Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-5

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

None of these

Scale factor

Size of the sheet

Designer's intent

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

Major diameter

Thread pitch

Series of thread

Lead

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

Revolved section

Half section

Broken-out section

Removed section

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

Computer-aided manufacturing

Computer-aided prototyping

Computer-aided design

Computer-aided engineering

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

Standard piping

Double-line

Single-line

Centerline piping

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

Elevations

Foundation

Floor plan

Building section

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

Foundation

Site plan

All of these

Floor plan

8. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

All of these

Roof pitch

Window style

Siding

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

Center line

Hatch line

Dimension line

Poly line

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

Line type

All of these

Layer set

Sheet number

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

1 : 4

1 : 2

1 : 1

2 : 1

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

Select a different text style

Choose various line types

Produce a visible grid system

Control the accuracy of the drawing

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

All of these

Roof pitch angles

Finished floor elevations

Roof overhangs

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

Zero

Center line

Hatch

Hidden line

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

Quarter section

Revolved section

Removed section

Half section

16. 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

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

Residential

Aerospace

Publicly funded

Commercial

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

Whole

Half

Broken out

All of these

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

Half section

Quarter section

Full section

Symmetric section

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

Half

Broken out

Full

Quarter

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21. 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

Insure that Ortho is on

Enter 3 for the length of the line

Read the coordinate position on the Dynamic Readout

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

Bolts

Thin parts

All fasteners

Rivets

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

Attach

Form

Union

Add

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

Straight

Transverse

Filleted

Angular

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

None of the above

Sidewalk

Roof overhang

Plumbing drain lines

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

Metric

Architectural

Decimal

Fractional

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

Z-axis

Y-axis

All of these

X-axis

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

Major diameter thread

Internal thread

Basic thread

External thread

29. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Feet only

Even numbers

Inches only

Feet and inches

30. The site plan illustrates _________.

The floor plan

Where the garage and driveway are located

The roof plan

Where the house sits on the property

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

Center

Dashed

Phantom

Hidden

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

Root

Lead

Pitch

Crest

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

Stereo lithography apparatus

Selective laser sintering

Solid ground curing

Fused deposition modeling

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

All of the above

Architectural working

Isometric

Mechanical

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

Ellipse

Line

Circle

Polyline

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

Center

Extension

Leader

Dimension

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

Water and steam

Water and gas

Gas and soil

Soil and waste

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

The PDF file

Paper space

The Finished plot

Model space

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

Baseline and continuous

Baseline and linear

Linear and continuous

Quick dim and linear

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

Document reviews

Development plans

Engineering change orders

Product proposals

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

Turn ISO grid off

See the entire bounding area to hatch

Set Ortho on

Set the layer to Defpoints

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

Windows

Door openings and walls

Centers of cabinets

All of these

43. 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

Whole

Revolved

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

Production size

Actual size

Dimensioned size

Basic size

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