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.

Residential

Aerospace

Commercial

Publicly funded

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

Building section

Elevations

Floor plan

Foundation

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

Water and gas

Soil and waste

Water and steam

Gas and soil

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

Revolved section

Quarter section

Half section

Removed section

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

None of the above

Roof overhang

Sidewalk

Plumbing drain lines

6. 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

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

None of these

Size of the sheet

Designer's intent

Scale factor

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

All of these

Site plan

Foundation

Floor plan

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

Filleted

Transverse

Angular

Straight

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

Offset

Copy

None of these

Explode

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11. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Feet and inches

Even numbers

Feet only

Inches only

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

Model space

The Finished plot

Paper space

The PDF file

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

Selective laser sintering

Stereo lithography apparatus

Fused deposition modeling

Solid ground curing

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

Union

Add

Attach

Form

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

Major diameter

Lead

Thread pitch

Series of thread

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

Computer-aided manufacturing

Computer-aided engineering

Computer-aided prototyping

Computer-aided design

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

Center

Hidden

Phantom

Dashed

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

Engineering change orders

Product proposals

Development plans

Document reviews

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

Choose various line types

Control the accuracy of the drawing

Select a different text style

Produce a visible grid system

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

Enter 3 for the length of the line

Insure that Ortho is on

Read the coordinate position on the Dynamic Readout

Pull the line from away from the starting point very carefully

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

Whole

All of these

Broken out

Half

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

Metric

Fractional

Architectural

Decimal

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

1 : 2

1 : 1

2 : 1

1 : 4

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

Rivets

Thin parts

All fasteners

Bolts

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

Dimensioned size

Basic size

Production size

Actual size

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

Major diameter thread

Basic thread

External thread

Internal thread

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

Half

Whole

Revolved

Broken out

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

Line

Circle

Polyline

Ellipse

29. 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

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

X-axis

Z-axis

Y-axis

All of these

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

Center

Dimension

Extension

Leader

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

Half

Full

Quarter

Broken out

33. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

All of these

Siding

Roof pitch

Window style

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

Root

Pitch

Crest

Lead

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

Center line

Poly line

Dimension line

Hatch line

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

Centerline piping

Single-line

Standard piping

Double-line

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

Roof pitch angles

All of these

Roof overhangs

Finished floor elevations

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

Baseline and continuous

Quick dim and linear

Baseline and linear

Linear and continuous

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

Isometric

Architectural working

All of the above

Mechanical

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

Removed section

Half section

Broken-out section

Revolved section

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

All of these

Layer set

Line type

Sheet number

42. The site plan illustrates _________.

Where the garage and driveway are located

The floor plan

Where the house sits on the property

The roof plan

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

Zero

Center line

Hidden line

Hatch

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

Full section

Quarter section

Symmetric section

Half section

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