Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-5

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

Line

Polyline

Circle

Ellipse

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

Hidden

Dashed

Phantom

Center

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

Baseline and continuous

Linear and continuous

Quick dim and linear

Baseline and linear

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

Roof overhang

Sidewalk

None of the above

Plumbing drain lines

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

Form

Add

Attach

Union

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

External thread

Major diameter thread

Basic thread

Internal thread

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

Explode

Copy

Offset

None of these

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

Paper space

The Finished plot

The PDF file

Model space

9. The site plan illustrates _________.

Where the garage and driveway are located

The floor plan

Where the house sits on the property

The roof plan

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

Center line

Hatch line

Poly line

Dimension line

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

Computer-aided prototyping

Computer-aided manufacturing

Computer-aided design

Computer-aided engineering

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

Site plan

Floor plan

Foundation

All of these

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

Commercial

Publicly funded

Aerospace

Residential

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

See the entire bounding area to hatch

Set Ortho on

Set the layer to Defpoints

Turn ISO grid off

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

1 : 4

1 : 1

1 : 2

2 : 1

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

Windows

Door openings and walls

Centers of cabinets

All of these

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

Center

Leader

Dimension

Extension

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

Select a different text style

Choose various line types

Produce a visible grid system

Control the accuracy of the drawing

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

Floor plan

Elevations

Foundation

Building section

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

Removed section

Revolved section

Half section

Quarter section

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

Full

Broken out

Quarter

Half

22. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Feet and inches

Feet only

Even numbers

Inches only

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

Isometric

Architectural working

Mechanical

All of the above

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

Standard piping

Double-line

Single-line

Centerline piping

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

All of these

Line type

Sheet number

Layer set

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

Z-axis

All of these

Y-axis

X-axis

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

All of these

Broken out

Half

Whole

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

Fractional

Architectural

Metric

Decimal

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

All of these

Roof pitch angles

Roof overhangs

Finished floor elevations

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

Thin parts

All fasteners

Rivets

Bolts

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

Pull the line from away from the starting point very carefully

Enter 3 for the length of the line

Insure that Ortho is on

Read the coordinate position on the Dynamic Readout

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

Water and gas

Water and steam

Soil and waste

Gas and soil

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

Engineering change orders

Product proposals

Development plans

Document reviews

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

Actual size

Basic size

Dimensioned size

Production size

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

Filleted

Angular

Transverse

Straight

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

Half section

Symmetric section

Full section

Quarter section

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

Broken-out section

Removed section

Half section

Revolved section

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

Pitch

Lead

Root

Crest

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

None of these

Scale factor

Size of the sheet

Designer's intent

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

Revolved

Half

Whole

Broken out

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

Selective laser sintering

Fused deposition modeling

Solid ground curing

Stereo lithography apparatus

42. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

Roof pitch

Window style

Siding

All of these

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

Hatch

Center line

Zero

Hidden line

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

Series of thread

Major diameter

Lead

Thread pitch

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