Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-5

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

All of these

Sheet number

Layer set

Line type

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

Filleted

Transverse

Angular

Straight

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

All of these

Foundation

Site plan

Floor plan

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

External thread

Basic thread

Major diameter thread

Internal thread

5. 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

Insure that Ortho is on

Pull the line from away from the starting point very carefully

Read the coordinate position on the Dynamic Readout

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

Thread pitch

Series of thread

Lead

Major diameter

7. The site plan illustrates _________.

Where the house sits on the property

Where the garage and driveway are located

The floor plan

The roof plan

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

X-axis

Z-axis

All of these

Y-axis

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

Copy

None of these

Offset

Explode

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

All of the above

Architectural working

Mechanical

Isometric

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

Zero

Center line

Hatch

Hidden line

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

Line

Circle

Polyline

Ellipse

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

Broken-out section

Half section

Removed section

Revolved section

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

Quarter section

Half section

Symmetric section

Full section

15. 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

Half

Revolved

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

Thin parts

Rivets

Bolts

All fasteners

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

Crest

Root

Pitch

Lead

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

Solid ground curing

Selective laser sintering

Fused deposition modeling

Stereo lithography apparatus

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

None of the above

Sidewalk

Roof overhang

Plumbing drain lines

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

The PDF file

The Finished plot

Paper space

Model space

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

Hidden

Phantom

Center

Dashed

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

1 : 1

1 : 4

2 : 1

1 : 2

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

Elevations

Floor plan

Building section

Foundation

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

Leader

Dimension

Extension

Center

25. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

Window style

Siding

All of these

Roof pitch

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

Gas and soil

Soil and waste

Water and steam

Water and gas

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

Union

Attach

Form

Add

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

Actual size

Production size

Dimensioned size

Basic size

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

Commercial

Publicly funded

Residential

Aerospace

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

Finished floor elevations

All of these

Roof pitch angles

Roof overhangs

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

Quarter section

Half section

Revolved section

Removed section

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

Computer-aided manufacturing

Computer-aided design

Computer-aided engineering

Computer-aided prototyping

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

Double-line

Standard piping

Single-line

Centerline piping

34. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Even numbers

Feet only

Inches only

Feet and inches

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

Document reviews

Engineering change orders

Product proposals

Development plans

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

Dimension line

Center line

Poly line

Hatch line

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

Centers of cabinets

All of these

Windows

Door openings and walls

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

Full

Broken out

Half

Quarter

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

Half

Broken out

All of these

Whole

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

Set the layer to Defpoints

Set Ortho on

Turn ISO grid off

See the entire bounding area to hatch

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

Baseline and continuous

Linear and continuous

Quick dim and linear

Baseline and linear

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

Size of the sheet

Designer's intent

Scale factor

None of these

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

Architectural

Fractional

Metric

Decimal

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

Control the accuracy of the drawing

Select a different text style

Choose various line types

Produce a visible grid system

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