General SketchUp MCQs

1. Why is inferencing helpful?

2. What is most likely the problem when you try to create any polygon (endpoints meeting) but sketchup doesn't create a surface or "skin"?

3. When should Sections Planes be used?

4. How is the 3D warehouse accessed?

5. What tool is ideal for making spheres and curved surfaces?

6. Which tool should be used to zoom to a view where the whole model is visible and centered in the drawing area?

7. Where should Ruby scripts be placed once downloaded?

8. How is 3D text created in SketchUp?

9. What is the command for inputting inches in the measurements toolbox?

10. How can the number of segments of a polygon be changed?

11. In order for the Follow Me tool to work, there has to be a ________ to lead the profile.

12. Which of the following is a standard axis color?

13. How can you select multiple entities in SketchUp?

14. What does the symbol for extruding a surface look like?

15. Why is it sometimes necessary to triangulate between edges across an area to get a surface?

16. How does Active Highlighting help work faster in SU?

17. Wha is the purpose of LayOut?

18. Why should a model be purged?

19. What is the purpose of the measurements toolbox?

20. What is the Look Around tool useful for?

21. How is the use of Instructor beneficial?

22. Which of the following is NOT a standard axis color?

23. Why should the Outer Shell tool be used?

24. What is the 3D Warehouse?

25. What kind of files can be imported into SU?

26. What kind of files can be exported from SU?

27. Which of these are resources that can provide help with SU?

28. What are the advantages of using Outliner?

29. Which of the following are "Solid Tools" in SketchUp?

30. When creating a circle, how can the radius be changed after it has been created?

31. Name a way to view shadows in a model?

32. How are shadows and geo-location related?

33. Which best describes the purpose of the Pan tool?

34. Which best describes what a scene is?

35. What effect does triple-clicking have on an edge or surface?

36. What is the advantage of using Hidden Geometry?

37. Which best describes the purpose of the Push/Pull Tool?

38. Within the Paint Bucket window what is the Eye Dropper used for?

39. What happens if you press Ctrl (Option on a Mac) when using the move tool?

40. If interested in a hand drawn effect, what's the best way to achieve it?

41. How does applying a Style change the geometry of a drawing?

42. What are the steps to performing a subtraction?

43. What does the Autofold feature do?

44. What are the steps for creating videos in Sketchup?

45. What does the Entity info window provide?

46. The Walk tool is only available in __________ mode.

47. What does enabling Anti-Aliasing do?

48. When is the use of components recommended?

49. What are the limitations on using the Trim tool?

50. Which tool should be used for creating a company logo or copyright on a model?

51. How can exact measurements be obtained while drawing a line?

52. How can topographical data from a model's real-world location be obtained?

53. Which answer best describes a plug-in?

54. What is a Dynamic Component?

55. SketchUp plugins are scripts created with...

56. Placing a photo over a surface as a material is known as:

57. Which of these is a Dynamic Component interaction?

58. What is the definition of "dragging" in sketchup?

59. When navigating in 3D space, SketchUp will show "top, right, back, front, left" on the top left corner of the window. What does it represent?

60. Which arrow keys correspond to the SU axes?

61. Which option from the Camera menu fits the entire model to the window with a single click?

62. What is Geo-Modeling?

63. What is the Orbit tool used for?

64. By default, positioning the camera at eye level yields what height?

65. Which of the following is necessary to create a 3D SketchUp "Solid"?

66. What does a cyan circle (inference marker) on a line or object represent?

67. Perception and camera position taken from a photograph best describes which tool?

68. Unlike other CAD programs, Layers in sketchup do not isolate geometry, they:

69. If units are not specified in the measurements box, what is the SU default unit?

70. Under what circumstances does the Push/Pull tool not work?

71. When does SketchUp create fold lines?

72. With the Orbit Tool active, what key can be held to temporarily switch to the Pan Tool?

73. What's the easiest way to Mirror an object?

74. When using Rapid Mouse clicking to select multiple entities in SketchUp, which option enables you to select all entities connected?

75. What is the procedure for deleting/renaming "Layer 0"?

76. What is the difference between a component and a group?

77. What is the keyboard shortcut for the Paint Bucket Tool?

78. When does SU create a skin or Surface?

79. What is the Field of View?

80. What is 4D?

81. What is the fastest way to create same shape, concentric surfaces?

82. What is the difference between a KML and KMZ file?

83. What is the procedure for converting an SKB file to SKP?

84. Which best describes the inferences that sketchup provides:

85. How can you edit the texture size in a single face on the model?

86. Context clicking refers to:

87. When a model is placed over its exact location using Google Earth it is said to be:

88. Creating impressions in a TIN by pushing a duplicate of the base of a geometry, such as a house, is known as?

89. What is most likely the problem if a circle or polygon is not 100% smooth on the edges after it's drawn?

90. What is a TIN?

91. What can be done if you need an inference, but SU doesn't provide it?

92. How can you tell if a 3D model is a Solid?

93. A View or Template that allows beginners to become acquainted with sketchup's basic 2D functions is:

94. Where can the Default Working Template be located?

95. When creating an arc to fillet a corner, what does the blue arc represent?

96. What happens to the geometry when zooming out while in Sketchy Edges style?

97. Which best describes the command for an Array?

98. When an inference is activated by the user, it is known as:

99. Can autofold be overridden, if so how?

100. When creating a repeating polygon, how can sketchup remember those characteristics to speed up drawing?

101. What are the steps to claiming credit on a model?

102. How are construction lines created?

103. What are the three inference types?

104. How can you force sketchup to infer along a certain axis?

105. Which of these is an example of "nesting"?

106. How can multiple face styles be combined in one model?

107. How is the Components browser related to the 3D warehouse?

108. How can a background be added to the SU model?

109. What are the setup options for camera position?

110. Which toolbar is needed for finding dimensions, tape measure and text?

111. Which of the face styles is a toggle and can be used in combination with any other display mode?

112. When the move tool is used, what is the purpose of the cross-shaped markers that appear on a component's surfaces?

113. What are the three controls for Fog?

114. How are the Sandbox Tools enabled?

115. What are the limitations for using the Soften Edges feature?

116. What happens when you click on the icon being pointed at, in the Google toolbar of SketchUp?

117. What is the basic pre-requisite for the Flip Edge tool in Sandbox tools to operate?

118. Out of the tools used for navigation, what is the main difference between Orbit tool and Look Around tool in Google SketchUp?

119. With the Ctrl key you can toggle between two modes of the Tape Measure tool. Which enhanced function does 'mode a' perform?

120. Which of the following steps can help you exit from the Position Camera view?

121. The basic difference between the Push/Pull tool and the Sandbox Smoove tool is that the:

122. How can the transformation as shown in the given illustrations be brought about?

123. What operation does the given tool perform?

124. When does Google SketchUp display a warning message to the user as shown in the figure?

125. Which tool is being used in the illustration shown?

126. In the Google Style Builder interface shown in the figure, what happens when you drag the highlighted Sample Stroke into box A?

127. When will you see three reference axes and the active area embedded in three concentric enclosures, as in Figure Z?

128. Of the following, which tool is not found in the construction tools of Google SketchUp 7?

129. Which of the following statements about 3D Warehouse is UNTRUE?

130. What happens when you press the Alt key while using the Walk tool in Google SketchUp?

131. When do you see the given dialog box in Google SketchUp?

132. You can generate a report of a SketchUp model in an HTML file or a CSV file. The CSV file format is supported by:

133. How can one use the pan tool navigation feature with the scroll button of the mouse in Google SketchUp?

134. Which settings window has been displayed in the given figure? Where can you access it from?

135. In the given illustrations, what is the difference between the types of selection?

136. Which single window, as shown in the figure, will enable you to access all the groups, components and layers used in your model?

137. Choose the right procedure to zoom in on a particular component of a SketchUp model?

138. Google Style Builder embedded with Google SketchUp Pro, helps in:

139. How can you remove the unused components from the model so that they do not appear in the Components window?

140. What happens when you click on the plus sign as shown in the figure?

141. How can you perform the transformation as shown in the illustration, in Google SketchUp?

142. If you press Ctrl and double click on the face of a model, which of the selections shown occurs?

143. To prevent multiple copies of a component from being edited at the same time, you need to right click on the component and choose:

144. What would be the correct order of steps to remove the wheel from the model displayed?

145. In the Layers Palette shown in the given figure, what happens when you uncheck the box under Visible for Layer 1?

146. Which of the following steps can help you convert two adjoining segments of a line into a single line segment?

147. How can you enable single click access for Isometric view of a model?

148. Which of the following statements is FALSE about the Dynamic Components in Google SketchUp 7?

149. Which toolbar has been enabled in the given illustration?

150. While using the Smoove tool from Sandbox, which of the following steps will work?

151. Where in Google SketchUp 7 can you access the Sample Paint tool? The Sample Paint tool appears as shown above.

152. Which of the following options would result in drawing of a triangle?

153. If the horizontal circle of Figure X is selected as path, and Follow Me tool is applied on the vertical triangular surface, which figure would be the outcome?

154. Which of the following options will not help you import models from 3D Warehouse?

155. Using the Smoove tool from Sandbox menu over a grid, how can you move the vertical offset, as shown in the figure, accurately at 12 inches below the grid?

156. Which of the following file types is NOT supported by the Google Style Builder while loading Styles from a template?

157. In Google Style Builder, what does the interface icon shown in the figure do to the model?

158. Which of the following statements is UNTRUE about the Google LayOut application?

159. What happens when you choose Send to LayOut in the File menu?

160. In order to convert a single surface into a component, you may not get the option of Make Component in the context menu, as shown in the figure. What could be a possible workaround for this?

161. The SimplifyContours.rb Ruby script file is available for free download from www.sketchup.com/downloads. What does this file do?

162. How can the mirror image of an object be created in Google SketchUp?

163. If you are unable to select an edge to use the dimension tool in SketchUp, what could the reason possibly be? Refer to the given figure.

164. What happens when you click on the image at which the arrow points?

165. What is the default number of segments of circle drawn in SketchUp?

166. Which of the following four methods would not work for the Follow Me tool?

167. Where will you find the settings window as shown above? What do the brackets signify?

168. Which of the following context menu sub-options will NOT work for the Intersect tool in SketchUp?

169. Where can you locate the geometric parameters/attributes of an imported component or a model in Google SketchUp?

170. How can you access the following Animation settings in Google SketchUp 7?

171. What does the selection in the given figure depict?

172. What is the correct procedure to create a duplicate of a component in Google SketchUp 7?

173. What is the difference between the drawing procedures of the segments shown?