Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-5

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

Designer's intent

Size of the sheet

Scale factor

None of these

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

Polyline

Ellipse

Line

Circle

3. 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

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

Basic size

Production size

Actual size

Dimensioned size

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

Whole

Broken out

All of these

Half

6. 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

7. 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

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

Half section

Revolved section

Quarter section

Removed section

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

All of these

Windows

Centers of cabinets

Door openings and walls

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

The PDF file

Paper space

The Finished plot

Model space

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

Angular

Straight

Filleted

Transverse

12. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Inches only

Feet only

Feet and inches

Even numbers

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

All of these

Y-axis

X-axis

Z-axis

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

All of the above

Mechanical

Architectural working

Isometric

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

All fasteners

Thin parts

Rivets

Bolts

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

Selective laser sintering

Fused deposition modeling

Stereo lithography apparatus

Solid ground curing

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

1 : 2

1 : 1

1 : 4

2 : 1

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

Floor plan

Foundation

Elevations

Building section

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

Select a different text style

Control the accuracy of the drawing

Produce a visible grid system

Choose various line types

20. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

Roof pitch

Window style

Siding

All of these

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

All of these

Foundation

Site plan

Floor plan

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

Residential

Aerospace

Publicly funded

Commercial

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

Revolved section

Removed section

Broken-out section

Half section

24. 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

25. The site plan illustrates _________.

Where the house sits on the property

The floor plan

The roof plan

Where the garage and driveway are located

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

Finished floor elevations

Roof pitch angles

All of these

Roof overhangs

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

Double-line

Centerline piping

Single-line

Standard piping

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

Lead

Major diameter

Thread pitch

Series of thread

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

Form

Union

Add

Attach

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

Pitch

Root

Crest

Lead

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

Baseline and linear

Baseline and continuous

Quick dim and linear

Linear and continuous

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

Half

Broken out

Revolved

Whole

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

Phantom

Hidden

Dashed

Center

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

Metric

Architectural

Fractional

Decimal

35. 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

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

Dimension line

Poly line

Center line

Hatch line

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

Half

Broken out

Full

Quarter

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

Development plans

Document reviews

Engineering change orders

Product proposals

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

Roof overhang

None of the above

Sidewalk

Plumbing drain lines

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

Half section

Quarter section

Symmetric section

Full section

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

Sheet number

Layer set

Line type

All of these

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

Dimension

Extension

Center

Leader

43. 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

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

External thread

Internal thread

Basic thread

Major diameter thread

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