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CAD Midterm/Final 100 Questions Flashcards

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

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Standards

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

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Workspace

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15.50 is an example of the __________ units format.

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Decimal

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

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Architectural

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

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0 degrees, Counter Clockwise

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__________ creates a backup copy of the active drawing

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Autosave

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

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Grid Display

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

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Snap Mode

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The __________ tool is used to access an existing drawing

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Open

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Points located using __________ coordinates are measured from the origin.

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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.

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Relative

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

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Ortho

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

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Visibility

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

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The Background is gray

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

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Window

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

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Crossing And CPolygon

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

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Linetype

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

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2.750>90

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

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[Shift]

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

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Geomconstraint

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

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U

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

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DesignCenter

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

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A window is solid and a crossing box is dashed

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When entering several new layer names in the Layer Properties Manager, enter a __________ after each name to save time.
comma
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To input the same coordinates as previously selected, type __________ when prompted.
@
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Given the distance across the flats of a hexagon, use the __________ option to draw the hexagon.
Circumscribed
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The __________ tool is used to turn solid fills off and on in AutoCAD
Fill
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. __________ refers to the use of alignment paths to aid in precise point location relative to
AutoTracking
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The DIMEDIT __________ option is used to align dimensions to isometric planes.
None of the above
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Which of the following options allows you to edit justification settings of a table cell?
Cell Alignment
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You can place a specified number of marks along a line with the __________ tool.
Divide
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You can place marks a specified distance apart on a line with the __________ tool
Measure
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The QuickCalc calculator can convert units relating to __________.
All of the above
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To calculate the result of 3 + 5 and then to multiply the result by 2, enter __________ in the QuickCalc calculator.
(3+5)*2
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The spacing, layout, and appearance of text is called __________.
A composition
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Which control code sequence would you use to create the text ∅15 in single-line text?
%%C15
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When you insert a table, which of the following does not appear in the preview area of the Insert Table dialog box?
Column and Row Settings
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In annotative text, the annotation scale is typically the same as the __________.
Drawing Scale
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The TEXT tool's __________ justification option allows you to confine the text between two points with a selected text height.
Fit
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The __________ geometric constraint allows you to align two lines or polylines along the same line.
Collinear
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The __________ tool is used to create a selection set.
QSelect
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When a new sheet is added to a sheet set using a template, the sheet is saved with a __________ file extension by default.
DWG
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__________ is the default selection option issued by AutoCAD when the STRETCH tool is selected from the menu browser.
Crossing
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In which direction should you pick to break a portion out of a circle or arc?
Counterclockwise
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Sheets can be published as __________ files.
DWF
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The __________ tool allows you to copy properties from one object to one or more objects.
MATCHPROP
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. A scale factor of __________ is used to plot a civil engineering drawing at a scale of 1″ = 60′.
720
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The PEDIT __________ vertex editing option lets you change the starting and ending widths of a polyline.
Width
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The Isometric snap mode is activated by enabling the Isometric snap option in the __________.
None of the Above
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Setting the SPLINETYPE system variable to __________ lets you draw a quadratic curve.
5
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When creating a layer in the Layer Properties Manager, a linetype can be assigned by __________.
Picking the linetype name or icon
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The __________ tool allows you to create a reversed image of an object
MIRROR
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. __________ can be used to copy layers and linetypes from one drawing to another.
Design Center
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A layer that is __________ is not displayed on-screen, and is not calculated by AutoCAD when the drawing is regenerated.
Frozen
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Tiled viewports are created in __________.
Model Space
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Named plot style tables are saved in a file with the __________ file extension.
.stb
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The __________ option in the Plot dialog box is used to plot only the area of the drawing in which objects are drawn.
Extents
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The __________ control code is used to display the Ø symbol
%%C
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The __________ control code is used to display the ± symbol
%%P
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The __________ control code is used to display the ° symbol.
%%D
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The __________ option of the DIMLINEAR tool is used to specify an angle for the dimension line
Rotated
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The __________ tool allows you to add text to a dimension using the Mtext option.
DIM Diameter and DIM Radius
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Which option of the DIMCONSTRAINT tool allows you to place horizontal and vertical linear dimensional constraints?
Linear
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The __________ tool provides options for drawing chain and datum dimensions.
QDIM
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AutoCAD refers to rectangular coordinate dimensioning without dimension lines as __________ dimensioning.
Ordinate
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The __________ tab in the New Dimension Style dialog box is used to specify a style that places dimension text above the dimension line.
Text
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The __________ tab in the New Dimension Style dialog box is used to set the extension line extension.
Lines
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The scale factor for all dimension features in the drawing is set in the __________ tab in the New Dimension Style dialog box.
Fit
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Zero suppression settings for dimension text are made in the __________ tab in the New Dimension Style dialog box
Primary Units
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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.
Update
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What ribbon tab, in addition to the Parametric ribbon tab, contains geometric constraint tools?
Block Editor
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The __________ tool is used to move dimension text within a dimension line.
DIMTEDIT
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A sheet __________ acts as a table of contents for a sheet set.
List
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A(n) __________ tolerance is permitted to increase or decrease in only one direction from the specified dimension.
unilateral
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The __________ tolerance dimensioning method is used to draw dimension text that displays an equal bilateral tolerance in the plus/minus format.
symmetrical
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In order to store and protect original electronic drawing files before modifications are made, you should __________ the sheet set.
archive
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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.
Inherit Properties
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The __________ tool is used to create a pattern of section lines on a section view.
Hatch
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The __________ zoom option zooms the current display to the edge of the drawing limits
All
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The __________ tool instructs AutoCAD to recalculate all objects in the drawing.
Regen
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The __________ character is used to activate a transparent command
'
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A Scale action can be assigned to a(n) __________ parameter.
Linear
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The __________ tool is used to create a circular arrangement of objects.
Array
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Selecting a circle after entering the Area option of the MEASUREGEOM tool returns the __________ of the circle in addition to the area.
Circumference
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What takes the place of dimensional constraints in the Block Editor?
Constraint Parameters
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The __________ file extension is used by AutoCAD for text fonts.
SHX
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A DWT file is a __________ file
Template
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Blocks created with the __________ tool are saved as separate drawing files.
WBLOCK
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Blocks can be edited with the __________ tool
BEDIT
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Blocks drawn on layer 0 will __________.
assume the characteristics of the layer on which they are inserted
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The __________ tool enables you to assign a new insertion point to a drawing or block.
Base
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The Insert dialog box is used to insert __________ into the current drawing.
Blocks
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The __________ tool is used to remove unused named objects from a drawing.
Purge
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__________ will appear in a master drawing for a layer named WALL belonging to an externally referenced drawing named FLOORPLAN.
FLOORPLAN|WALL
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__________ an external reference makes the xref a permanent part of the master drawing.
Binding
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The __________ tool allows you to display only selected areas of a reference drawing.
XCLIP
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Attribute values included with an inserted block are edited using the __________ tool.
EATTEDIT
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The __________ dialog box is used to change an attribute definition after the attribute has been saved in a block definition.
Block Attribute Manager
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The part of an assembly drawing that provides information about each component of the assembly or subassembly is the __________.
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