Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-5

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

Commercial

Publicly funded

Aerospace

Residential

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

Size of the sheet

Scale factor

Designer's intent

None of these

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

Isometric

Mechanical

Architectural working

All of the above

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

Lead

Pitch

Root

Crest

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

Floor plan

Foundation

Elevations

Building section

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

The PDF file

Model space

The Finished plot

Paper space

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

Add

Attach

Form

Union

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

Basic size

Production size

Dimensioned size

Actual size

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

Revolved

Broken out

Whole

Half

10. 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

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

Symmetric section

Full section

Half section

Quarter section

12. 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

Set the layer to Defpoints

See the entire bounding area to hatch

13. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Feet and inches

Inches only

Feet only

Even numbers

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

Control the accuracy of the drawing

Select a different text style

Produce a visible grid system

Choose various line types

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

Solid ground curing

Selective laser sintering

Fused deposition modeling

Stereo lithography apparatus

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

Revolved section

Quarter section

Removed section

Half section

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

Centers of cabinets

Door openings and walls

Windows

All of these

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

Single-line

Standard piping

Double-line

Centerline piping

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

Ellipse

Polyline

Line

Circle

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

Hidden line

Hatch

Center line

Zero

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

Gas and soil

Soil and waste

Water and gas

Water and steam

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

Rivets

All fasteners

Bolts

Thin parts

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

Engineering change orders

Document reviews

Development plans

Product proposals

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

Dimension

Center

Extension

Leader

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

Sheet number

Layer set

Line type

All of these

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

Filleted

Transverse

Straight

Angular

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

All of these

Finished floor elevations

Roof overhangs

Roof pitch angles

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

Dashed

Phantom

Hidden

Center

29. 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

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

Site plan

Foundation

Floor plan

All of these

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

Basic thread

Major diameter thread

External thread

Internal thread

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

Series of thread

Thread pitch

Major diameter

Lead

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

Linear and continuous

Quick dim and linear

Baseline and continuous

Baseline and linear

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

2 : 1

1 : 1

1 : 2

1 : 4

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

Half

Full

Broken out

Quarter

36. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

Roof pitch

Window style

Siding

All of these

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

Dimension line

Center line

Poly line

Hatch line

38. 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

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

Whole

Broken out

All of these

Half

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

Revolved section

Broken-out section

Removed section

Half section

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

Fractional

Metric

Decimal

Architectural

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

Z-axis

Y-axis

All of these

X-axis

43. The site plan illustrates _________.

The floor plan

Where the garage and driveway are located

The roof plan

Where the house sits on the property

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

Plumbing drain lines

Sidewalk

Roof overhang

None of the above

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