4. When using the SOLVIEW command on a blank PS layout which sub command should be issued first
and why?

(a) UCS World because you have to start somewhere.
(b) UCS World because the world UCS is the only one available.
(c) Ortho because each view is to 90° to the other.
(d) Aux because one can line up the view more accurately.

5. When constructing an AutoCAD Solid Model the UCS command is used to

(a) Draw more accurately
(b) Draw Solid Objects
(c) Rotate Solid Objects
(d) Define a new Drawing Plane

8. A common command for many Windoze applications is "Page Setup". What in AutoCAD does Page
Setup achieve?

(a) Sets the scale at which the drawing is printed.
(b) Sets the output device, also the size and orientation of the output
(c) Sets limits and the working units.
(d) Sets Up the paper size, margins and orientation

9. Why does AutoCAD allow you more than one layout?

(a) Different output devices.
(b) Different sizes of output.
(c) Different output orientation .
(d) All of the above.

10. AutoCAD has had the dreaded Model Space and Paper Space since R12. What is the main advantage of
the system?

(a) It confuses students
(b) It converts 2D drawings to 3D
(c) It enables the CAD operator to set the scale of the
(d) It saves space because it requires fewer layers.

13. The effect of freezing a layer is to?

(a) make it invisible and prevent regeneration
(b) make it invisible but allow regeneration
(c) allow visibility and regeneration
(d) display the layer but prevent editing of it

14. Which of the following shapes CANNOT be drawn by the polygon command?

(a) Square
(b) Hexagon
(c) Rectangle
(d) Equilateral triangle

15. Which one of the following statements is False?

(a) Plines can be filled but not outlined.
(b) Plines can have either a consistent width or varying widths.
(c) Plines can be made from lines and arcs.
(d) Plines can be smoothed.

16. When breaking a circle the break will occur in the

(a) anti clockwise direction
(b) clockwise direction
(c) horizontal direction
(d) shortest direction

17. Which one of the following is the BEST procedure for drawing a line from the point of intersection of a line
and a circle?

(a) Select the LINE command and then use object snap with the INS option.
(b) Select the LINE command and then use object snap with the INT option.
(c) Set a small SNAP value then select the LINE command and SNAP.to the
intersection
(d) Zoom in on the intersection, then select the LINE command and click the
LH mouse button for the start point.

18. One effect of setting the value of MIRRTEXT=0 is that?

(a) text is displayed but not mirrored
(b) text is displayed as a mirror
(c) text is not displayed
(d) only text can be mirrored

21. The system variable SPLINETYPE determines?

(a) whether the 'curve' option of the PEDIT command produces a spline curve
or a fit curve
(b) whether editing functions are performed on the spline curve or on it's
controlling frame
(c) the accuracy of approximation of a spline curve
(d) whether a spline curve is a quadratic b-spline or cubic b-spline

23. Which one of the following allows the value of the system variable PICKBOX to be changed whilst in the
ERASE command?

(a) SETVAR pickbox or PICKBOX
(b) 'SETVAR pickbox or 'PICKBOX
(c) 'SELECT
(d) CHANGE

24. If the system variable MIRRTEXT is set to 1, text is

(a) mirrored
(b) not mirrored
(c) not reproduced in the mirror image
(d) mirrored and reversed

25. The SETVAR command is used to?

(a) configure the program settings to suit the various hardware devices
(b) configure AutoCAD for use with a tablet menu
(c) create an 'object set' for editing
(d) change the values of the system variables

26. Which one of the following is a correct statement regarding AutoCAD blocks?

(a) Blocks can only be inserted into a drawing if they already exist in
that drawing.
(b) A block can have no more than ten attributes.
(c) The insert command looks first within the drawing for blocks and then
to the disk.
(d) Every block has to have at least one attribute.

27. Which one of the following methods should be used to repeat a complex part in a drawing in order to
minimise file size?

(a) use the COPY command
(b) use the MIRROR command
(c) use the ARRAY command
(d) create a BLOCK then use INSERT

28. The use of blocks allows libraries of standard parts to be developed and saved for latter use. Blocks may
be stored

(a) on disk.
(b) on disk, CDROM and the Internet.
(c) on disk and CDROM.
(d) on disk and the Internet.

29. The effect of the EXPLODE command when applied to a block is to?

(a) reduce a block to it's constituent entities to allow editing.
(b) return a block to it's created scale and rotation.
(c) allow the editing of a block with different X,Y factors.
(d) place constituent entities all onto the current layer.

30. What is the significance of using the command WBLOCK?

(a) WBLOCK only works on blocks.
(b) the block is written to disk and can be used later in other drawings.
(c) the block is written to the current drawing file only, saving disk
space.
(d) the block can have attributes written to it later.

31. Which one of the following best defines attributes as used in AutoCAD and defined by the command
DDATTDEF.

(a) Text entities that can link to a database.
(b) Special text entities within a block.
(c) Text entities that use an alternative font.
(d) Special text entities.

33. The following two commands used one after the other BOUNDARY then pick inside an area ERASE ALL
R LAST produces which of these results

(a) Changes layer to the Boundary layer then erases all items on the last layer
(b) Calculates the area of the boundary and erases all the construction lines
(c) Draws a polyline that touches the extremes of the area then erases all the recently drawn lines
(d) Draws a polyline that touches the extremes of the area then erases all but that polylin

34. The "select object" option "Previous" is best described by

(a) Picks the single object drawn by the previous command
(b) Picks the previous drawn single object
(c) Picks the previously picked group of objects
(d) Picks the previous object in a Window or Crossing selection

35. When using the move command to move a single object by a given distance, which is the best of the
following methods?

(a) Set osnap to END, pick the object, pick a base point then pick on the
end of another object
(b) Pick the object then key in the relative distance that it is to be
moved
(c) Pick the object then key in the absolute distance that it is to be
moved
(d) Pick the object, key in 'END' key in 'END' again then pick on the end
of another object