AutoCAD 2022 Instructor Chapter 17 Questions

True (T) or False (F)

1. ___ The Status command reports many pieces of information including the Model
Space Limits.

2. ___ The Status command reports the number of objects in the drawing.

3. ___ List displays the database information for all objects in the drawing.

4. ___ List reports the line length and angle and the current layer of any selected Line.

5. ___ Status reports many pieces of information such as Snap resolution and Grid
spacing.

6. ___ Time reports the coordinate values of any point you select with the cursor.

7. ___ The Area option of Measuregeom can be used to subtract the area of “holes” from
a total area.

8. ___ Time can be used to reset the system clock.

9. ___ ID reports the selected object’s layer, color, “handle,” and coordinate data.

10. ___ The Distance option of Measuregeom reports the distance of a line from one
selected point to another selected point.

Multiple Choice (circle the correct letter)

1. The information not reported by the Status command is ____.

a. the drawing name
b. the current layer
c. the time spent in the drawing
d. the Snap setting
2. Two commands or options that report the radius of a selected Arc are ____ and ___.
a. List and ID
b. List and Radius (Measuregeom)
c. List and Status
d. Status and ID

3. The command that sets AutoCAD’s “last point” is ____.

a. List
b. ID
c. Area
d. Status

4. The default method for using the Area option of Measuregeom, (“first corner point :”), is
best used for ____.
a. selecting a closed object to determine its area
b. determining the distance between two points
c. determining the area of a shape by picking corners of the outline
d. selecting the first object to use with the Add or Subtract mode

5. Using Setvar with the “?” option reports ____.

a. help on the current command
b. a list of all the system variables that have been changed
c. a list of all system variables and the current settings
d. help on a system variable that you indicate

6. Information concerning physical memory and free swap file space use can be found by
using AutoCAD’s ____ command.
a. Status
b. Time
c. ID
d. Mem

7. The feature that allows you to track unwanted changes to system variables and to specify
 which variables to track is ____.
a. Sysvarmonitor
b. Setvar
c. Setvarmonitor
d. Sysvar

8. The Inquiry command that gives the most information about a specified object is ____.
a. Status
b. List
c. Time
d. ID

9. AutoCAD automatically saves your drawings at a specified interval. What command or

variable allows you to reset the interval (in minutes) between automatic saves?
a. SAVETIME
b. Time
c. AUTOSAVE
d. Reset

10. The two Inquiry commands or options you are most likely to use Object Snap with are
____ and ____.
a. Status, List
b. List, ID
c. ID, Measuregeom
d. Time, Measuregeom