Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-5

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

Baseline and continuous

Baseline and linear

Linear and continuous

Quick dim and linear

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

Dimension line

Hatch line

Center line

Poly line

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

Broken-out section

Removed section

Revolved section

Half section

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

Basic thread

Major diameter thread

Internal thread

External thread

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

Broken out

All of these

Whole

Half

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

Finished floor elevations

Roof pitch angles

Roof overhangs

All of these

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

Solid ground curing

Stereo lithography apparatus

Selective laser sintering

Fused deposition modeling

8. 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

9. The site plan illustrates _________.

The floor plan

The roof plan

Where the garage and driveway are located

Where the house sits on the property

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

Lead

Series of thread

Thread pitch

Major diameter

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

Hatch

Hidden line

Center line

Zero

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

Publicly funded

Commercial

Aerospace

Residential

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

Line type

All of these

Layer set

Sheet number

15. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Feet only

Even numbers

Feet and inches

Inches only

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

Control the accuracy of the drawing

Choose various line types

Select a different text style

Produce a visible grid system

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

Fractional

Metric

Architectural

Decimal

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

All of the above

Mechanical

Isometric

Architectural working

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

Double-line

Standard piping

Single-line

Centerline piping

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

Center

Dashed

Hidden

Phantom

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

Turn ISO grid off

Set the layer to Defpoints

See the entire bounding area to hatch

Set Ortho on

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

Paper space

Model space

The PDF file

The Finished plot

23. 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

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

Designer's intent

Size of the sheet

None of these

Scale factor

25. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

Roof pitch

All of these

Window style

Siding

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

Computer-aided manufacturing

Computer-aided design

Computer-aided engineering

Computer-aided prototyping

27. 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

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

Center

Extension

Leader

Dimension

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

Document reviews

Engineering change orders

Development plans

Product proposals

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

Offset

None of these

Explode

Copy

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

1 : 2

1 : 1

1 : 4

2 : 1

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

Revolved section

Removed section

Quarter section

Half section

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

Ellipse

Line

Circle

Polyline

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

Foundation

Building section

Elevations

Floor plan

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

Site plan

Foundation

Floor plan

All of these

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

Symmetric section

Half section

Full section

Quarter section

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

Straight

Angular

Filleted

Transverse

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

Half

Revolved

Broken out

Whole

39. 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

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

Production size

Actual size

Dimensioned size

Basic size

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

Z-axis

All of these

X-axis

Y-axis

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

Bolts

All fasteners

Thin parts

Rivets

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

Pitch

Crest

Root

Lead

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

Union

Add

Attach

Form

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