LEVEL 1 QUIZ 1. From which direction does AutoCAD start measuring angles? 12 o'clock 3 o'clock 6 o'clock 9 o'clock 2.

What does WCS stand for? Western CAD System Worldwide Coordinate Sectors World Coordinate System Wrong CAD Settings 3. When drawing in 2D, what axis do you NOT work with? X Y Z WCS 4. 1s 300 degrees the same as -60 degrees in a drawing? Yes No Not always Never 5. Which one of these will NOT start the Print command? Typing PLOT Typing PRINT Pressing Control+P Pressing Alt+P 6. What should you pay attention to when learning AutoCAD? The Command Line The Status Bar The Title Bar Tool Icons 7. Polar coordinates are used mostly for drawing...? Circles Arcs

Vertical lines Angled lines 8. Which keystrokes will UNDO a command Control+U Alt+U Control+Z Alt+Z 9. When using the TRIM command, which do you select first? The cutting edges The object to be trimmed Everything Nothing 10. How many snap points does an object have? One Two Depends upon the object At least four 11. How many points do you need to define for the rectangle command? One Two Four None 12. How many AutoCAD objects are in a rectangle? None One Four Eight 13. If you draw a line at 270 degrees, it will point:? Up Down Left Right 14. How long will a line from 1,4 to 4,4 be? Four units

Eight Units Can't tell from those coordinates Three Units 15. How long will line from 1,4 to @4<5 be? Three units Four units Five units 3.5467 units 16. How many points do you need to draw a line using Absolute Coordinates? None One Two Four 17. When selecting objects, pressing 'L' will: Select lines only Select objects when you move your mouse to the left Select the last object created Select the last object you modified 18. Pressing Shift while you are selecting will? Allow you to draw a window Automatically delete the object(s) Remove the next selected object from the set Highlight the selected objects 19. Pressing 'F' when selecting objects will... Allow you to draw a fence Finish the selection set Limit you to five objects Allow you to find specific text 20. How you select the last set of object(s) you selected? Type 'L' Type 'P' Type 'H' to highlight them You can not do this 21. What is the best way of drawing a rectangle?

Using the Line command Using the Polyline command Using the Rectangle command Using the Multiline command 22. To move something four untis to the right, what would be the 2nd point of displacement? @4,0 @4<0 Neither 1 nor 2 Both 1 and 2 23. How should you select objects when using the stretch command? With a crossing window Pick them one by one Hold the shift key while selecting Type 'S' 24. The origin of a drawing is at: The first point you select 0,0 A random point in space 10,10 25. Objects are rotated around the Base point Bottom right of the object Centre of the object Origin 26. The fillet command creates:? Sharp Corners Round Corners A circle A boneless fish 27. A polar array creates new objects... In a grid pattern In a straight line In a circular pattern

In an northern pattern 28. The distances of a chamfer are: Always different Always the same Sometimes different Never the same 29. You should use Osnaps when you dimension... Never Always Only on lines Only on arcs and circles 30. How many layers should a drawing have? One Ten One for each object As many as are needed to clearly display the objects 31. When can you change the height of your text? Only when you start the drawing Only in a special text dialog box When you are starting the Text command You can't, it is pre-set by AutoCAD 32. Scaling objects makes them... Bigger Smaller It only streches them Both Bigger and Smaller Check your answers here Score: 0 % Here are the correct answers to the questions you got wrong: 1. 3. Z 4. Yes 5. Pressing Alt+P 3 o'clock 2. World Coordinate System

6. The Command Line 7. Angled lines 8. Control+Z 9. The cutting edges 10. Depends upon the object 11. Two 12. One 13. Down 14. Three Units 15. Four units 16. Two 17. Select the last object created 18. Remove the next selected object from the set 19. Allow you to draw a fence 20. Type 'P' 21. Using the Rectangle command 22. Both 1 and 2 23. With a crossing window 24. 0,0 25. Base point 26. Round Corners 27. In a circular pattern 28. Sometimes different 29. Always 30. As many as are needed to clearly display the objects 31. When you are starting the Text command 32. Both Bigger and Smaller LEVEL 2 QUIZ 1. Which one is NOT a vaild type of unit? Architectural Decimal Open Metric 2. What do you NOT need to consider when starting a CAD drawing?

If you can draw it If you have enough paper If you have all the measurements needed If AutoCAD is installed on your computer 3. Which layer(s) will you most likely need? At least one for the objects Text Dimension All of the above 4. What can be contained in a template drawing? Layers Test Styles Dimension Styles All of the above 5. To invoke the Zoom command transparently, type: 'Z >Z :Z "Z 6. Which is not a valid Zoom option? Zoom Extents Zoom Previous Zoom Next Zoom Window 7. Panning allows you to... Minimize the drawing See all of the drawing at once Close in on a small area Move around the drawing at the same scale 8. Why should you use the Zoom tools? To be more accurate To be faster To make your life easier All of the above

9. What can you type in to see the Text Styles dialog box? Text Textstyles TS ST 10. What can be a problem with using True Type fonts? They can slow down the drawing Other users may not have the same fonts They can be tougher to format All of the above 11. Why should you not use the standard TXT font? It's ugly It looks unprofessional It can be difficult to read All of the above 12. When you are defining a Test Style, should you adjust the height? Always Never Only if you really know what you're doing Sometimes 13. When you are in Paper Space (layout) what do you draw to see your model? A window A box A rectangle A viewport 14. What's the easiest way to know if you are in paper space /layout mode? Zoom out Ask someone Look for the triangular icon Try printing 15. What command do you use to scale a viewport? Scale VPscale Print

Zoom 16. Should you modify your model in Paper Space / Layout Mode? Never Always Yes, because I like to learn bad habits Only when I'm being lazy 17. What is an advantage to using blocks in your drawing? It keeps file size down They are easier to modify They can contain attributes All of the above 18. When creating a block, what don't you need to do? Give it a name Select the objects Add Attributes Pick a base point 19. Once you create a block can you change it? You can redefine it Never Only if you didn't name it You can only resize (scale) it 20. What command do you use to write a block to a separate file? Blockwrite Wblock You cannot write a block to a disk Writer's Block 21. Which item isn't part of an attribute? Scale Tag Value Prompt 22. What is a block attribute?? Plain Text A number that identifies each block

Non-graphical information about the object A random number generated by AutoCAD 23. What can you do with block attributes? Display them in the drawing Export them to another program Use them in custom programs, like for a bill of materials All of the above 24. When are attributes displayed in the drawing? Never Always They are turned on and off using the Attdisp command They are turned on and off using the Dispatt command 25. Can a polyline be given a variable width? No Only in certain drawings Only in AutoCAD 2004 Yes, whenever you command it 26. Can different polylines be joined together? Yes No Only if they have arcs Not if they have arcs 27. What command allows you to edit a poyline? PLedit Pedit You cannot edit poylines once they have been drawn Editpoly 28. Can a polyline be left open? Never Always Sometimes Only if it has an arc 29. Once a Hatch is drawn, can you edit it? No

Only in certain drawings Only in AutoCAD 2004 Yes, using the Hatchedit command 30. If you hatch an area and cant see it clearly... You must start over AutoCAD is locked up The scale may be wrong You used the wrong colour 31. What is the best colour for a solid hatch? Black White Light Grey It doesn't matter 32. If the hatch didn't work at all... You used the wrong colour The scale was wrong There was an opening in the area you selected Hatches always work fine Check your answers here Score: 0 % You should review before moving on. Here are the correct answers to the questions you got wrong: 1. Open 2. If you have enough paper 3. All of the above 4. All of the above 5. 'Z 6. Zoom Next 7. Move around the drawing at the same scale 8. All of the above 9. ST 10. All of the above 11. All of the above

12. Only if you really know what you're doing 13. A viewport 14. Look for the triangular icon 15. Zoom 16. Never 17. All of the above 18. Add Attributes 19. You can redefine it 20. Wblock 21. Scale 22. Non-graphical innformation about the object 23. All of the above 24. They are turned on and off using the Attdisp command 25. Yes, whenever you command it 26. Yes 27. Pedit 28. Sometimes 29. Yes, using the Hatchedit command 30. The scale may be wrong 31. White 32. There was an opening in the area you selected LEVEL 3 QUIZ 1. How many views can you generate from a 3-D drawing? One Three Up to 99 As many as you need 2. What is one advantage of 2-D over 3-D CAD drafting You can get more detailed It is easier to learn You can print out 2D drawings 2-D is more accurate 3. What are the advantages of 3-D over 2-D CAD drafting? You can generate realistic renderings

It is easier to adjust one model instead of many drawings You can create protypes easier All of the above 4. Which axis will you use in 3-D that you didn't use in 2-D? X Y Z None of the above 5. Is isometric drawing true 3-D drawing? Never Only in AutoCAD 2004 Always Only after you press "F4" 6. To switch isoplanes, you press: "F3" "F4" "F5" "F6" 7. Which command do you use to draw a circle in isometric drafting? The Ellipse command The circle command The Arc command None of the above 8. Does the screen grid look the same in isometric mode as is regular drawing mode? Yes No Only when you press "F5" Isometric mode has no grid 9. In a new drawing, which direction is the Z axis pointing? Up Down Towards you Away from you 10. How long is a line from '0,0,0' to '4,3,2'?

2 units 3 units 4 units Over 5 units 11. Do you have to turn on the Z axis? Yes No Only in old versions of AutoCAD Only if you are drawing a house 12. How can you check if a line is drawn in 3D? You can't Dimension it Press 'F5' Check the line's properties 13. Tiled Viewports are used in...? Model space Paper space (or layouts) In both In neither 14. How many tiled viewports are in a new drawing? One Two Three Four 15. When changing views, should you be concerned about the orientation of the UCS/WCS icon? Never Always No, because I don't need to know which way is up No, it will never change 16. When you are using using multiple viewports, you can change to another by... Pressing 'F1' Using the Zoom command Pressing Control+Z

Picking inside the viewport 17. If you copy an object 2 units up in the Z axis, can you see it from the plan view? Yes, it will look different than the original object Yes, if you zoom in close enough No, because it is directly on top of the original object Only if it is a circle 18. Switching to a SW isometric view will... Hide the bottom objects Allow you to see most 3-D objects Turn everything upside down Disable all drawing commands 19. Why should you use multiple layers in 3-D? Because it's more colorful Because more layers make the drawing bigger It's good practice Because if I don't, my drawing will soom be a jumbled mess 20. Wireframes are the most complex form of 3D drawing Yes No They can be Only if you are drawing bridges 21. Is 'line thickness' a true 3-D method of drawing? Yes Yes, but only in AutoCAD LT Yes, but only if you use lots of layers No, it is only a representation 22. Is line thickness the same a polyline width? In most cases, yes Yes, but for 3-D No, they are not related Only on polylines 23. How commands are needed for line thickness? 2 3

5 You only change the object's properties 24. Wireframes are just like isometric drawing Yes No They can be Only when you view them from the SW isometrec view 25. What shapes can you create a region from? Arc Line Rectangle Text 26. If a command to create a region fails, what might have been wrong? You selected more than one object The object was not closed There was a gap or space in the shape You tried the command on a polyline 27. The Extrude command creates a...? Solid Wireframe model Region Thick line 28. A 3d Face can be... Based on any shape Based on any 4-sided shape Based on rectangles only Based on lines only 29. Which command will give you a solid object? Revsurf Revolution Revolver Revolve 30. Surftab1 and surftab2 are used in conjunction with which command? Revsurf

Revolution Revolver Revolve 31. You can use the Revolve command on... Rectangles Regions Neither 1 nor 2 Both 1 and 2 32. To rotate an object in 3-D space, you use the... Rotate command 3Drotate command Rotate3D command Revolve 33. Can you see the materials on your objects without rendering the drawing? Yes No Only in 3-D Yes, if you use the Hide command 34. Does the Materials Library allow you to add materials to your objects? Yes Sometimes No, it only imports them into the drawing Only on solid objects 35. Do you have the option to apply materials to all objects on a particular layer? Only 3-D walls Only if the material is wood Never Always 36. To see rendered materials, you must use which option(s) in the render dialog box Photo Real Photo Raytrace Both Neither

37. Which command is not a Boolean Operation? Union Subtract Join Intersect 38. After using the Union command, the resulting object will have the properties of... The current layer The first object selected The last object selected You will be asked to create a new layer 39. When using the Subtract command, which object do you select first? The object to subtract from The object to subtract You select everything at once The largest one 40. If you Intersect 2 objects what will you be left with? Nothing The volume of both objects combined The volume where the two objects interfere with each other Nothing 41. Does an object created with the Box command have 6 identical sides? Always Never Only if you type the command in upper case Only if you choose to draw it that way 42. How do you define the size of a Sphere? With the Radius With the Diameter By Stretching it You have the option for either Radius or Diameter 43. What shape best describes a Torus? A helix A spiral A donut

A black hole 44. How many sides does a Wedge have? 4 5 6 Depends on how you draw it 45. Which is the default coordinate system when starting a new drawing? UCS XYZ WCS There isn't one 46. Which is not a valid option for the UCS command? Next 3 Point Random Save 47. Which method of creating a UCS does myCADsite.com recommend? View 3 Point Origin World 48. In older versions of AutoCAD, a broken pencil symbol means...? That you cannot Save That you need to print the drawing That you cannot draw on that plane Your monitor needs adjusting 49. What is the main advantage to manually mapping materials? So you can see the North position Your materials can look more natural So that you can change the colour of the material There is no advantage 50. Which is not a valid option for mapping Projection? Cylindrical Spherical

Resize Solid 51. Can you resize the appearence of the material without adjusting the bitmap size? Yes No Only on cylindrical objects Only on flat objects 52. By default, which direction is the material projected? From the back From the front From the top From the bottom Check your answers here Score: 0 % You should review before moving on. Here are the correct answers to the questions you got wrong: 1. As many as you need 2. It is easier to learn 3. All of the above 4. Z 5. Never 6. "F5" 7. The Ellipse command 8. No 9. Towards you 10. Over 5 units 11. No 12. Check the line's properties 13. Model space 14. One 15. Always 16. Picking inside the viewport 17. No, because it is directly on top of the original object

18. Allow you to see most 3-D objects 19. Because if I don't, my drawing will soom be a jumbled mess 20. No 21. No, it is only a representation 22. No, they are not related 23. You only change the object's properties 24. No 25. Rectangle 26. There was a gap or space in the shape 27. Solid 28. Based on any 4-sided shape 29. Revolve 30. Revsurf 31. Both 1 and 2 32. Rotate3D command 33. No 34. No, it only imports them into the drawing 35. Always 36. Both 37. Join 38. The first object selected 39. The object to subtract from 40. The volume where the two objects interfere with each other 41. Only if you choose to draw it that way 42. You have the option for either Radius or Diameter 43. A donut 44. 5 45. WCS 46. Random 47. 3 Point 48. That you cannot draw on that plane 49. Your materials can look more natural 50. Resize 51. Yes

52. From the top LEVEL 4 QUIZ 1. What is the file extension for an AutoCAD template file? DWT DWG TEM DWF 2. Should you create your own template files? No, AutoCAD has them all pre-loaded No, I like to make extra work for myself No, I will never use them Yes, because I want to be efficient 3. What is the difference between a regular AutoCAD drawing file and a template? You can't draw in a template file. There are no layers in a template file The only major difference is the extension You cannot save dimension styles in a template file 4. Why should drafting companies use templates? So that their drawings are more consistant To save their drafters time To make it easrier for employees to work on other's files All of the above 5. Which object doesn't have an endpoint? Circle Arc Line Rectangle 6. How many snap points does a circle have? 2 3 4 5 7. Which Osnap is indicated by a diamond? Endpoint

Centre Quadrant Tangent 8. Which key do you press to cycle through the Osnaps in an area? Control Space Alt Tab 9. Which linetype has the longest lines and breaks? Hidden Hidden 2 HIdden X2 They are all the same 10. Which command allows you to change the Linetype Scale? LT LTS LS LTSC 11. How many linetypes are there? 64 128 256 You can create your own, so it is unlimited 12. Which linetype is available when you start a new drawing? Solid Hidden Straight Continuous 13. What filetype can be best used with Microsoft Office? DWG DWF DWF WMF 14. What do you need to do to a SV$ file to use it woth AutoCAD?

Save it to a floppy disk or CD Open it up Rename it with a DWG extension Rename it with a DXF extension 15. Which filetype is best used for publishing on the web? DWG DWF DXF WMF 16. Which filetype is an AutoCAD backup file? BAC BAK DXF BUP 17. Which objects don't have grips? Lines Blocks Xrefs All objects have grips 18. How many grips does a circle have? 2 3 4 5 19. How do you cycle through options when a grip is active? Control Alt Space Tab 20. With default settings, what is the color of a 'hot' grip? Red Green Blue Yellow

21. Which option (of the area command) would be best for checking the area of a rectangle? Picking points Object Add Subtract 22. Which object can you use the Mass Properties command on? Circle Region 3D Face Cylinder 23. How many points can you pick with the Distance command? 1 2 3 4 24. Which command allows you change the definition of the object? Mass Properties Define Properties List 25. If an Xref in your drawing gets changed, what should you do? Detach it Bind it Reload it Unload it 26. What is the benefit of using Xrefs? Keeps file sizes down Better for multiple designers to work on Gives you the latest revisions All of the above 27. What is the first step in working with Xrefs? Detach Attach Unload

Reload 28. Does it matter where you insert an Xref? No Only in mechanical files Only if I created it Yes 29. Can you set system variables yourself? No Yes, all of them Some of them Only the 'Read Only' ones 30. What is one common system variable? LTSCALE FONTSIZE CIRCLERAD All of the above 31. To see a list of all system variables, you type: SYSVAR SETVAR SEEVAR GETVAR 32. When should you set system variables? All the time Never When you're bored Only when you REALLY know what you are doing Check your answers here Score: 0 % You should review before moving on. Here are the correct answers to the questions you got wrong: 1. DWT 2. Yes, because I want to be efficient 3. The only major difference is the extension

4. All of the above 5. Circle 6. 5 7. Quadrant 8. Tab 9. HIdden X2 10. LTS 11. You can create your own, so it is unlimited 12. Continuous 13. WMF 14. Rename it with a DWG extension 15. DWF 16. BAK 17. All objects have grips 18. 5 19. Space 20. Red 21. Object 22. Cylinder 23. 2 24. Properties 25. Reload it 26. All of the above 27. Attach 28. Yes 29. Some of them 30. LTSCALE 31. SETVAR 32. Only when you REALLY know what you are doing
Which one of the following AutoCAD objects can NOT have a 3D (Z) thickness property applied to it?
TEXT MTEXT LINE CIRCLE PLINE

Permit a user to move the UCS system. Permit a user to redefine the location of 0,0. Permit a user to control the placement and appearance of the icon to help you understand your orientation in the XYZ coordinate system. Provide a working plane to draw on. Change to the desired working units from decimal to feet and inches.

The purpose of the UCSICON command is to:?

Assign a thickness of 0.001" to all TEXT. Place the TEXT on the Defpoints layer. Place the TEXT on a no plot layer. Assign the Hide property to all TEXT. Assign a thickness of 12" to all TEXT.

You have just issued the HIDE command on a new 3D House Plan to see how the design looks, but find that all of the interior room labels are showing through your opaque walls, ruining the 3D effect. What can you do with the TEXT objects to fix this?

PLINE 3DFACE 3DPOLY EXTRUDE REVSURF

You have a small open triangular shaped area on your design that needs to be closed up with a 3D surface object. What is the simplest 3D AutoCAD drawing object you can use to accomplish this?

You have just created an interesting new round object by using REVSURF to revolve a complex curve around an axis. However you find there are only 6 faces around the perimeter leaving it very rough looking. What variable do you change to correct this?
Set Set Set Set Set SURFTAB2 to 18 TABSURF1 to 18 SPLINESEGS to 12 TABSURF2 to 18 SURFTAB1 to 18

The primary purpose of the UCS (User Coordinate System) is?

Helps a user to calculate the area of an object. To determine angles for isometric projections. Allows a user to select the desired type of drawing units. Allows a user to draw on a specified 2D Plane in 3D space. Allows a user to define a place to put icons.

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Which of these objects will only draw flat on the current XY working plane and not allow 3D coordinate input (e.g. Z input)? (Check ALL that appy)
LINE DONUT CIRCLE PLINE 3DPOLY

To determine if two parts (3D Solids) will fit together without any interference, what 3D AutoCAD command would you use?
FIT

UNION SUBTRACT INTERSECT INTERFERE

You apply a property called Thickness to a standard AutoCAD CIRCLE. What type of AutoCAD object do you now have officially?
Surface Model (Polygon Mesh) Solid Model (3D Solid) PLINE Cylinder Region