CAD Basic Quiz

Terms and Concepts

1. The reason for using CAD in place of "pencil" drawing is because:
a) to reduce time, overall appearance and readability, and make editing drawings easier.

2. If you are using a computer to control the production process, the most appropriate term for the acronym CAM is:
a) computer aided manufactoring.

3. An electronic method of producing technical drawings is called:
d) CAD

4. Computer-aided drafting typically refers to the process of using a computer to produce:
a) 2D electronic drawings.

5. Computer-aided design typically refers to the process of using a computer to produce:
a) 2D electronic drawings

6. A computer output device that may produce a HARDCOPY is a:
a) Printer

7. Producing electronic drawings is called:
a) CAD

8. What is a printed CAD drawing?
d) hardcopy

9. A HARDCOPY would be produced by a:
c) plotter
2D Commands

1. The following figure is an example of which CAD command?
d) hatch

2. Figure B would most easily be generated from figure A using CAD command?
c) Stretch

3. The following figure is an example of which CAD command?
d) polyline

4. Which CAD command would most easily create the following figures?
b) mirror

5. When you enter the CIRCLE command, CAD displays "3P/2P/TTR/<Center Point>. the brackets around the "Center Point" indicate:
b) that you must specify the location of the center point before you can enter one of the other option.

6. When establishing the GRID and SNAP functions for a CAD drawing:
c) the grid and snap may have DIFFERENT values.

7. You are using a CAD system to draw a polygon. After drawing a series of straight lines, you enter the letter "C" from the keyboard. You intend to:
d) close the polygon

8. When doing CAD, using the LIMITS command allows you to determine the:
a) size of the drawing space.

9. The features MIDPOINT, INTERSECTION, PERPENDICULAR, NODE are located and set in which menu?
a) osnap

10. WHat feature has been turned on if the CAD system automatically draws straight lines horizontally or vertically?
a) ortho

11. What feature makes certain points on an object act like magnets so that clicking near a point is the same as clicking the point itself?
d) osnap

12. When using the ZOOM command the view PART of an object enlarged on the screen, you would use:
a) zoom, window

13. The CAD command PAN allows you to:
a) move the drawing around so that a different part of the drawing appears on the screen.

14. Which CAD command allows you to view different portions of a drawing without changing the apparent magnification?
a) zoom, dynamic