Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-5

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1. The title block used on working drawings should include the _________.

Sheet number

All of these

Line type

Layer set

2. The standard number of threads per inch for various diameters is the:

Major diameter

Lead

Thread pitch

Series of thread

3. This allows the performance of structures to be analyzed and tested efficiently, accurately, and quickly:

Computer-aided engineering

Computer-aided prototyping

Computer-aided manufacturing

Computer-aided design

4. In an assembly section, these parts should have their section lines left out or shown solid black:

Bolts

Rivets

Thin parts

All fasteners

5. This type of drawing shows two lines representing the pipe diameter:

Single-line

Double-line

Standard piping

Centerline piping

6. This type of thread is a thread on the inside of a member:

Internal thread

External thread

Major diameter thread

Basic thread

7. The UCS icon represents the intersection of the __________.

All of these

Y-axis

X-axis

Z-axis

8. This is the bottom surface joining the sides of two adjacent threads:

Pitch

Crest

Root

Lead

9. If designs require changes, they should be documented with:

Development plans

Product proposals

Document reviews

Engineering change orders

10. In an exploded assembly drawing it is customary for the drafter to use a ________ line to illustrate how parts fit together.

Phantom

Dashed

Center

Hidden

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11. When dimensioning piping drawings, you give the lengths of all runs of this type:

Filleted

Angular

Straight

Transverse

12. Objects that are symmetric can be shown effectively using this type of section:

Half section

Full section

Quarter section

Symmetric section

13. The architectural and construction industries use the United States National CAD standard (NCS) system on many ________ projects.

Residential

Publicly funded

Aerospace

Commercial

14. When filling an area with a hatch pattern in Auto-CAD the drafter needs to be able to ________.

Set the layer to Defpoints

Turn ISO grid off

See the entire bounding area to hatch

Set Ortho on

15. Understanding the Cartesian coordinate system will help the beginning drafter __________.

Produce a visible grid system

Select a different text style

Control the accuracy of the drawing

Choose various line types

16. The Auto-CAD command used to combine two or more primitive shapes into a single complex 3-dimensional model is ________.

Form

Attach

Add

Union

17. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

All of these

Roof pitch

Siding

Window style

18. Dimensions are used on the elevation plan to describe ________.

Roof pitch angles

Finished floor elevations

Roof overhangs

All of these

19. A full scale technical drawing will have a scale factor of ________.

1 : 2

1 : 4

2 : 1

1 : 1

20. The dimension text size is determined by what the architect deems necessary in _________.

Paper space

Model space

The Finished plot

The PDF file

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21. A line with a tapering width can be easily created by using the ________ tool.

Circle

Ellipse

Line

Polyline

22. The foundation contractor will work with the following architectural plans.

Floor plan

Foundation

All of these

Site plan

23. When setting up a mechanical drawing in Auto-CAD the drafter should set the units to ________.

Metric

Decimal

Fractional

Architectural

24. To avoid having to dimension to a hidden feature the drafter can utilize a ________ section.

All of these

Broken out

Half

Whole

25. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Feet only

Inches only

Feet and inches

Even numbers

26. The site plan illustrates _________.

The roof plan

The floor plan

Where the house sits on the property

Where the garage and driveway are located

27. When using the direct entry method to create a horizontal line exactly three inches long the drafter should ________ first.

Enter 3 for the length of the line

Read the coordinate position on the Dynamic Readout

Insure that Ortho is on

Pull the line from away from the starting point very carefully

28. By using a ________ section of a cylindrical mechanical part the drafter should be able to show only one view of the part.

Broken out

Whole

Revolved

Half

29. In this type of section, one quarter of the object is removed:

Removed section

Half section

Quarter section

Revolved section

30. There should be a visible gap between the wall and the _________ line.

Extension

Leader

Dimension

Center

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31. The architectural drafter usually begins a set of working drawings by creating the ________ plan first.

Foundation

Building section

Elevations

Floor plan

32. This type of rapid prototyping system uses a laser to fuse powdered metals, plastics, or ceramics:

Stereo lithography apparatus

Selective laser sintering

Solid ground curing

Fused deposition modeling

33. When creating your own blocks it is important to avoid drawing any portion of the block in the ________ layer.

Center line

Hatch

Zero

Hidden line

34. When using versions of Auto-CAD prior to Release 2006 it may be necessary to ________ a block in order to edit it.

Copy

Explode

None of these

Offset

35. One critical issue drafters need to pay close attention to is the ________.

None of these

Size of the sheet

Scale factor

Designer's intent

36. The building construction industry relies on sets of ________ drawings to construct homes and commercial buildings.

Mechanical

Isometric

All of the above

Architectural working

37. On a floor plan the dashed line that appears approximately 24" outside the exterior wall represents the ________.

Plumbing drain lines

Sidewalk

Roof overhang

None of the above

38. These types of pipes are generally connected with bell and spigot joints or flanged joints:

Gas and soil

Soil and waste

Water and gas

Water and steam

39. This is the measured size of a finished part:

Production size

Actual size

Dimensioned size

Basic size

40. When dimensioning architectural drawings architects will utilize both ________ and ________ options.

Quick dim and linear

Baseline and linear

Linear and continuous

Baseline and continuous

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41. This type of section is limited by a break line:

Removed section

Revolved section

Broken-out section

Half section

42. Architectural dimensioning standards allow for the placement of dimensions inside the floor plan. These inside dimensions locate interior __________.

All of these

Centers of cabinets

Windows

Door openings and walls

43. Drafters should use a ________ in a section view of a mechanical part that includes the cylindrical view of a threaded hole.

Dimension line

Poly line

Center line

Hatch line

44. When only a small section of an interior area needs to be revealed the drafter can use a ________ section.

Broken out

Quarter

Full

Half

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