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Creating Toolpaths for a CNC Lathe Quiz

Quiz 01: Final test

Q1. Which of the following settings for a Turning Groove toolpath can be modified to cut internal features of a part?

Set the Turning Mode to Outside Grooving in the Tool tab
Set the Turning Mode to Inside Grooving in the Tool tab
Set Grooving to Allow radial and axial grooving in the Passes tab
Set Grooving to Don’t allow grooving

Q2. Which option in a Turning Part toolpath can be used to add a fillet or chamfer to the back edge of the part?

Transfer Stock
Use Pecking
Edge Break
Make Sharp Corners

Q3. When configuring a Turning Single Groove toolpath, which of the following Groove Side Alignment settings will offset the tool in the negative Z direction from the selected Groove Position?

Top
Front
Middle
Back

Q4. When creating a Turning Groove toolpath for a model with several grooves, how can the geometry for only one groove be selected?

Adjust the Front and Back planes to extend from Model Front to Model Back
Only a Turning Single Groove toolpath can be used for this purpose
Adjust the Front and Back planes to extend from Stock Front to Stock Back
Adjust the Front and Back planes to sandwich only the target groove

Q5. Which option in the Simulate tool will pause the simulation of toolpaths if the tool gouges material?

Stock> Stop on collision
Toolpath> Show Points
Stock> Transparent
Tool> Programmed Point

Q6 .Why should the position of the Chuck in the Setup be offset away from the back of the model?

To reduce the amount of material that needs to be machined
To allow access for a Turning Part operation when separating the finished part
To decrease the distance the tool needs to travel during a tool change
To reduce the distance the secondary spindle has to travel during a transfer

Q7. What effect does the Use Pecking option in a Turning toolpath have?

The tool performs a finishing pass for each step
The tool retracts along the approach path for each step
Use Pecking cannot be used in a Turning toolpath, only a Drill toolpath
The tool retracts and returns to the model origin for each step

Q8. Which of the following describes the motion of the tool for an OD Turning Profile Roughing operation when the Passes Cycle is set to Vertical Passes?

Tool cuts from centerline toward the outside
Tool cuts from the back side of the stock towards the front side
Tool cuts from outside toward the centerline
Tool cuts from front side of the stock towards the back side

Q9. Where in the Edit tool dialog can the width of an OD Grooving tool be modified?

Holder> Head length
Insert> Width
Insert> Thickness
Holder> Shank width

Q10. When creating a Turning Thread toolpath, which setting can be used to define how much of the selected face is machined?

Geometry> Confinement
Passes> Tolerance
Passes> Thread Depth
Linking> Approach Z

Q11. Which setting for a Turning Chamfer toolpath can be used to reduce the distance the tool pulls back from the part between each step?

Adjust the Inner Radius Offset in the Radii tab
Adjust the Retract Offset in the Radii tab
Adjust the Tolerance in the Passes tab
Adjust the Chamfer Extension in the Passes tab

Q12. Which of the following should be used to tap an on-axis hole for a part being machined on a CNC lathe?

Milling> Drilling> Drill
Turning> Turning Part
Milling> 2D> Circular
Turning> Turning Thread

Q13. When drilling holes located off-axis for C-axis drilling operations, which of the following is a requirement?

Live tooling that enables the tool to spin
A drill bit with a shoulder length shorter than the hole depth
Off-axis holes cannot be machined on a CNC lathe using C-axis drilling operations
A secondary spindle that can enable stock transfer

Q14. To create a toolpath pattern, where is the New Pattern command found?

The Turning dropdown menu
The Setup dropdown menu
The Drilling dropdown menu
The Manage dropdown menu

Q15. When drilling an on-axis hole on a CNC lathe, which of the following is defined by the spindle speed value?

The velocity of the drill bit in the positive Z-direction
The velocity of the chips being discarded from the part
The rotational speed of the stock or part in the chuck
The rotational speed of the drill bit itself

Q16. Which of the following Cycle Types for a Drill operation retracts the tool completely out of the hole?

Break through
Counterboring – dwell and rapid out
Deep drilling – full retract
Chip breaking – partial retract

Q17. Which side of the part does a Turning Face toolpath machine?

All faces with holes
All flat faces of the part
Only the back face of the part
Only the front face of the part

Q18. For an operation that is intended to rough and finish a part, which of the following options should be disabled?

Make Sharp Corners
Smoothing
Stock to Leave
Rest Machining

Q19. When a tap is selected as the tool to be used in a new Drill operation, what happens to the Cycle Type?

The Cycle Type is automatically set to Break through
The Cycle Type is automatically set to Chip breaking – partial retract
The Cycle Type is automatically set to Thread milling
The Cycle Type is automatically set to Tapping

Q20. For a part that requires internal threads produced via a tapping operation, why should the hole be drilled some amount deeper than the depth of the tapping toolpath?

To improve the accuracy of the thread geometry
To prevent the tap from bottoming out and breaking
To reduce the wear on the cutting edges of the tap
To prevent excessive burrs from forming

Q21. What is the Safe Z value?

The distance of the tool from either the front or back of the model at which the tool starts and ends each operation
The distance of the tool from either the front or back of the stock at which the tool starts and ends each operation
The rotational speed of the spindle
The speed with which the tool travels in the Z-direction

Q22. When creating a Pattern, which Operation Order setting should be selected to machine all occurrences of a single operation before moving to the next operation?

Order by tool
Preserve order
Order by operation
Order selected

Q23. When using the Simulate tool, which Colorization option will indicate regions of the part that have gouged material?

Material
Interference
Comparison
Operation

Q24. What do the settings in the Linking tab control?

Controls how each toolpath pass is configured
Controls how individual toolpath passes are connected
Controls how the part is linked to an assembly
Controls how fast the tool moves during the operation

Q25. When a toolpath pattern is created, what happens to the original toolpath?

It is suppressed
Multiple copies of the pattern are made under the active setup
It is moved to a new Setup
It is added to a pattern folder under the active setup

Q26. Which option in the Post Process dialog will enable the user to review the G-Code output automatically after clicking Post?

Post preview
Create NC Program
Reorder to minimize tool changes
Open NC file in editor

Q27. How does creating a derived operation from an existing one differ from duplicating that operation?

The Duplicate option will copy the toolpath exactly to a new Setup within the same file while Derive will create a separate file with a template for a new part
The Derive operation preserves parameter settings for a different toolpath type while Duplicate will make an exact copy of the same toolpath
The Duplicate option preserves parameter settings for a different toolpath type while Derive will make an exact copy of the same toolpath
The Derive option will copy the toolpath exactly to a new Setup within the same file while Duplicate will create a separate file with a template for a new part

Q28. When creating a Turning Face operation, what geometry must be selected?

The front of the stock must be selected
The front of the model must be selected
The back of the model must be selected
No geometry needs to be selected as the operation will automatically machine the stock from the Front plane

Q29. Which of the following Turning operations should be used to separate a fully finished part from the remaining stock base?