Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-5

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

Basic size

Actual size

Dimensioned size

Production size

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

Centerline piping

Double-line

Single-line

Standard piping

3. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Inches only

Even numbers

Feet and inches

Feet only

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

Thin parts

Bolts

All fasteners

Rivets

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

Floor plan

Elevations

Foundation

Building section

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

Lead

Major diameter

Series of thread

Thread pitch

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

None of these

Offset

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

Angular

Straight

Transverse

Filleted

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

Baseline and linear

Baseline and continuous

Linear and continuous

Quick dim and linear

10. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

All of these

Siding

Window style

Roof pitch

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

Fractional

Decimal

Metric

Architectural

12. 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

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

Center

Leader

Dimension

Extension

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

Produce a visible grid system

Select a different text style

Choose various line types

Control the accuracy of the drawing

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

Attach

Union

Form

Add

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

Roof pitch angles

Roof overhangs

Finished floor elevations

All of these

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

Pitch

Lead

Crest

Root

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

Center line

Hidden line

Zero

Hatch

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

Center

Hidden

Dashed

Phantom

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

Size of the sheet

Designer's intent

None of these

Scale factor

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

Quarter

Half

Full

Broken out

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

Internal thread

External thread

Basic thread

Major diameter thread

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

Half section

Symmetric section

Full section

Quarter section

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

Poly line

Center line

Dimension line

Hatch line

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

Floor plan

Site plan

Foundation

All of these

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

Broken-out section

Half section

Removed section

Revolved section

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

Line type

All of these

Layer set

Sheet number

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

Commercial

Aerospace

Residential

Publicly funded

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

Removed section

Half section

Revolved section

Quarter section

30. The site plan illustrates _________.

The roof plan

The floor plan

Where the garage and driveway are located

Where the house sits on the property

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

Product proposals

Development plans

Document reviews

Engineering change orders

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

Polyline

Line

Ellipse

Circle

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

2 : 1

1 : 1

1 : 4

1 : 2

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

Half

Broken out

Whole

All of these

35. 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

Windows

All of these

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

Computer-aided design

Computer-aided prototyping

Computer-aided manufacturing

Computer-aided engineering

37. 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

38. 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

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

The Finished plot

Paper space

Model space

The PDF file

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

Sidewalk

None of the above

Roof overhang

Plumbing drain lines

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41. 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

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

Architectural working

All of the above

Mechanical

Isometric

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

X-axis

Z-axis

All of these

Y-axis

44. 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

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