Revision AutoCAD

2014

You need the Wall layer to be color blue only in the

layout and viewport you have activated. You dont
want the color of the walls to change on the rest of
your drawing. Which method should you use?
a. Select your layout.
Double-click inside your viewport to active it.
Open the Layer Properties palette and expand
it, then change the VP Color for the Walls layer
to blue.
b. Select your layout.
Double-click inside you viewport to activate it.
Open the Layer Properties palette and change
the Color for the Walls layer to blue.
c. Select all of your wall objects.
Change the Color to blue in Properties palette.
d. Select your layout.
Select the edge of the viewport.
Open the Properties palette and change the VP
Color for the Walls layer to blue.

Open the drawing file: Office.dwg.

1. Zoom to room 203.
2. Thaw the Hidden Text layer.
3. Select the refrigerator block labeled
K and right-click Isolate > Hide
Objects.
What text appears?

Open the drawing file: Forest.dwg.

1. Zoom to the area labeled D.
2. Select the polyline labeled D to show
all grip locations.
3. Select the square grip that is closed to
the point labeled Q. Move the grip to
stretch the vertex of the polyline to the
point using Node Object Snap, as
shown.
4. Using the PEDIT command, select the
polyline and enter S (Spline) to create
an approximation of a spline.
What is the length of the edited polyline?

Open the drawing file: Dimension_Styles.dwg.

1. In model space, modify the current dimension
style, ISO-25.
2. Change the Vertical Text Placement to
Centered.
3. Set the Scale for dimension features to
Annotative. Click OK, and then click Close to
exit the Dimension Style Manager.
4. On the status bar, click the Annotation
Visibility and AutoScale tools to turn them on.
5. Set the model space Annotation Scale to 1:10.
What is the distance from the insertion point of
the 190.50 text to the insertion point of the
254.00 text?

Open the drawing file: Base_Dimensions.dwg

In the drawing, you are going to add baseline dimensions to the existing linear dimension.
1. Using the DIMBASELINE command, select the 2.10 linear dimension as the base dimension.
2. Complete the horizontal baseline dimensions as shown.
What is the distance from the end of the extension line labeled A to the end of the extension
line labeled B?

Open the drawing file: Forest.dwg.

1. Using the OFFSET command, set the Layer option to
Current, and specify an offset distance of 5.00.
2. Select the polyline labeled C and offset it to the outside.
What is the length of the new polyline?
What is the layer of the new polyline?

Review the grips shown. Match each single line text justification point location with its description.
a. TC (Top Center)
b. MR (Middle Right)
c. BR (Bottom Right)
d. BC (Bottom Center)
e. MC (Middle Center)

You need to create a 1-unit square column that lines up with the two walls as shown.
Which is the most efficient technique to draw the column?
a. Draw construction lines and then trim as needed.
b. Set the snap to 1 and turn on Snap mode, then draw the lines using snap points.
c. Draw the lines over the top of the walls and then move the lines to the right location.
d. Turn on Object Snap and Object Snap Tracking from the status bar to draw the lines.

Open the drawing file: Office.dwg.

1. Make the Floorplan layout current.
2. Right-click the Floorplan layout tab.
3. Click Page Setup Manager.
4. Click Modify
5. For Printer/Plotter, select DWG to PDF.pc3
6. For Paper Size, select ISO A4 (297.00 x 210.00 MM) sheet. Click OK and Close.
7. Create one viewport so it fills the printable area.
8. Activate the viewport and Zoom Extents.
9. Set the Viewport Scale to 1:40.
10. Thaw the Hidden Text layer.
11. Regenerate the drawing.
What text appears in the lower-right corner of the viewport?

Open the drawing file: Annotative_Building.dwg

You have created a dimension and room label for your drawing.
You originally created them at a 1:100 scale but you now need them scaled at 1:200.
1. Using the OBJECTSCALE command, select both the dimension and the room label and add a scale of
1:200.
2. Change the current Annotation Scale to 1:200.
What is the model text height of SOLARIUM?
What is the distance from the insertion point of the SOLARIUM text to the endpoint of the dimension
extension line at point A?

Which sequence describes the most efficient procedure

to rotate and copy the chair to its final position?
The first two steps in the sequence are specified for
you as:
1. Using the ROTATE command you select the chair to
rotate.
2. Specify the center of the table as the base point for
the rotation and:

a. Enter C to create a copy of the

chair.
Enter R for reference angle.
Specify a 150 degree reference
angle.
Specify a new angle of 37
degrees.
b. Enter R to create a copy of the
selected objects.
Specify a rotation angle of 150
degrees.
c. Enter C to create a copy of the
chair.
Enter R for reference angle.
Specify a 37 degree reference
angle.
Specify a new angle of 113
degrees.

Draw objects have various characteristics.

Which object supports all of the following
options and capabilities?

Radius

Diameter

2 Point

TTR (Tangent, Tangent, Radius)

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.

Ellipse
Rectangle
Circle
Polygon
Arc
Spline

Which statement describes the most efficient

procedure to apply fillets to the object that was
created with 8 individual lines?
Using the FILLET command with the radius set to 3,
a. Select a horizontal line and a select a vertical line
that forms a corner to create the first fillet. Then
repeat until all 8 corners are filleted.
b. Select P for Polyline, then select the polyline.
c. Select all horizontal lines then all vertical lines
until all 8 corners are filleted.
d. Enter M for Multiple and then continue by
selecting the horizontal and vertical lines that
form corners to create the 8 fillets.

Open the drawing file: Hatch_House.dwg

Hatch the roof and then reduce the number of roof dormers as shown. Set the
appropriate Hatch option and Outer Island Detection option as needed.
1. Using the AR-RSHKE pattern at a scale of 1, hatch the roof area.
2. Delete the right and left dormers as shown.
What is the area of the hatch?

Open the drawing file: Building_44.dwg

1. Using the insertion point of the furniture cluster labeled A, copy the furniture cluster to the
midpoint of CenterLine1.
2. Rotate the copied furniture cluster labeled B using its insertion point as the pivot point to align
with CenterLine1.
What is the distance from the midpoint on the back of the chair labeled C to the midpoint of the
back of the chair labeled D?

Layout, Display, Window, Extents,

Limits, View
Match the Plot Area options with the appropriate
definition
a. When plotting everything within the printable area of the
specified paper size (in paper space), with the origin
calculated from 0,0
b. Plots the view in the current viewport in the selected Model
tab or the current paper space view in the layout
c. Plots any portion of the drawing you specify, Use your
pointing device to specify opposite corners of the area to be
plotted, or enter coordinate values
d. Plots the portion of the current space of the drawing that
contains objects, all geometry in the current space is

a. Extend walls to column

b. Trim to clean up walls
c. Trim walls to column
d. Extend to clean up walls
e. Trim column to walls

Review the figures shown.

Which selection set was used to move the circles in the Result?
a. Window Polygon
b. Window
c. Crossing Polygon
d. Fence

Open the drawing file: Office.dwg and perform the following steps.
1. Zoom into the area labeled J.
2. Rotate the chair labeled A.
3. Use the Insert Object Snap of the chair as the base point for the rotation.
4. Rotate the front of the chair so it is parallel to the front of the desk.
What is the distance from the corner of the chair labeled C to the corner of the desk labeled D?

Open the drawing file: Arrays.dwg

1. Create a polar array of the chair
using the center of table A as the
center point to create the array.
Associate: No
Items: As Shown
Fill Angle: 150 (in direction
shown)
2. Create a rectangular array of the
CADGroupFurniture B:
Associative: No
Column: As Shown
Rows: As Shown
Distance between rows: 185
What is the distance from the insertion point of the chair
labeled C to the insertion
Distance between columns: 96
point of the CADGroupFurniture labeled D?

To hide the FURNITURE layer from view

in the current viewport, but not in other
viewports, what should you do?
a. Set the Color layer to black, if you
are using a black background.
b. Click on the Lock layer. To lock the
layer.
c. Click the sun icon in the VP Freeze
column, to freeze the layer.
d. Click the lightbulb icon in the ON
column, to turn off the layer.
e. Click the sun icon in the Freeze
column, to freeze the layer.

Open the drawing file: block_Edit.dwg.

Insert the block named Table-Side at X=170, Y=146.

Scale 1

Rotation Angle: 90 degrees.

Use the BEDIT command to edit the Table-Side block:

Establish a new basepoint at the center of the ellipse as shown.

Save and close the Block Editor

What is the distance from the front quadrant of the table labeled A to the corner of the column
labeled B?

A layout represents the dimensional size of a sheet of paper. You specify a logical name and paper size,
and insert your border and title block into it. When plotting a layout, you base the plot on the selected
size of paper.
What Plot Scale is typically used to plot the A1_Elev layout?
a. 1:40
b. 1:10
c. 1:96
d. 1:1
e. Scale to Fit

Open the drawing file: Building_44.dwg

Move the copier labeled A by its insertion point to midway between the corner of the
column labeled B and the corner of the desk labeled C.
What is the distance from the insertion point of the copier labeled Z to the corner of
the desk labeled C?

Open the drawing file: Object_Prop.dwg

1. Window-select all the circles in the drawing, then press SHIFT and select the large
circle to remove it from the selection set.
2. Change the diameter of all the small circles to 21 and regenerate the drawing
In the table, what is the percentage of the total?

Open the drawing file: Edit_Multileaders.dwg

1. Using the MLEADERALIGN command, align multileader 1,2 and 3 at a 0-degree
direction using multileader 3 as the leader to align to.
2. Align multileaders 4 and 5 at 90 degrees using multileader 4 as the alignment leader.
What is the distance from the center of balloon 1 to the center of balloon 5?

When using the JOIN command, you can combine similar objects into one object. Which
example is valid to join two objects together?
a. Closed rectangular Polyline and Line
b. Two non-collinear Lines
c. Two non-connected coplanar Splines
d. Arc and Line

 Column Height
Column Width

Stretch
Flip Arrow
Move Text Only
Reset Text Position
Center Vertically

Stretch Vertex
Add Vertex
Remove Vertex
Convert to Arc
Convert to Line

Stretch
Lengthen Landing
Add Leader
Add Vertex
Remove Vertex

AutoCAD objects have multifunctional grips. You select an object and then hover over a grip to
view and access the multifunctional grip menu. Match the object with its available
multifunctional grips.
a. Dimension
b. Line
c. Mtext
d. Multileader
e. Polyline
f. Spline

Open the drawing file: Wall_Sect.dwg.

Mirror the baseboard labeled A using the centerline.
What is the distance from the corner of the baseboard labeled C to the corner od baseboard labeled D?

Open the drawing file: Stretch_Office.dwg.

Use the STRETCH command to apply these changes as shown.
1. Move the north wall 43 units as shown.
2. Move the east wall 43 units as shown.
What is the distance from the intersection labeled A to the intersection
labeled B?

Open the drawing file: Forest.dwg.

A reforestation project will have trees planted in the boundary area labeled B. within the
boundary is a lake labeled L.
Calculate the area of boundary B, minus the area of lake L, using the Add/Subtract
Area options from the AREA command.

Open the drawing file: Dimension_Edits.dwg.

1. Using the DIMTEDIT command, center-justify the dimension 285.75.
2. Using the DIMSPACE command to select the 365.76 dimension as the base
dimension, change the 444.50 dimension to a 149-unit spacing.
Using the Insert Object Snap, what is the distance from the insertion point of the
dimension text 444.50 to the insertion point of the dimension text 285.75?

You are creating a concrete pad for a 15-square unit shed at a specific angle using the Polar Tracking tool.
What is the current setting for the polar angle?
a. 6.5
b. 45
c. 15
d. 22.5

Open the drawing file: CAD_DesignOffice.dwg.

An external reference (xref) was attached to the current drawing. The xref Bind option
was selected to bind xref-dependent named objects in the drawing.
What is the name of the drawing that was bound into the current drawing?

Which Polyline Creation options were used to draw the

polyline?
a. Length and Arc
b. Arc, Circle and Width
c. Arc and Line
d. Line, ARC and Width