solidworks-quiz.md

SOLIDWORKS

Q1. Which file contains all the drawing document-specific information, such as specifications for units, drafting standard, font selections, etc?

• SOLIDWORKS drawing template
• SOLIDWORKS composer file
• SOLIDWORKS part file
• SOLIDWORKS sheet format

Reference : drawing template

Q2. You need to design a steel spring with a pitch diameter of 3 inches, free length of 10 inches, and pitch of 1 inch. How would you accomplish this in SOLIDWORKS?

• Create a new sketch of a circle with a diameter of 1 inch. Then use the Helix/Spiral curve command and define a height of 10 inches and pitch of 3 inches.
• Create a new sketch of a circle with a diameter of 3 inches. Then use the Helix/Spiral curve command to define a height of 10 inches and pitch of 1 inch.
• First, create a new sketch of a circle of 10 inches. Then use the Helix/Spiral curve command and define by pitch of 1 inch and 3 revolutions.
• Use the Helix/Spiral curve command and define a diameter of 3 inches, height of 10 inches, and pitch of 1 inch.

Q3. Which single feature could you use to create this image?

• Loft
• Extruded Boss/Base
• Sweep
• Revolved Boss/Base

Q4. Which choice is NOT a fillet type in SOLIDWORKS?

• constant size
• variable size
• face
• angled

Q5. Your sketch is not extruding correctly. It does not seem to be a properly closed contour, although from a simple visual inspection, it looks to be fully closed. You think perhaps there are some very small gaps in your contour that are causing the issue. What tool can you use to find these small gaps?

• Quick Snaps
• Rebuild
• Repair Sketch
• Show Error

reference

Q6. Which choice is an example of a skected feature?

• chamfer
• extrusion
• fillet
• shell

Reference

Q7. You want to make two circles have the same center point within a SOLIDWORKS sketch. How can you do this?

• Add a tangent relation between the circles
• Add a concentric relation between the circles
• Add a horizontal relation between the circles
• Add an equal relation between the circles

Q8. Which reference geometry is NOT available in SOLIDWORKS?

• sphere
• plane
• point
• axis

Reference

Q9. Specifying two lines to be perpendicular to each other would be an example of what?

• feature
• relation
• extrude
• dimension

Solidworks: Sketch Relations

Q10. You want to focus on a single component within your assembly and hide all the rest. How can you do this?

• Right-click the component you want to focus on and select Change Transparency
• Right-click the component you want to focus on and select Hide
• Right-click the component you want to focus on and select Isolate
• Right-click the component you want to focus on and select Suppress

Solidworks: Isolate

Q11. What will Save As do on an existing saved part?

• It will delete the original part and save the current part with a new name
• It will keep the original part and save the current path with a new name
• It will save both the original part and the new part in the current state
• It will rename the original part

Q12. You want to show a list of the raw materials, subassemblies, intermediate assemblies, subcomponents, and parts, and the quantities of each, needed to manufacture an end product. What would be useful to accomplish this?

• bill of material
• isometric view
• exploded view
• hole list

Reference

Q13. Freezing a portion of a model can be used if you work with complex models with many features. Why

• Freezing the features helps to show only the critical features of the model
• Freezing the features helps to show the internal features of the model
• Freezing the features helps to reduce the rebuild time and prevent unintentional changes to the model
• Freezing the features helps to show the external features of the model

Reference

Q14. Which single features could you use to design a cube, a sphere, and a paperclip, respectively?

• Revolved Boss/Base, Shell, and Sweep
• Shell, Revolved Boss/Base, and Extruded Boss/Base
• Extruded Boss/Base, Revolved Boss/Base, and Sweep
• Draft, Extruded Boss/Base, and Shell

Q15. Which choice is NOT a standard mate within SOLIDWORKS?

• parallel
• coindicent
• equal
• concentric

Reference

Q16. How would you temporarily remove a feature from a model?

• Click the feature in the FeatureManager design tree or graphics area, then select Surpress
• Drag the feature to the Suppression folder, located at the top of the FeatureManager design tree
• You cannot remove features temporarily-you can only delete them completely
• Drag the feature to the bottom of the FeatureManager design tree, then drag the Supression bar above it

Q17. You want to show an assembly's components spread out and positioned to show how they fit together when assembled. How do you accomplish this?

• Use Assembly Visualization
• Use a bill of materials
• Use isometric view
• Use exploded view

Reference

Q18. How would you fix a Lofted Boss/Base feature that appears twisted?

• Drag the loft connectors to the correct position, or use guide curves
• Reduce the spacing between the loft profiles, then scale the loft body as required
• Loft shapes are driven entirely by the loft profiles, adjust the skecthes to remove any ambiguity in the loft path
• Ensure that the Twist Along Path option is not selected

Q19. When creating a sweep feature, you receive this error: "Cannot get to a point on the path to start with. For an open path, the path must intersect with the section plane." How can you fix this?

• Ensure that the path skecth touches the profile skecth at some point
• Select the Path Merge option within the sweep feature
• Select the Path Intersection option within the sweep feature
• Edit the path skecth and reduce any areas of tight curvature

Q20. With injection molding, one common manufacturing requirement or preference is applying a taper or angle to faces to help with part removal from the mold. Which feature can help you meet this requirement?

• Loft
• Draft
• Wrap
• Sweep

Q21. You want to simplify a very large and complex assembly to improve performance while working within it. What should you use?

• DFMXpress
• SpeedPak
• a flexible subassembly
• Design Checker

[reference](https://help.solidworks.com/2014/english/SolidWorks/sldworks/c_Improving_Large_Assembly_Performance_SWassy.htm

Q22. If you are working with ISO standards, which projection method would you most likely be using?

• second angle projection
• fourth angle projection
• first angle projection
• third angle projection

Reference

Q23. You have a single line within a sketch that you would like to split into three separate lines. How can you achieve this?

• Use the Offset Entities tool
• Use the Split Line tool
• Use the Split Entities tool
• Use the Split tool

Q24. What controls the direction and magnitude of a spline curvature?

• inflection point
• control point
• spline point
• spline handle

Reference

Q25. You want to build a new part within an assembly to ensure in-context relations and dimensions. You also want to save out this part file as its own unique file. After navigating to the Assembly ribbon tab, what do you do next?

• Under Insert Component, select Part to create a new in-context part. Right-click the new part and select isolate
• Select Insert Component to create a new in-context part. Right-click te new part and select Save Part (in External File)
• Under Insert Components, select New Part to create a new in-context part. Right-click the new part and select Save Selection
• Under Insert Components, select New Part to create a new in-context part. Right-click the new part and select Save Part (in External File)

Reference

Q26. The ribbon bar at the top of your SOLIDWORKS screen has disappeared. How can you get it back?

• Click View > Toolbars > CommandManager
• Click View > Toolbars > FeatureManager
• Click View > Toolbars > MotionManager
• Click View > Toolbars > Task Pane

reference

Q27. Representing a three-dimensional object by a number of two-dimensional views is generally called

• isometric projection
• oblique projection
• object projection
• orthographic projection

Reference

Q28. How can you rename a feature?

• Select the feature name and press F2, or slow-double-click the feature name
• Select the feature name and press F3 key, or right-click the feature name
• Select the feature name and press F7, or quick-double-click the feature name
• Select the feature name and press F5 key, or double-click the feature name

reference

Q29. When using the Fillet tool, what does the Tanget Propagation option do?

• It creates a fillet that is tanget to the direction of view
• It creates a fillet that varies in size, depending on lcoal tangency
• It creates a constant-size fillet around all selections
• It extends the fillet to all faces that are tangent to the selected face

Q30. You notice that one of the subassemblies in your main assembly is rigid and does not have mobility it should. How can you resolve this issue?

• Select the subassembly and then select Make Subassembly Flexible from the context menu
• Select the subassembly and then select Set Resolved from LightWeight from the context menu
• Select the subassembly and then select Edit Assembly from the context menu
• Select the subassembly and then select Make Independent from the context menu

Reference

Q31. You dimension an arc in a drawing and notice that the dimension is coming in as the radius value. You want to show the diameter value. To do this, first you click the dimension to open the dimension PropertyManager. What do you do next?

• On the Leaders tab, select Diameter
• On the Other tab, select Diameter
• On the Value tab, and select Diameter
• On the Value tab, seect Override Value

Q32. In the image below, which are the parents and children of the Vertical Boss Feature?

• The parent is Base Feature; the children are Slot Cutout, Skect3, CBORE Hole, and Fillet2
• The parent is Vertical Boss; the childre are Base Feature, Slot Cutout, Sketc3, CBORE Hole, and Fillet2
• The parent is Base Feature; the children are Vertical Boss, Slot Cutout, Sketch3, CBORE Holde, and Fillet2
• The parents are Vertical Boss and Base Feature; the children are Slot Cutout, Sketch3, CBORE Hole, and Fillet2

Q33. In this image, which parts are fixed?

• BASE
• LINK 3
• LINK 5
• LINK 1

Q34. What is this image an example of?

• a hole table
• a revision table
• a tolerance table
• a punch table

Q35. What type of dimensioning is shown here?

• smart dimensioning
• angular running dimensioning
• ordinate dimensioning
• chain dimensioning

Q36. In the image below, what types of hole are A1 and B1 respectively?

• countersink and counterbore
• counterbore and countersink
• standard and threaded/tapped
• threaded/tapped and standard

Q37. What is this sketch an example of?

• an open contour sketch
• a multi-contour or intersecting sketch
• a triple contour sketch
• a closed contour sketch

Q38. Can this skecth be extruded?

• Yes, you can extrude it using the standard extrude boss option
• Yes, you can extrude it using the Selected Contours option
• No, the sketch is an open contour and this cannot be extruded
• Yes, you can extrude it using the Thin Feature option