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CAD Midterm/Final 100 Questions Flashcards

1
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Guidelines that specify operating procedures, drawing techniques, and record keeping methods are known as __________.

A

Standards

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. A(n) __________ is a preset environment that contains interface items specific to a job or task.

A

Workspace

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3
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15.50 is an example of the __________ units format.

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Decimal

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4
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1′-3 1/2″ is an example of the __________ units format.

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Architectural

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5
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The AutoCAD default compass orientation is __________ and the default angle direction is __________.

A

0 degrees, Counter Clockwise

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6
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__________ creates a backup copy of the active drawing

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Autosave

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7
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The __________ button places a pattern of dots on the screen.

A

Grid Display

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8
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The __________ tool sets an invisible grid that allows the crosshairs to move only in exact increments.

A

Snap Mode

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9
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The __________ tool is used to access an existing drawing

A

Open

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10
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Points located using __________ coordinates are measured from the origin.

A

Absolute

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Points located using __________ coordinates are measured from the previous position, rather than from the origin, with X and Y values.

A

Relative

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12
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Points located using __________ coordinates are specified by a distance and an angle.

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Polar

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13
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Enabling __________ mode forces lines to be drawn horizontally or vertically.

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Ortho

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14
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The __________ parameter allows you to assign multiple different views to objects within a block.

A

Visibility

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15
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By default, how is text in a field displayed differently from other single-line and multiline text?

A

The Background is gray

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16
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The __________ selection option requires that the object(s) be completely surrounded by a rectangle.

A

Window

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17
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The __________ selection options select objects entirely within or crossing the selection boundary

A

Crossing And CPolygon

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18
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The __________ tool can be used to change from drawing object lines to hidden lines.

A

Linetype

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19
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__________ is the polar coordinate display of 2.750 units at an angle of 90°.

A

2.750>90

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20
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You can cycle through stacked objects during an editing operation if you hold down the __________ key and the space bar.

A

[Shift]

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21
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The __________ tool allows you to assign specific geometric constraints to objects.

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Geomconstraint

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22
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The __________ tool lets you undo only one tool at a time.

A

U

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23
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Drawing content can be shared between drawing files using the drag-and-drop capability of __________.

A

DesignCenter

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24
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By default, how does the appearance of the lines of a window and crossing box differ?

A

A window is solid and a crossing box is dashed

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25
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When entering several new layer names in the Layer Properties Manager, enter a __________ after each name to save time.

A

comma

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26
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To input the same coordinates as previously selected, type __________ when prompted.

A

@

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27
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Given the distance across the flats of a hexagon, use the __________ option to draw the hexagon.

A

Circumscribed

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28
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The __________ tool is used to turn solid fills off and on in AutoCAD

A

Fill

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29
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. __________ refers to the use of alignment paths to aid in precise point location relative to

A

AutoTracking

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30
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The DIMEDIT __________ option is used to align dimensions to isometric planes.

A

None of the above

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31
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Which of the following options allows you to edit justification settings of a table cell?

A

Cell Alignment

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32
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You can place a specified number of marks along a line with the __________ tool.

A

Divide

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33
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You can place marks a specified distance apart on a line with the __________ tool

A

Measure

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34
Q

The QuickCalc calculator can convert units relating to __________.

A

All of the above

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35
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To calculate the result of 3 + 5 and then to multiply the result by 2, enter __________ in the QuickCalc calculator.

A

(3+5)*2

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36
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The spacing, layout, and appearance of text is called __________.

A

A composition

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37
Q

Which control code sequence would you use to create the text ∅15 in single-line text?

A

%%C15

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38
Q

When you insert a table, which of the following does not appear in the preview area of the Insert Table dialog box?

A

Column and Row Settings

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39
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In annotative text, the annotation scale is typically the same as the __________.

A

Drawing Scale

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40
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The TEXT tool’s __________ justification option allows you to confine the text between two points with a selected text height.

A

Fit

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41
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The __________ geometric constraint allows you to align two lines or polylines along the same line.

42
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The __________ tool is used to create a selection set.

43
Q

When a new sheet is added to a sheet set using a template, the sheet is saved with a __________ file extension by default.

44
Q

__________ is the default selection option issued by AutoCAD when the STRETCH tool is selected from the menu browser.

45
Q

In which direction should you pick to break a portion out of a circle or arc?

A

Counterclockwise

46
Q

Sheets can be published as __________ files.

47
Q

The __________ tool allows you to copy properties from one object to one or more objects.

48
Q

. A scale factor of __________ is used to plot a civil engineering drawing at a scale of 1″ = 60′.

49
Q

The PEDIT __________ vertex editing option lets you change the starting and ending widths of a polyline.

50
Q

The Isometric snap mode is activated by enabling the Isometric snap option in the __________.

A

None of the Above

51
Q

Setting the SPLINETYPE system variable to __________ lets you draw a quadratic curve.

52
Q

When creating a layer in the Layer Properties Manager, a linetype can be assigned by __________.

A

Picking the linetype name or icon

53
Q

The __________ tool allows you to create a reversed image of an object

54
Q

. __________ can be used to copy layers and linetypes from one drawing to another.

A

Design Center

55
Q

A layer that is __________ is not displayed on-screen, and is not calculated by AutoCAD when the drawing is regenerated.

56
Q

Tiled viewports are created in __________.

A

Model Space

57
Q

Named plot style tables are saved in a file with the __________ file extension.

58
Q

The __________ option in the Plot dialog box is used to plot only the area of the drawing in which objects are drawn.

59
Q

The __________ control code is used to display the Ø symbol

60
Q

The __________ control code is used to display the ± symbol

61
Q

The __________ control code is used to display the ° symbol.

62
Q

The __________ option of the DIMLINEAR tool is used to specify an angle for the dimension line

63
Q

The __________ tool allows you to add text to a dimension using the Mtext option.

A

DIM Diameter and DIM Radius

64
Q

Which option of the DIMCONSTRAINT tool allows you to place horizontal and vertical linear dimensional constraints?

65
Q

The __________ tool provides options for drawing chain and datum dimensions.

66
Q

AutoCAD refers to rectangular coordinate dimensioning without dimension lines as __________ dimensioning.

67
Q

The __________ tab in the New Dimension Style dialog box is used to specify a style that places dimension text above the dimension line.

68
Q

The __________ tab in the New Dimension Style dialog box is used to set the extension line extension.

69
Q

The scale factor for all dimension features in the drawing is set in the __________ tab in the New Dimension Style dialog box.

70
Q

Zero suppression settings for dimension text are made in the __________ tab in the New Dimension Style dialog box

A

Primary Units

71
Q

The __________ button on the Dimensions panel on the Annotate ribbon tab can be used to quickly change the style of the selected dimensions to the current dimension style.

72
Q

What ribbon tab, in addition to the Parametric ribbon tab, contains geometric constraint tools?

A

Block Editor

73
Q

The __________ tool is used to move dimension text within a dimension line.

74
Q

A sheet __________ acts as a table of contents for a sheet set.

75
Q

A(n) __________ tolerance is permitted to increase or decrease in only one direction from the specified dimension.

A

unilateral

76
Q

The __________ tolerance dimensioning method is used to draw dimension text that displays an equal bilateral tolerance in the plus/minus format.

A

symmetrical

77
Q

In order to store and protect original electronic drawing files before modifications are made, you should __________ the sheet set.

78
Q

Picking the __________ button in the Hatch and Gradient dialog box lets you select a previously drawn hatch pattern and use it for the current hatch pattern settings.

A

Inherit Properties

79
Q

The __________ tool is used to create a pattern of section lines on a section view.

80
Q

The __________ zoom option zooms the current display to the edge of the drawing limits

81
Q

The __________ tool instructs AutoCAD to recalculate all objects in the drawing.

82
Q

The __________ character is used to activate a transparent command

83
Q

A Scale action can be assigned to a(n) __________ parameter.

84
Q

The __________ tool is used to create a circular arrangement of objects.

85
Q

Selecting a circle after entering the Area option of the MEASUREGEOM tool returns the __________ of the circle in addition to the area.

A

Circumference

86
Q

What takes the place of dimensional constraints in the Block Editor?

A

Constraint Parameters

87
Q

The __________ file extension is used by AutoCAD for text fonts.

88
Q

A DWT file is a __________ file

89
Q

Blocks created with the __________ tool are saved as separate drawing files.

90
Q

Blocks can be edited with the __________ tool

91
Q

Blocks drawn on layer 0 will __________.

A

assume the characteristics of the layer on which they are inserted

92
Q

The __________ tool enables you to assign a new insertion point to a drawing or block.

93
Q

The Insert dialog box is used to insert __________ into the current drawing.

94
Q

The __________ tool is used to remove unused named objects from a drawing.

95
Q

__________ will appear in a master drawing for a layer named WALL belonging to an externally referenced drawing named FLOORPLAN.

A

FLOORPLAN|WALL

96
Q

__________ an external reference makes the xref a permanent part of the master drawing.

97
Q

The __________ tool allows you to display only selected areas of a reference drawing.

98
Q

Attribute values included with an inserted block are edited using the __________ tool.

99
Q

The __________ dialog box is used to change an attribute definition after the attribute has been saved in a block definition.

A

Block Attribute Manager

100
Q

The part of an assembly drawing that provides information about each component of the assembly or subassembly is the __________.

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