Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-5

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

Site plan

Floor plan

All of these

Foundation

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

The Finished plot

Paper space

Model space

The PDF file

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

Removed section

Half section

Broken-out section

Revolved section

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

Standard piping

Centerline piping

Double-line

Single-line

5. 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

6. The site plan illustrates _________.

Where the garage and driveway are located

The roof plan

The floor plan

Where the house sits on the property

7. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

Siding

All of these

Window style

Roof pitch

8. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Inches only

Feet and inches

Even numbers

Feet only

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

Baseline and continuous

Baseline and linear

Linear and continuous

Quick dim and linear

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

Aerospace

Residential

Publicly funded

Commercial

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

Half section

Revolved section

Quarter section

Removed section

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

Document reviews

Development plans

Product proposals

Engineering change orders

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

Series of thread

Thread pitch

Major diameter

Lead

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

Production size

Basic size

Actual size

Dimensioned size

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

Building section

Foundation

Floor plan

Elevations

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

Rivets

All fasteners

Bolts

Thin parts

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

X-axis

All of these

Z-axis

Y-axis

18. 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

Explode

Offset

Copy

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

Line

Polyline

Circle

Ellipse

20. 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

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

All of these

Broken out

Whole

Half

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

Broken out

Whole

Half

Revolved

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

Symmetric section

Full section

Quarter section

Half section

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

Leader

Extension

Dimension

Center

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

Choose various line types

Select a different text style

Control the accuracy of the drawing

Produce a visible grid system

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

Filleted

Angular

Transverse

Straight

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

Hidden line

Zero

Center line

Hatch

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

Line type

Sheet number

All of these

Layer set

29. 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

30. 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

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

External thread

Internal thread

Major diameter thread

Basic thread

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

Roof overhangs

All of these

Roof pitch angles

Finished floor elevations

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

Half

Quarter

Full

Broken out

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

Architectural working

Mechanical

All of the above

Isometric

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

Union

Attach

Form

Add

36. 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

Center line

Poly line

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

Decimal

Metric

Fractional

Architectural

38. 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

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

None of these

Size of the sheet

Designer's intent

Scale factor

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

Pitch

Root

Crest

Lead

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41. 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

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

Centers of cabinets

Windows

All of these

Door openings and walls

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

1 : 1

1 : 2

2 : 1

1 : 4

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

Phantom

Hidden

Center

Dashed

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