Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-5

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

Commercial

Residential

Publicly funded

Aerospace

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

Crest

Pitch

Lead

Root

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

Extension

Leader

Center

Dimension

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

Produce a visible grid system

Control the accuracy of the drawing

Select a different text style

Choose various line types

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

Quick dim and linear

Linear and continuous

Baseline and continuous

Baseline and linear

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

Fractional

Architectural

Decimal

Metric

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

Broken out

All of these

Whole

Half

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

All of these

Layer set

Line type

Sheet number

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

Quarter

Broken out

Full

Half

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

Computer-aided engineering

Computer-aided design

Computer-aided prototyping

Computer-aided manufacturing

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11. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

All of these

Siding

Window style

Roof pitch

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

Revolved section

Quarter section

Half section

Removed section

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

Sidewalk

Roof overhang

None of the above

Plumbing drain lines

14. 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

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

Paper space

Model space

The Finished plot

The PDF file

16. 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

Insure that Ortho is on

Pull the line from away from the starting point very carefully

Enter 3 for the length of the line

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

1 : 2

2 : 1

1 : 1

1 : 4

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

Scale factor

Size of the sheet

None of these

Designer's intent

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

Foundation

All of these

Site plan

Floor plan

20. 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

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

Whole

Revolved

Broken out

Half

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

Isometric

All of the above

Architectural working

Mechanical

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

Union

Add

Attach

Form

24. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Feet only

Even numbers

Feet and inches

Inches only

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

Rivets

Thin parts

Bolts

All fasteners

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

Z-axis

X-axis

Y-axis

All of these

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

Roof overhangs

Finished floor elevations

All of these

Roof pitch angles

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

Symmetric section

Half section

Quarter section

Full section

29. 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

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

Double-line

Standard piping

Centerline piping

Single-line

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

Elevations

Floor plan

Building section

Foundation

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

Solid ground curing

Stereo lithography apparatus

Fused deposition modeling

Selective laser sintering

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

Broken-out section

Revolved section

Half section

Removed section

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

Actual size

Dimensioned size

Basic size

Production size

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

Hidden

Phantom

Dashed

Center

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

Ellipse

Line

Circle

Polyline

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

Centers of cabinets

Door openings and walls

All of these

Windows

38. 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

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

Development plans

Product proposals

Engineering change orders

Document reviews

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

Transverse

Filleted

Angular

Straight

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

Water and steam

Water and gas

Soil and waste

Gas and soil

42. The site plan illustrates _________.

Where the house sits on the property

Where the garage and driveway are located

The roof plan

The floor plan

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

Major diameter thread

Internal thread

Basic thread

External thread

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

Thread pitch

Lead

Series of thread

Major diameter

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