AutoCAD Quality Control & Assurance 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What does the RECOVER command do in AutoCAD?
- Restores a backup .bak file to its original name
- Attempts to open and repair a damaged drawing file (Correct answer)
- Undoes all changes since the last save
- Recovers deleted layers from the drawing
Correct answer: Attempts to open and repair a damaged drawing file
RECOVER tries to open a corrupted drawing file by scanning and repairing its internal database.
Question 2: In a production drawing, why should OVERKILL be run as part of a QA check?
- It removes all duplicate or overlapping geometry, reducing file clutter (Correct answer)
- It audits text styles for font compliance
- It checks all dimension values against model space geometry
- It purges all unreferenced xrefs from the drawing
Correct answer: It removes all duplicate or overlapping geometry, reducing file clutter
OVERKILL deletes duplicate and overlapping objects such as lines, arcs, and polylines, keeping the geometry clean.
Question 3: A QA reviewer notices a drawing has dozens of unused layers prefixed 'DEFPOINTS'. What is the correct action?
- Delete them with ERASE after selecting all objects on those layers
- Purge them using the PURGE command
- Rename them to comply with the layer standard
- Leave them; DEFPOINTS is a required system layer (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Leave them; DEFPOINTS is a required system layer
DEFPOINTS is a special AutoCAD system layer used to store associative dimension definition points and should never be deleted.
Question 4: Which setting controls how many automatic backup (.bak) files AutoCAD maintains for a drawing?
- ISAVEPERCENT
- SAVETIME
- BAKSAVES (Correct answer)
- FILESAVE
Correct answer: BAKSAVES
BAKSAVES (available in newer releases) controls the number of incremental backup copies saved alongside the drawing.
Question 5: To ensure all text in a drawing uses only company-approved fonts, a QA script should check which drawing property?
- TEXTSIZE system variable
- Text style font file assignments in the Style Manager (Correct answer)
- QTEXT setting for quick text display
- Annotative scale factor of each text object
Correct answer: Text style font file assignments in the Style Manager
Text styles define which font files are used; auditing text style definitions ensures only approved fonts are applied.
Question 6: Which AutoCAD feature allows a team to automatically notify users when a checked-out drawing has been modified?
- Sheet Set notification alerts
- eTransmit version tracking
- Drawing version control in Autodesk Vault (Correct answer)
- Layer states manager alerts
Correct answer: Drawing version control in Autodesk Vault
Autodesk Vault provides version control, check-in/check-out, and change notification for collaborative drawing management.
Question 7: What is the function of the ETRANSMIT command in a QA handoff workflow?
- Emails the drawing file directly from AutoCAD
- Packages the drawing with all dependent files (xrefs, fonts, images) into a transmittal set (Correct answer)
- Transfers layer standards from one drawing to another
- Exports all layouts to PDF for review
Correct answer: Packages the drawing with all dependent files (xrefs, fonts, images) into a transmittal set
ETRANSMIT collects the drawing and all support files needed to open it correctly, creating a self-contained package.
AutoCAD Quality Control & Assurance 3
What does the RECOVER command do in AutoCAD?