Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-5

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

Major diameter

Thread pitch

Series of thread

Lead

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

Half section

Removed section

Revolved section

Broken-out section

3. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

Roof pitch

Siding

Window style

All of these

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

Elevations

Floor plan

Building section

Foundation

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

Bolts

All fasteners

Rivets

Thin parts

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

Add

Form

Union

Attach

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

All of these

Half

Whole

Broken out

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

Publicly funded

Commercial

Residential

Aerospace

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

Roof pitch angles

Finished floor elevations

All of these

Roof overhangs

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

Baseline and linear

Linear and continuous

Quick dim and linear

Baseline and continuous

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

Revolved section

Half section

Removed section

Quarter section

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

Leader

Extension

Dimension

Center

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

Roof overhang

Plumbing drain lines

None of the above

Sidewalk

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

Lead

Pitch

Root

Crest

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

The Finished plot

The PDF file

Model space

Paper space

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

Document reviews

Product proposals

Engineering change orders

Development plans

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

Explode

Offset

None of these

Copy

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

Double-line

Single-line

Centerline piping

Standard piping

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

Z-axis

X-axis

Y-axis

All of these

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

Foundation

Floor plan

All of these

Site plan

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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.

Broken out

Revolved

Half

Whole

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

Straight

Transverse

Filleted

Angular

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

Center line

Zero

Hidden line

Hatch

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

Major diameter thread

Internal thread

Basic thread

External thread

25. 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

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

Quarter section

Symmetric section

Full section

Half section

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

Choose various line types

Control the accuracy of the drawing

Select a different text style

Produce a visible grid system

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

None of these

Scale factor

Designer's intent

Size of the sheet

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

Soil and waste

Water and steam

Water and gas

Gas and soil

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

Windows

Centers of cabinets

All of these

Door openings and walls

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

Layer set

Sheet number

All of these

Line type

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

Computer-aided manufacturing

Computer-aided prototyping

Computer-aided engineering

Computer-aided design

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

2 : 1

1 : 4

1 : 1

1 : 2

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

Selective laser sintering

Solid ground curing

Fused deposition modeling

Stereo lithography apparatus

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

Actual size

Dimensioned size

Production size

Basic size

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

Hatch line

Dimension line

Center line

Poly line

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

Fractional

Decimal

Architectural

Metric

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

Architectural working

All of the above

Isometric

Mechanical

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

Center

Hidden

Phantom

Dashed

40. The site plan illustrates _________.

Where the garage and driveway are located

Where the house sits on the property

The roof plan

The floor plan

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

Full

Quarter

Broken out

Half

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

Insure that Ortho is on

Read the coordinate position on the Dynamic Readout

Pull the line from away from the starting point very carefully

Enter 3 for the length of the line

43. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Feet only

Feet and inches

Even numbers

Inches only

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

Line

Circle

Ellipse

Polyline

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