Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-5

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1. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

Window style

All of these

Siding

Roof pitch

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

Line type

Layer set

All of these

Sheet number

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

Quarter section

Half section

Full section

Symmetric section

4. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Even numbers

Feet and inches

Feet only

Inches only

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

Basic thread

External thread

Major diameter thread

Internal thread

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

Poly line

Center line

Hatch line

Dimension line

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

Standard piping

Centerline piping

Single-line

Double-line

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

Filleted

Angular

Straight

Transverse

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

Thread pitch

Series of thread

Major diameter

Lead

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

Fractional

Decimal

Metric

Architectural

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

Publicly funded

Residential

Commercial

Aerospace

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

Revolved section

Quarter section

Removed section

Half section

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

Hidden

Dashed

Center

Phantom

14. 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

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

The Finished plot

The PDF file

Paper space

Model space

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

Center

Dimension

Extension

Leader

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

Broken out

Half

Quarter

Full

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

Hidden line

Zero

Hatch

Center line

19. 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

Offset

Explode

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

Designer's intent

Scale factor

None of these

Size of the sheet

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

All fasteners

Bolts

Thin parts

Rivets

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

Baseline and linear

Linear and continuous

Baseline and continuous

Quick dim and linear

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

Removed section

Broken-out section

Half section

Revolved section

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

All of these

Y-axis

X-axis

Z-axis

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

Basic size

Dimensioned size

Actual size

Production size

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

Whole

All of these

Broken out

Half

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

Choose various line types

Control the accuracy of the drawing

Produce a visible grid system

Select a different text style

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

Floor plan

Foundation

All of these

Site plan

29. 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

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

Document reviews

Development plans

Engineering change orders

Product proposals

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

1 : 1

1 : 4

1 : 2

2 : 1

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

Computer-aided manufacturing

Computer-aided design

Computer-aided prototyping

Computer-aided engineering

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

Sidewalk

Plumbing drain lines

None of the above

Roof overhang

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

Roof pitch angles

All of these

Finished floor elevations

Roof overhangs

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

Read the coordinate position on the Dynamic Readout

Enter 3 for the length of the line

Insure that Ortho is on

Pull the line from away from the starting point very carefully

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

Form

Attach

Add

Union

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

Building section

Floor plan

Elevations

Foundation

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

Mechanical

Architectural working

All of the above

Isometric

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

Line

Circle

Polyline

Ellipse

40. 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 the layer to Defpoints

Turn ISO grid off

Set Ortho on

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41. 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

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

Soil and waste

Water and steam

Water and gas

Gas and soil

43. The site plan illustrates _________.

Where the garage and driveway are located

The roof plan

Where the house sits on the property

The floor plan

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

Lead

Crest

Pitch

Root

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