Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-5

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

Elevations

Building section

Floor plan

Foundation

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

Z-axis

Y-axis

All of these

X-axis

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

Half section

Removed section

Quarter section

Revolved section

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

Finished floor elevations

Roof overhangs

Roof pitch angles

All of these

5. 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

Read the coordinate position on the Dynamic Readout

Enter 3 for the length of the line

Insure that Ortho is on

6. 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

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

Ellipse

Circle

Polyline

Line

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

Computer-aided engineering

Computer-aided manufacturing

Computer-aided design

Computer-aided prototyping

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

Architectural

Fractional

Decimal

Metric

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

Lead

Major diameter

Thread pitch

Series of thread

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11. The site plan illustrates _________.

Where the house sits on the property

The roof plan

The floor plan

Where the garage and driveway are located

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

Paper space

The Finished plot

The PDF file

Model space

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

Revolved section

Removed section

Broken-out section

Half section

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

Commercial

Publicly funded

Aerospace

Residential

15. 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

16. When filling an area with a hatch pattern in Auto-CAD the drafter needs to be able to ________.

See the entire bounding area to hatch

Turn ISO grid off

Set the layer to Defpoints

Set Ortho on

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

Basic size

Dimensioned size

Actual size

Production size

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

Full section

Symmetric section

Quarter section

Half section

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

Sheet number

Line type

All of these

Layer set

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

Revolved

Half

Broken out

Whole

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

Isometric

Architectural working

All of the above

Mechanical

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

1 : 1

2 : 1

1 : 4

1 : 2

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

Floor plan

All of these

Foundation

Site plan

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

Bolts

Thin parts

All fasteners

Rivets

25. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Inches only

Feet and inches

Even numbers

Feet only

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

Crest

Root

Lead

Pitch

27. 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

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

Soil and waste

Water and gas

Gas and soil

Water and steam

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

All of these

Broken out

Whole

Half

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

Broken out

Full

Half

Quarter

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

Poly line

Dimension line

Hatch line

Center line

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

Roof overhang

Sidewalk

Plumbing drain lines

None of the above

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

Basic thread

External thread

Internal thread

Major diameter thread

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

Filleted

Straight

Angular

Transverse

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

Add

Attach

Union

Form

36. 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

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

Baseline and linear

Quick dim and linear

Baseline and continuous

Linear and continuous

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

Fused deposition modeling

Selective laser sintering

Solid ground curing

Stereo lithography apparatus

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

None of these

Size of the sheet

Scale factor

Designer's intent

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

Leader

Center

Dimension

Extension

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

Select a different text style

Produce a visible grid system

Choose various line types

Control the accuracy of the drawing

42. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

Roof pitch

Siding

All of these

Window style

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

Centerline piping

Standard piping

Single-line

Double-line

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

Document reviews

Product proposals

Engineering change orders

Development plans

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