Circles

• Angled lines

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What a break line used for?

• To represent an edge not visible 

• To show an alternate position

• To represent a line of symmetry 

• To eliminate a section of drawing not needed because of size

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How many points do you need to define for the rectangle command?

• Four

• None

• One

• Two

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Which Application panel is the line command located?

• Layers

• Draw

• Modify

• Annotate

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How many AutoCAD OBJECTS are in a rectangle?

• Two
• One
• Four
• None

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What a center line used for?

• To represent an edge not visible 

• To show an alternate position

• To represent a line of symmetry 

• To eliminate a section of drawing not needed because of size

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The origin of a drawing is ALWAYS at

• 0,0

• A random point in space

• The first point you select

• UCS ICON

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The erase command is in which application panel?

• Layers

• Draw

• Modify

• Annotate

Multiple Choice

Which command will create round corners?

• Fillet

• Round

• Chamfer

• Circle

Multiple Choice

From which direction does AutoCAD start measuring angles?

• 12 o'clock
• 6 o'clock
• 3 o'clock
• 9 o'clock

Multiple Choice

Which command will create round corners?

• Fillet
• Round
• Chamfer
• Circle

Multiple Choice

When saving your drawings in Autocad the default file type is...? 

• bak
• dwg
• pdf
• doc

Multiple Choice

Which Application panel is the line command located?

• Layers
• Draw
• Modify
• Annotate

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300 degrees the same as -60 degrees when creating a line.

• True
• False

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The erase command is in which application panel?

• Layers
• Draw
• Modify
• Annotate

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True or False: The save command can also be activated with the quick-key combination of (CTRL)+ (S)

• True
• False

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When saving your drawings in Autocad the default file type is...? 

• bak
• dwg
• pdf
• doc

Multiple Choice

Polar coordinates are used mostly for drawing ________. 

• Vertical and Horizontal Straight Lines
• Arcs
• Circles
• Angled lines

Multiple Choice

Which key can be used to quickly cancel a command?

• backspace
• esc
• tab
• enter

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Which key can be used to quickly cancel a command?

• backspace
• esc
• tab
• enter

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this symbol refer to?

• arrow
• move
• stretch
• pan

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How many points do you need to define for the rectangle command?

• Four
• None
• One
• Two

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Two or more circles of different sizes that share the same center point are considered to be?

• Concentric
• a Sector
• a Chord
• Circumference

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Shortcut to the "Pan" command

• F7
• Tab
• Right Button Click
• Push mouse wheel as a button

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An electronic method of producing technical drawings is called?

• CAD
• CAT
• CAM
• ATM

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How many AutoCAD OBJECTS are in a rectangle?

• Two
• One
• Four
• None

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Identify the icon.

• navigation bar
• 3D
• view cube
• zoom

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L enter on the keyboard =

• LIST / Displays property data for selected objects.
• LINE / Creates straight line segments.
• LAYOUT / Creates and modifies drawing layout tabs.
• LINETYPE / Loads, sets, and modifies linetypes.

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In Cartesian coordinate system, the ___ axis is vertical.

• W
• X
• Y
• Z

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The origin of a drawing is ALWAYS at

• 0,0
• A random point in space
• The first point you select
• UCS ICON

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To create a duplicate, opposite FLIPPED shape, use the _____ command?

• Mirror
• Array
• Copy
• Symmetry

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this symbol refer to?

• arrow
• move
• stretch
• pan

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Which CAD command creates multiple copies of objects in a circular or rectangular pattern? 

• Rotate

• Extend

• Array

• Chamfer

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Which command will create round corners?

• Fillet
• Round
• Chamfer
• Circle

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What do call the user interface element provide with the red arrow on the picture?

• Task bar

• File name / drawing name

• Drawing area

• Ribbon

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Which of the following is NOT specified when drawing a polygon?

• center point
• circle radius
• mirror axis
• number of sides

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What do call the user interface element provide with the red arrow on the picture?

• Application menu

• Crosshair

• Viewcube

• Layout tab

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If you draw a line at 90 degrees, it will point ________

• Left
• Up
• Down
• Right

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What do call the user interface element provide with the red arrow on the picture?

• Crosshair

• Application Menu

• File tab

• UCS icon

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Minor axis and major axis must be specified in order to draw a(n) _______.

• chamfer

• circle

• ellipse

• line

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What do call the user interface element provide with the red arrow on the picture?

• Ribbon

• Drawing area

• File tab

• Task bar

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If you draw a line at 180 degrees, it will point ________

• Left
• Up
• Down
• Right

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1.WHICH KEY STROKE WILL UNDO A COMMAND?

• CTRL+N

• CTRL + R

• CTRL+Z

• CTRL + U

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Two or more circles of different sizes that share the same center point are considered to be?

• Concentric
• a Sector
• a Chord
• Circumference

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3.THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME OF THE PROPERTIES AND SETTINGS THAT YOU CAN SAVE IN A LAYOUT, EXCEPT?

• DRAWING ORIENTATION

• LINE WEIGHT

• PAPER SIZE

• PLOT SCALE

Multiple Choice

What is this AutoCAD icon

• Move
• Expand out
• Pull in
• Explode

Multiple Choice

Identify the Grid tool.

• A.

• B.

• C.

• D.

• E.

Multiple Choice

An electronic method of producing technical drawings is called?

• CAD
• CAT
• CAM
• ATM

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Which tool is useful for setting angles?

• A.

• B.

• D.

• E.

• F.

Multiple Choice

What is this AutoCAD icon?

• Explode
• Join
• 3D mode
• Rotate

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Which tool is useful for setting specific distances?

• A.

• B.

• D.

• E.

• F.

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To conveniently preview your drawing before printing, view it in________.

• Model Space
• Paper Space

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What does this image mean?

• It is the origin

• It shows the x and y axis

• It represents (0, 0)

• All

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Identify icon 3.

• radius
• diameter
• polar tracking
• polar array

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What does this image mean?

• It is the command tool

• It is a text box

• Is it used to adjust dimensions

• It shows all your lines

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Identify icon 4.

• square
• endpoint
• block
• object snaps

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Identify icon 5.

• poly line
• grip
• endpoint
• line

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Identify the icon #7.

• center diameter
• center radius
• tan tan radius
• center

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Identify the icon #6.

• linetype
• curve
• polyline
• arc

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Identify the icon #8.

• arc
• bend
• curve
• midpoint

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Identify the icon #9.

• endpoint
• start, end, radius
• rectangle
• square

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Identify the icon #10.

• oval
• ellipse
• eclipse
• oblong

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Identify the icon #11.

• hatch
• shade
• color
• fill

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Identify icon 12.

• cross
• hatch
• move
• pan

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Identify icon 13.

• copy
• duplicate
• pattern
• copy selection

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Identify icon 14.

• move
• extend
• stretch
• scale

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Identify icon 15.

• scale
• stretch
• block
• array

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Identify icon 16.

• copy
• copy selection
• delete
• array

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Identify icon 17.

• offset
• move
• distance
• open

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Identify icon 18.

• delete
• pencil
• erase
• remove

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Identify icon 19.

• block

• 3D

• explode

• apart

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Identify icon 20.

• offset
• explode
• pan
• erase

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Identify icon 21.

• around
• rotate
• array
• circle

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Identify icon 22.

• extend
• cut
• trim
• seperate

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Identify icon 23.

• A
• write
• text
• alphabet

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Identify icon 24.

• diameter
• distance
• line
• dimension

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Identify the column in problem 25.

• draw
• build
• create
• modify

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Identify the column in problem 26.

• draw
• build
• annotate
• modify

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Identify the column in problem 27.

• annotation
• draw
• text
• dimension

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Identify the column in problem 28.

• new layer
• linetype
• product
• properties

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Identify the icon.

• navigation bar
• 3D
• view cube
• zoom

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Identify the icon.
<

• Less than
• New angle
• Angel override
• Greater than

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Angular dimensions are expressed in ___________.

• decimal inches
• fractional inches
• millimeters
• degrees

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This type of triangle has TWO equal sides? ___________

• equilateral
• isosceles
• Right
• Scalene

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In Cartesian coodinate system, the _______ axis is horizontal.

• W
• X
• Y
• Z

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In Cartesian coordinate system, the ___ axis is vertical.

• W
• X
• Y
• Z

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_________ command is used to change the angular DEGREE position of an object with respect to the current orientation.

• Copy
• Move
• Rotate
• Scale

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The _________command is used to lengthen a line to meet an edge.

• Extend
• Move
• Scale
• Trim

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The ______ command is used to move the drawing across the display area without changing the magnification.

• Hide
• Pan
• Trim
• Zoom

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What command is used to create lettering with a CAD system?

• Dimension

• Layer

• Style

• Text

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(F) AND ENTER

• FINAL
• F7
• CHAMFER
• FILLET

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DIM (A)

• LOCATION
• SIZE

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DIM (B)

• LOCATION
• SIZE

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DIM (C)

• LOCATION
• SIZE

Multiple Choice

DIM (E)

• LOCATION

• SIZE

Multiple Choice

DIM (F)

• LOCATION
• SIZE

Multiple Choice

From which direction does AutoCAD start measuring angles?

• 12 o'clock
• 6 o'clock
• 3 o'clock
• 9 o'clock

Multiple Choice

What does CAD stand for?

• Computer Aided Design
• Computer Assisted Drawing
• Computer Activated Drafting
• Computer Activated Drawing

Multiple Choice

To create a duplicate, opposite FLIPPED shape, use the _____ command?

• Mirror
• Array
• Copy
• Symmetry

Multiple Choice

Which CAD command creates multiple copies of objects in a circular or rectangular pattern? 

• Rotate
• Extend
• Array
• Chamfer

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Which CAD command enlarges or reduces selected objects proportionally in the X, Y, and Z directions from a base point?

• Scale
• Stretch
• Array
• Divide

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The following are properties of an object?

• Layer
• Color
• Linetype
• All of the above

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The ___ command provides the length of an object but does not place a dimension line on the drawing?

• Annotate
• Distance
• Leader
• Baseline

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The _____ of an object are visible when you select a line and turn red when you click inside and are used to manually move or stretch the object?

• Grips
• Handles
• Dots
• Object snap

Multiple Choice

Are both of these lines tangent to two circles?

• Yes
• No
• Not enough information is given
• Only L1

Multiple Choice

This is an example of..

• Nestimg
• Circle Tangent to Two Circles
• Quadrants
• Circular Pattern

Multiple Choice

Is this the proper way to dimension?

• Yes, because they are concentric circles
• No, because anything less than a 360 degree circle must be labeled as a radius
• Yes, because diameters and radii are used interchangable
• No, because it uses too many place values

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Are these entities dimensioned appropriately?

• Yes
• No

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Name that "Drawing Symbol."

• Depth
• Radius
• Diameter

Multiple Choice

CAM is...

• Computer Aided Making
• Computer Abetted Manufacture
• Computer Abetted Making
• Computer Aided Manufacture