Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-5

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

The Finished plot

Model space

The PDF file

Paper space

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

Hatch

Hidden line

Center line

Zero

3. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Feet and inches

Inches only

Even numbers

Feet only

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

Select a different text style

Control the accuracy of the drawing

Choose various line types

Produce a visible grid system

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

Soil and waste

Water and steam

Gas and soil

Water and gas

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

None of the above

Roof overhang

Plumbing drain lines

Sidewalk

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

2 : 1

1 : 2

1 : 1

1 : 4

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

Quarter section

Full section

Symmetric section

Half section

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

Computer-aided engineering

Computer-aided prototyping

Computer-aided design

Computer-aided manufacturing

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

Finished floor elevations

Roof overhangs

Roof pitch angles

All of these

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

Polyline

Line

Ellipse

Circle

12. 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

Set the layer to Defpoints

See the entire bounding area to hatch

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

Broken-out section

Half section

Removed section

Revolved section

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

Architectural working

Isometric

All of the above

Mechanical

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

Basic size

Actual size

Production size

Dimensioned size

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

Quarter

Broken out

Half

Full

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

Residential

Commercial

Publicly funded

Aerospace

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

Foundation

Floor plan

Elevations

Building section

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

Hatch line

Center line

Poly line

Dimension line

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

Thread pitch

Major diameter

Series of thread

Lead

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21. The site plan illustrates _________.

Where the house sits on the property

The roof plan

The floor plan

Where the garage and driveway are located

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

Angular

Filleted

Transverse

Straight

23. 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

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

Standard piping

Double-line

Single-line

Centerline piping

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

Solid ground curing

Selective laser sintering

Stereo lithography apparatus

Fused deposition modeling

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

Basic thread

Internal thread

External thread

Major diameter thread

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

All of these

Broken out

Half

Whole

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

X-axis

All of these

Z-axis

Y-axis

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

Document reviews

Development plans

Engineering change orders

Product proposals

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

Form

Union

Add

Attach

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

Scale factor

Size of the sheet

None of these

Designer's intent

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

All of these

Sheet number

Layer set

Line type

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

Offset

Copy

None of these

Explode

34. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

Window style

Roof pitch

Siding

All of these

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

Root

Lead

Pitch

Crest

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

Half section

Removed section

Quarter section

Revolved section

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

Linear and continuous

Quick dim and linear

Baseline and linear

Baseline and continuous

38. 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

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

Floor plan

Foundation

All of these

Site plan

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

Pull the line from away from the starting point very carefully

Enter 3 for the length of the line

Insure that Ortho is on

Read the coordinate position on the Dynamic Readout

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

Architectural

Fractional

Metric

Decimal

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

Center

Extension

Leader

Dimension

43. 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

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

Rivets

Thin parts

All fasteners

Bolts

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