Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-5

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

Revolved section

Removed section

Broken-out section

Half section

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

Whole

Broken out

Half

All of these

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

Polyline

Line

Ellipse

Circle

4. 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

Set Ortho on

Turn ISO grid off

Set the layer to Defpoints

5. The site plan illustrates _________.

Where the garage and driveway are located

The floor plan

Where the house sits on the property

The roof plan

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

Quarter section

Full section

Symmetric section

Half section

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

1 : 1

2 : 1

1 : 4

1 : 2

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

Foundation

Site plan

All of these

Floor plan

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

Roof pitch angles

All of these

Roof overhangs

Finished floor elevations

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

Water and gas

Gas and soil

Soil and waste

Water and steam

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11. 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

Copy

Explode

Offset

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

Choose various line types

Select a different text style

Produce a visible grid system

Control the accuracy of the drawing

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

Building section

Floor plan

Elevations

Foundation

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

Insure that Ortho is on

Pull the line from away from the starting point very carefully

Enter 3 for the length of the line

Read the coordinate position on the Dynamic Readout

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

Computer-aided engineering

Computer-aided design

Computer-aided manufacturing

Computer-aided prototyping

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

Lead

Crest

Pitch

Root

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

Hatch line

Dimension line

Center line

Poly line

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

Broken out

Revolved

Half

Whole

19. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Even numbers

Inches only

Feet and inches

Feet only

20. 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

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21. 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

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

Mechanical

All of the above

Architectural working

Isometric

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

Model space

The PDF file

The Finished plot

Paper space

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

Z-axis

Y-axis

X-axis

All of these

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

None of the above

Plumbing drain lines

Sidewalk

Roof overhang

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

Half section

Quarter section

Revolved section

Removed section

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

Extension

Leader

Dimension

Center

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

Add

Union

Form

Attach

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

Double-line

Single-line

Centerline piping

Standard piping

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

Lead

Thread pitch

Major diameter

Series of thread

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

Filleted

Angular

Transverse

Straight

32. 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

33. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

Siding

All of these

Window style

Roof pitch

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

Thin parts

All fasteners

Bolts

Rivets

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

Engineering change orders

Development plans

Product proposals

Document reviews

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

Architectural

Decimal

Fractional

Metric

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

Designer's intent

Scale factor

Size of the sheet

None of these

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

Layer set

Sheet number

Line type

All of these

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

Actual size

Dimensioned size

Production size

Basic size

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

External thread

Basic thread

Major diameter thread

Internal thread

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

Broken out

Half

Quarter

Full

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

Hidden line

Center line

Zero

Hatch

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

Quick dim and linear

Baseline and linear

Baseline and continuous

Linear and continuous

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

Aerospace

Publicly funded

Commercial

Residential

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