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CSWA Practice Exam (SOLIDWORKS Associate)

Sketching, parts, assemblies and drawings. Start here. Try three real practice questions below, then get the full 7-day course.

About 14 questions worth 240 points, 3 hours, 70% to pass (commercial version). Academic versions can be split into two 90-minute parts.

Practice questions

A red or yellow sketch usually means…
  1. It's ready to extrude
  2. It's over-defined or has conflicts
  3. It's construction geometry
  4. It's selected

Remove the extra dimension or relation that conflicts.

Report center of mass relative to a corner, not the origin.
  1. Make a Coordinate System at the corner and select it in Mass Properties
  2. Move the part
  3. Change the units
  4. Use the Measure tool

Mass Properties can report relative to any coordinate system you choose.

Make a line's endpoint sit exactly on the origin.
  1. Coincident
  2. Parallel
  3. Equal
  4. Collinear

Coincident places a point on another point, line or edge.

The 7-day plan

  1. Sketch with intent
  2. Build the part
  3. Patterns & references
  4. Materials & mass
  5. Assemblies
  6. Drawings
  7. Exam day & CSWP preview

Every day has a visual lesson, an instant-graded check and smart review of anything you miss. It ends with a timed mock exam that draws new questions every time.

Get the full CSWA course