chapter 5

Question 1

what is the difference between a Window and a Crossing selection box?

-Window selects everything inside the selection box and Crossing selects everything touching the selection box
-Window selects everything inside or touching the selection box and Crossing selects everything inside the selection box
-Window selects everything inside the selection box and Crossing selects everything inside or touching the selection box
-Window selects everything touching the selection box and Crossing selects everything inside the selection box

Answer 1

Window selects everything inside the selection box and Crossing selects everything inside or touching the selection box

Question 2

how can you clear a selected object from a group of selected objects?

-pick the object again
-hold <shift> and pick the object
-right-click on the object and select Clear
-hold <ctrl> and pick the object</ctrl></shift>

Answer 2

hold <shift> and pick the object</shift>

Question 3

what happens to objects when you select them before starting any command?

-they highlight in black with a thicker line weight
-they highlight in blue with a thicker line weight and contain red squares
-they highlight in blue with a thicker line weight and contain blue squares
-they stay the same

Answer 3

-they highlight in blue with a thicker line weight and contain blue squares

Question 4

T/F: the Move, Copy, Rotate and scale commands uses a base point, which is always the center or a midpoint of any object

Answer 4

False

Question 5

what happens to the selected objects in the active Rotate command?

-the original objects fade to gray and the new objects maintain their original properties
-the original objects maintain their original properties and the new objects fade to gray
-the original objects are highlighted with a thicker line weight and the new objects fade to gray
-the original objects maintain their original properties and the new objects are highlighted with a thicker line weight

Answer 5

-the original objects maintain their original properties and the new objects are highlighted with a thicker line weight

Question 6

which scale factor should you use to make an object half of its current size?

a. -2.0
b. 0.5
c. 0.2
d. -0.5

Answer 6

0.5

Question 7

when selecting objects for a command, such as Move or Copy, how do you end the object selection?

-press <alt>
-press <esc>
-press <ctrl>
-press <enter></enter></ctrl></esc></alt>

Answer 7

Press enter

Question 8

what is the default mode of the hot grips of a circle?

-a quadrant hot grip stretches the circle whereas the center hot grip moves the circle
-a quadrant hot grip moves the circle whereas the center hot grip stretches the circle
-both the quadrant hot grip and the center hot grip stretch/scale the circle
-both the quadrant hot grip and the center hot grip move the circle

Answer 8

-a quadrant hot grip stretches the circle whereas the center hot grip moves the circle