Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-5

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

Symmetric section

Full section

Half section

Quarter section

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

2 : 1

1 : 1

1 : 2

1 : 4

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

Add

Form

Union

Attach

4. 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

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

Whole

Broken out

Revolved

Half

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

None of the above

Sidewalk

Plumbing drain lines

Roof overhang

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

Single-line

Centerline piping

Standard piping

Double-line

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

Poly line

Hatch line

Center line

Dimension line

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

Fused deposition modeling

Solid ground curing

Selective laser sintering

Stereo lithography apparatus

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

Circle

Ellipse

Line

Polyline

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

Elevations

Foundation

Building section

Floor plan

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

Filleted

Straight

Angular

Transverse

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

Aerospace

Publicly funded

Residential

Commercial

14. 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

15. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

Siding

All of these

Roof pitch

Window style

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

Lead

Thread pitch

Major diameter

Series of thread

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

Insure that Ortho is on

Enter 3 for the length of the line

Pull the line from away from the starting point very carefully

Read the coordinate position on the Dynamic Readout

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

Line type

All of these

Sheet number

Layer set

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

Actual size

Dimensioned size

Production size

Basic size

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

Major diameter thread

Basic thread

External thread

Internal thread

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21. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Feet only

Even numbers

Feet and inches

Inches only

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

Roof pitch angles

Roof overhangs

Finished floor elevations

All of these

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

Bolts

Thin parts

All fasteners

Rivets

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

Windows

Centers of cabinets

Door openings and walls

All of these

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

Root

Lead

Crest

Pitch

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

Fractional

Metric

Architectural

Decimal

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

Paper space

Model space

The Finished plot

The PDF file

28. The site plan illustrates _________.

Where the garage and driveway are located

The floor plan

The roof plan

Where the house sits on the property

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

Engineering change orders

Development plans

Product proposals

Document reviews

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

Foundation

All of these

Site plan

Floor plan

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

None of these

Size of the sheet

Scale factor

Designer's intent

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

Dimension

Center

Leader

Extension

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

Baseline and linear

Baseline and continuous

Quick dim and linear

Linear and continuous

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

All of the above

Mechanical

Isometric

Architectural working

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

Y-axis

X-axis

All of these

Z-axis

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

Revolved section

Removed section

Broken-out section

Half section

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

Half section

Quarter section

Removed section

Revolved section

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

Copy

None of these

Offset

Explode

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

Broken out

Half

Full

Quarter

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

Whole

Half

All of these

Broken out

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

Soil and waste

Water and gas

Water and steam

Gas and soil

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

Set the layer to Defpoints

See the entire bounding area to hatch

Set Ortho on

Turn ISO grid off

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

Hidden

Center

Phantom

Dashed

44. 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

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