Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-5

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

Attach

Union

Add

Form

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

Half

Broken out

Whole

Revolved

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

Roof overhangs

All of these

Roof pitch angles

Finished floor elevations

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

Metric

Decimal

Fractional

Architectural

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

Center

Dimension

Extension

Leader

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

Full

Broken out

Half

Quarter

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

Y-axis

All of these

X-axis

Z-axis

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

Foundation

Site plan

Floor plan

All of these

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

All of these

Broken out

Whole

Half

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

Floor plan

Foundation

Elevations

Building section

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

All of these

Sheet number

Line type

Layer set

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

Major diameter

Series of thread

Thread pitch

Lead

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

Computer-aided design

Computer-aided prototyping

Computer-aided engineering

Computer-aided manufacturing

14. 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

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

Half section

Removed section

Quarter section

Revolved section

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

Centerline piping

Standard piping

Single-line

Double-line

17. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

Siding

Roof pitch

Window style

All of these

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

None of the above

Roof overhang

Sidewalk

Plumbing drain lines

19. 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

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

Dimension line

Hatch line

Poly line

Center line

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

Water and steam

Gas and soil

Soil and waste

Water and gas

22. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Feet only

Even numbers

Feet and inches

Inches only

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

Model space

The Finished plot

The PDF file

Paper space

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

Symmetric section

Half section

Quarter section

Full section

25. The site plan illustrates _________.

Where the house sits on the property

The floor plan

The roof plan

Where the garage and driveway are located

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

Ellipse

Polyline

Line

Circle

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

Hidden line

Zero

Hatch

Center line

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

Product proposals

Development plans

Document reviews

Engineering change orders

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

All fasteners

Rivets

Thin parts

Bolts

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

None of these

Offset

Explode

Copy

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

Aerospace

Publicly funded

Commercial

Residential

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

Filleted

Transverse

Angular

Straight

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

Quick dim and linear

Baseline and linear

Linear and continuous

Baseline and continuous

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

None of these

Size of the sheet

Scale factor

Designer's intent

35. 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

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

All of the above

Architectural working

Mechanical

Isometric

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

Choose various line types

Produce a visible grid system

Control the accuracy of the drawing

Select a different text style

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

1 : 4

2 : 1

1 : 1

1 : 2

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

Turn ISO grid off

Set the layer to Defpoints

See the entire bounding area to hatch

Set Ortho on

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

Read the coordinate position on the Dynamic Readout

Enter 3 for the length of the line

Insure that Ortho is on

Pull the line from away from the starting point very carefully

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

Pitch

Lead

Crest

Root

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

Broken-out section

Removed section

Half section

Revolved section

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

External thread

Basic thread

Internal thread

Major diameter thread

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

Basic size

Production size

Actual size

Dimensioned size

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