SketchUp MCQs
SketchUp MCQs
Our team has conducted extensive research to compile a set of SketchUp MCQs. We encourage you to test your SketchUp knowledge by answering these multiple-choice questions provided below.
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1: Why is inferencing helpful?
A. Stores information about different points in the image
B. Allows you to draw very quickly
C. All of these
D. Information can be quickly referenced
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"?
A. All lines are interconnected
B. All lines are not coplanar
C. A line is curved
D. "Hide Geometry" is enabled
3: When should Sections Planes be used?
A. When you want to lock movement along an axis
B. When you want to divide a model in two
C. When you want better access to the interior of a model
D. When you want to add a google earth image to a section of your model
4: How is the 3D warehouse accessed?
A. Using Get Models tool directly from the toolbar
B. at http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/
C. All of these
D. Using Import from an already saved model
5: What tool is ideal for making spheres and curved surfaces?
A. Follow-me
B. Push/Pull
C. Offset
D. Scale
6: Which tool should be used to zoom to a view where the whole model is visible and centered in the drawing area?
A. Zoom extents
B. Pan
C. Orbit
D. Window
7: Where should Ruby scripts be placed once downloaded?
A. Leave on Desktop for fast access
B. None of these
C. Once downloaded, they must be saved as components
D. In the plugins folder within Sketchup file
8: How is 3D text created in SketchUp?
A. Only 2D text is available is SU
B. Using the 3D text feature under TOOLS menu
C. None of these
D. Using the 3D text option under Entity Info
9: What is the command for inputting inches in the measurements toolbox?
A. "
B. in.
C. inches
D. in
10: How can the number of segments of a polygon be changed?
A. On the Window menu, click Entity info
B. Typing an "s" after any number in the measurements box
C. Context-click, and then click entity info
D. All of these
11: In order for the Follow Me tool to work, there has to be a ________ to lead the profile.
A. none of these
B. value
C. path
D. length
12: Which of the following is a standard axis color?
A. All of the above
B. Only Red and Blue
C. Blue
D. Red
E. Green
13: How can you select multiple entities in SketchUp?
A. Selecting multiple entities with a selection box.
B. Selecting connected entities using the Select context-menu item.
C. All of the Above.
D. Selecting connected entities using rapid mouse clicking.
14: What does the symbol for extruding a surface look like?
A. a pencil
B. an eraser
C. a protractor
D. a block with an arrow coming off of it
15: Why is it sometimes necessary to triangulate between edges across an area to get a surface?
A. All of these
B. because after creating many disjointed line segments, the surface was not created
C. because the face finder failed to create a surface
D. Because SU didn't create a surface or skin
16: How does Active Highlighting help work faster in SU?
A. It's a method of selecting edges and surfaces when you move over them
B. All of these
C. Allows you to act on geometry without needing to pre-select it with the select tool
D. You can move entire surfaces, edges, or vertex without pre-selecting the geometry
17: Wha is the purpose of LayOut?
A. to create slideshows
B. All of these
C. to create presentation boards
D. to create small format booklets
18: Why should a model be purged?
A. To make sketchup run faster
B. To get rid of unused data
C. All of these
D. To reduce the file size
19: What is the purpose of the measurements toolbox?
A. To manipulate dimension values of a selected entity
B. Displays dimensional information while drawing
C. To enter desired dimensions for any entity
D. All of these
20: What is the Look Around tool useful for?
A. All of these
B. Viewing the inside of spaces
C. To evaluate visibility after using the Position Camera tool
D. Pivots the camera around a stationary point
21: How is the use of Instructor beneficial?
A. Displays related options for the tools being used
B. All of these
C. Helps navigate to sections in the online SketchUp User's Guide
D. Displays information on the currently selected tool
22: Which of the following is NOT a standard axis color?
A. Red
B. Blue
C. Yellow
D. Green
23: Why should the Outer Shell tool be used?
A. To remove unnecessary geometry on the inside of a model of a structure
B. To improve the model's performance in Google Earth
C. All of these
D. To clean up geometry on the inside of overlapping groups or components
24: What is the 3D Warehouse?
A. Online collection of 3D models and components
B. Sketchup headquarters in Colorado
C. Building maker tool for Sketchup
D. Desktop folder for saved models
25: What kind of files can be imported into SU?
A. All of these
B. 2D images
C. ACAD and 3DS
D. 3D models and DEM
26: What kind of files can be exported from SU?
A. All of these
B. 2D graphic
C. Animation
D. 3D model
27: Which of these are resources that can provide help with SU?
A. Video Playlist
B. Sketchup Help Forum
C. All of these
D. The help menu within SU
28: What are the advantages of using Outliner?
A. Allows navigation through large models or restructure of the model hierarchy
B. Allows viewing of Group and Component hierarchies as a hierarchical tree
C. All of these
D. Helps locate instances of a particular component, or rename groups and components
29: Which of the following are "Solid Tools" in SketchUp?
A. Split
B. Union
C. Intersect
D. All of the above
E. Outer Shell
30: When creating a circle, how can the radius be changed after it has been created?
A. Context-click, and then click entity info
B. All of these
C. Using the radius field inside entity info
D. On the window menu, click entity info
31: Name a way to view shadows in a model?
A. By managing Scenes
B. By Selecting the lighting feature under View
C. None of these
D. By enabling the Shadows feature under the View menu
32: How are shadows and geo-location related?
A. Shadows are always inaccurate when using geo-location
B. None of these
C. None, there is no relation between the two
D. Shadows can be obtained from the coordinates of the geographically positioned model
33: Which best describes the purpose of the Pan tool?
A. to zoom to a panoramic view of the model
B. to obtain a plan view of the model
C. To move the model without changing the viewing direction
D. None of these
34: Which best describes what a scene is?
A. All of these
B. They are saved views of the model
C. The manual toggling of snapshots in the model
D. Frames for making walk/fly throughs
35: What effect does triple-clicking have on an edge or surface?
A. Selects the entity along with any attached geometry connecting to it
B. Only the edge is selected
C. None of these
D. It only selects the surface being clicked
36: What is the advantage of using Hidden Geometry?
A. All of these
B. Simplify the current view
C. Enable viewing and working inside tight areas
D. Cleaner workspace
37: Which best describes the purpose of the Push/Pull Tool?
A. To extend or shorten the length of a line
B. To cut out a section of an object
C. To increase or decrease the volume of a curved surface
D. To decrease or increase volume of a geometry
38: Within the Paint Bucket window what is the Eye Dropper used for?
A. To add color effects to a surface
B. To correct imperfections in material
C. To remove a material/color to the palette
D. To sample any material from your workspace
39: What happens if you press Ctrl (Option on a Mac) when using the move tool?
A. Selection is inverted
B. Selection is flipped along axis
C. A copy is created
D. An array is created
E. Selection is rotated
40: If interested in a hand drawn effect, what's the best way to achieve it?
A. None of these
B. Using the Style Builder
C. Not using sketchup and just drawing it by hand
D. Using the Sketchy Edges style
41: How does applying a Style change the geometry of a drawing?
A. Changes how the user sees the geometry
B. All of these
C. The drawing geometry all stays the same
D. Only the visual representation of the geometry changes
42: What are the steps to performing a subtraction?
A. None of these
B. Left to Right selection> delete
C. Subtract tool>select object 1 and then 2 with cursor
D. Using the Section plane tool and selecting the objects
43: What does the Autofold feature do?
A. when the Move tool only allows you to move the edge in a horizontal direction, but not vertically
B. constrains an operation in order to keep all faces planar and not creating additional fold lines
C. When SketchUp limits the movement of an object along a direction
D. All of these
44: What are the steps for creating videos in Sketchup?
A. On the File menu, click export, click animation
B. On the File menu, click save copy as, click animation
C. On the File menu, click import, click scenes
D. On the File menu, click burn, click video
45: What does the Entity info window provide?
A. The layer information of an object
B. The Area of an object
C. None of these
D. All of these
46: The Walk tool is only available in __________ mode.
A. Parallel
B. Perspective
C. None of these
D. Field of View
47: What does enabling Anti-Aliasing do?
A. displays lines as smooth
B. Makes lines thinner
C. forces the naming of components
D. convert a group to an object
48: When is the use of components recommended?
A. When using a model from 3D warehouse
B. When you want to lock an object
C. None of these
D. When you are working with repeated geometry
49: What are the limitations on using the Trim tool?
A. Can only be performed on two overlapping groups or components
B. Can only be performed while in x-ray view mode
C. Can only be used on wire frame mode
D. Can only be used on a component that's been created by you
50: Which tool should be used for creating a company logo or copyright on a model?
A. The Security feature
B. The Text feature
C. None of these
D. The Watermark feature
51: How can exact measurements be obtained while drawing a line?
A. Any time while drawing, the exact dimension can be typed
B. The desired dimension is entered into the measurement tab by clicking on it
C. The dimension can be typed before the tool is selected
D. None of these
52: How can topographical data from a model's real-world location be obtained?
A. Using a plug-in for creating a mesh or terrain from a data file
B. using the Sandbox tools' terrain option
C. All of these
D. Using Google Earth's terrain layer once a model is place on it's real life location
53: Which answer best describes a plug-in?
A. A model from the 3D Warehouse
B. An uploaded model into Google Earth
C. Scripts that extend the functionality and speed of Sketchup
D. All of these
54: What is a Dynamic Component?
A. A group of geometry with assigned attributes
B. None of these
C. A continously moving component
D. A component rotated about its axis
55: SketchUp plugins are scripts created with...
A. Python
B. Ruby
C. C++
D. Go
E. Lua
56: Placing a photo over a surface as a material is known as:
A. Texturize
B. Match Photo
C. Sample Photo
D. Photo texture
57: Which of these is a Dynamic Component interaction?
A. Clicking on the Interact button
B. A set of stairs with an animation
C. All of these
D. Using the scale tool to make an object smaller or bigger
58: What is the definition of "dragging" in sketchup?
A. Pressing down on the left button on the mouse and hold while moving the cursor over the screen
B. Pressing down on the right button on the mouse and hold while moving the cursor over the screen
C. Pressing down and quick release of the mouse button
D. Pressing down the mouse button while holding it still
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?
A. They are the location of the axis relative to the position of the object
B. These are the different pre-defined standard point of views
C. None of these
D. The location of the object's origin with respect to the main axes
60: Which arrow keys correspond to the SU axes?
A. Up/Down=Blue axis, Right=Red Axis, Left=Green Axis
B. Up/Down=Purple, Right=Red Axis, Left=Yellow Axis
C. Up/Down=Blue axis, Right=Blue Axis, Left=Yellow Axis
D. None of these
61: Which option from the Camera menu fits the entire model to the window with a single click?
A. Field Of View
B. Zoom Extents
C. Zoom
D. Zoom Window
E. Position Camera
62: What is Geo-Modeling?
A. Modeling on contour lines with extreme elevations
B. Making 3D models of real-life buildings that will appear in Google Earth
C. 3D models of unusual geometry
D. All of these
63: What is the Orbit tool used for?
A. To view the design in Google Earth
B. To revolve a face about an axis
C. To animate an object
D. To navigate and explore your designs
64: By default, positioning the camera at eye level yields what height?
A. Six feet
B. seventy-two inches
C. Two meters
D. Five feet and six inches
65: Which of the following is necessary to create a 3D SketchUp "Solid"?
A. D. 3D model must be created using the Push/Pull tool
B. B. 3D model must be a group
C. Both (A) 3D model must be a component AND/OR (B) 3D model must be a group
D. C. 3D model must have all edges erased
E. A. 3D model must be a component
66: What does a cyan circle (inference marker) on a line or object represent?
A. Endpoint of a line
B. Midpoint of a line
C. On Edge of a surface
D. On Edge of a line
67: Perception and camera position taken from a photograph best describes which tool?
A. Texturize
B. Sample Photo
C. Match Photo
D. Photo texture
68: Unlike other CAD programs, Layers in sketchup do not isolate geometry, they:
A. connect edges
B. ungroup grouped objects
C. cuts sections of objects
D. Govern visibility
69: If units are not specified in the measurements box, what is the SU default unit?
A. Feet
B. Meters
C. Millimeters
D. Inches
70: Under what circumstances does the Push/Pull tool not work?
A. When a face or surface is curved
B. Does not work when SU is set to a Wireframe rendering style
C. on face types that are not circular, rectangular, or abstract
D. All of these
71: When does SketchUp create fold lines?
A. When an onbject is moved about a different axis
B. None of these
C. If surfaces bounded by a vertex are moved and caused to become non-planar
D. If a vertext is moved downward and causes a change in volume
72: With the Orbit Tool active, what key can be held to temporarily switch to the Pan Tool?
A. Spacebar
B. Caps Lock
C. Alt (Option on Mac)
D. Ctrl (Command on Mac)
E. Shift
73: What's the easiest way to Mirror an object?
A. All of these
B. Using the Move tool and Rotate
C. Using the Copy tool and Flip Along option
D. Using the Copy and Rotate tool
74: When using Rapid Mouse clicking to select multiple entities in SketchUp, which option enables you to select all entities connected?
A. Hold Shift and Double Click an edge
B. Click on a Group
C. Triple-click on any entity
D. Double-click on a face
75: What is the procedure for deleting/renaming "Layer 0"?
A. Hide it on Hidden Geometry
B. Cannot be deleted or renamed
C. Right click> Options> Delete/Rename
D. Uncheck the "visible" box
76: What is the difference between a component and a group?
A. A. When editing a component, it edits all instances of that component.
B. B. When editing a group, it edits all instances of that group.
C. E. Only A and D above
D. C. You can edit a Group but not a Component
E. D. Components can be saved outside the SketchUp file
77: What is the keyboard shortcut for the Paint Bucket Tool?
A. B
B. Shift+B
C. Ctrl+B
D. P
78: When does SU create a skin or Surface?
A. When a closed loop of coplanar edges is formed
B. When coplanar segments of a shape are looped together
C. When the boundaries of an object are locked
D. When curved edges or lines are connected
79: What is the Field of View?
A. Refers to the amount of a model you can see
B. Refers to the position of the camera when in eye-level
C. None of these
D. Refers to zooming out to see the full extents of a model
80: What is 4D?
A. 3D plus a virtual dimension
B. None of these
C. A 3D model in Time
D. Sketchup's next version
81: What is the fastest way to create same shape, concentric surfaces?
A. Using the Copy Tool
B. Using the Mirror Tool
C. Using the Offset Tool
D. drawing line by line
82: What is the difference between a KML and KMZ file?
A. One is for previewing in Earth and other one for exporting to Earth
B. None of these
C. It's the same file, but KMZ is zipped
D. One is for exporting and the other for importing
83: What is the procedure for converting an SKB file to SKP?
A. Follow the steps from SKB converter from the Sketchup website
B. None of these
C. Right click on document>rename> Change SKB to SKP
D. It's not possible to convert an SKB to SKP
84: Which best describes the inferences that sketchup provides:
A. Perpendicular, Corner, Midpoint, On Face
B. On Edge, Midpoint, Endpoint, On Face
C. On Line, Midpoint, Endpoint, On Edge
D. Midpoint, Edge, Corner, Perpendicular
85: How can you edit the texture size in a single face on the model?
A. Edit> Intesect Faces> Material
B. Click on face, right click > Make Unique Texture
C. Material> Edit> Image Size
D. Click on face, right click > texture> position
86: Context clicking refers to:
A. Right click on the mouse
B. double click on any object in sketchup
C. left button clicking on any of sketchup's menus
D. Left click on the mouse
87: When a model is placed over its exact location using Google Earth it is said to be:
A. Geo-referenced
B. Geo-located
C. All of these
D. Ready to be uploaded to Google Earth
88: Creating impressions in a TIN by pushing a duplicate of the base of a geometry, such as a house, is known as?
A. Smooving
B. Draping
C. stamping
D. Meshing
89: What is most likely the problem if a circle or polygon is not 100% smooth on the edges after it's drawn?
A. The polygon/circle is too large for the chosen template
B. The number of segments with which the polygon/circle was created is too small
C. The anti-aliasing feature was disabled
D. All of these
90: What is a TIN?
A. All of these
B. Triangulated Irregular Network
C. Nodes and lines with x,y,z coordinates
D. A digital representation of a surface
91: What can be done if you need an inference, but SU doesn't provide it?
A. if SU doesn’t provide, then it's not possible to obtain an Inference
B. None of these
C. nothing, SU only provides Inferences when the object is a component
D. Inferences can be activated by hovering over the focus direction
92: How can you tell if a 3D model is a Solid?
A. Create the 3D model only by Extruding a Face
B. Create a "Solid Layer" and assign the layer to the 3D model
C. Right Click the 3D model and change the axis to Blue
D. None
E. Visit the Entity Info dialog box and check to make sure the object is not Hidden
93: A View or Template that allows beginners to become acquainted with sketchup's basic 2D functions is:
A. Sketchup Basic -- Inches
B. Front View-- Inches
C. Architectural Template -- Feet and Inches
D. Plan View -- Feet and Inches
94: Where can the Default Working Template be located?
A. Window> Styles> Preferences
B. Window> Styles> Template
C. Window> Preferences> Template
D. File> New>Template
95: When creating an arc to fillet a corner, what does the blue arc represent?
A. none of these
B. Tangent to one edge
C. not tangent to any edge
D. tangent to both edges
96: What happens to the geometry when zooming out while in Sketchy Edges style?
A. Details drop off but the model stays intact
B. Edges become linear hard edges
C. Surfaces become tranparent
D. All of these
97: Which best describes the command for an Array?
A. value x, rotate, 90 degrees
B. Move, quantity
C. move, drag, value x
D. Copy, paste, value x
98: When an inference is activated by the user, it is known as:
A. Activate Focus
B. Direction Focus
C. Locking Inference
D. Inference Activate
99: Can autofold be overridden, if so how?
A. no, fold lines are locked
B. yes, Alt(PC) or Cmd(Mac)
C. yes, Ctrl+Alt
D. yes, Shift+Move
100: When creating a repeating polygon, how can sketchup remember those characteristics to speed up drawing?
A. Using the lock tool
B. All of these
C. It automatically saves characteristics
D. Right-click retain values
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