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.

Ellipse

Line

Circle

Polyline

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

Aerospace

Residential

Commercial

Publicly funded

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

Removed section

Revolved section

Half section

Broken-out section

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

Major diameter thread

External thread

Internal thread

Basic thread

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

Quarter section

Symmetric section

Half section

Full section

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

Computer-aided design

Computer-aided manufacturing

Computer-aided prototyping

Computer-aided engineering

7. 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

8. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Inches only

Feet and inches

Even numbers

Feet only

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

Insure that Ortho is on

Enter 3 for the length of the line

Pull the line from away from the starting point very carefully

Read the coordinate position on the Dynamic Readout

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

Control the accuracy of the drawing

Select a different text style

Produce a visible grid system

Choose various line types

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

Designer's intent

Size of the sheet

None of these

Scale factor

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

Roof overhangs

Roof pitch angles

All of these

Finished floor elevations

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

Z-axis

All of these

X-axis

Y-axis

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

Root

Crest

Pitch

Lead

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

Revolved

Whole

Half

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

Sidewalk

Plumbing drain lines

None of the above

Roof overhang

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

Quarter

Broken out

Half

Full

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

Form

Union

Add

Attach

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

Model space

The Finished plot

Paper space

The PDF file

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

Hatch line

Poly line

Dimension line

Center line

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

Building section

Elevations

Floor plan

Foundation

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

Set Ortho on

Turn ISO grid off

See the entire bounding area to hatch

Set the layer to Defpoints

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

Transverse

Filleted

Straight

Angular

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

Rivets

All fasteners

Thin parts

Bolts

25. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

Siding

Window style

Roof pitch

All of these

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

Isometric

All of the above

Mechanical

Architectural working

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

Foundation

Site plan

All of these

Floor plan

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

Half section

Revolved section

Quarter section

Removed section

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

Center

Extension

Leader

Dimension

30. 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

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

Hidden

Dashed

Center

Phantom

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

Zero

Hatch

Hidden line

Center line

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

Standard piping

Double-line

Single-line

Centerline piping

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

Door openings and walls

Windows

Centers of cabinets

All of these

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

Metric

Architectural

Decimal

Fractional

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

1 : 2

1 : 1

1 : 4

2 : 1

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

Baseline and continuous

Quick dim and linear

Linear and continuous

Baseline and linear

38. The site plan illustrates _________.

The roof plan

The floor plan

Where the house sits on the property

Where the garage and driveway are located

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

Layer set

Sheet number

All of these

Line type

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

Solid ground curing

Fused deposition modeling

Stereo lithography apparatus

Selective laser sintering

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

Series of thread

Major diameter

Lead

Thread pitch

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

Whole

Broken out

All of these

Half

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

Engineering change orders

Product proposals

Development plans

Document reviews

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

Basic size

Actual size

Production size

Dimensioned size

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