Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-5

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

Explode

Offset

None of these

Copy

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

Broken-out section

Half section

Revolved section

Removed section

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

Broken out

Whole

Half

All of these

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

Z-axis

X-axis

All of these

Y-axis

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

Water and gas

Gas and soil

Water and steam

Soil and waste

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

The PDF file

Model space

Paper space

The Finished plot

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

Whole

Broken out

Half

Revolved

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

Engineering change orders

Development plans

Document reviews

Product proposals

9. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

All of these

Window style

Roof pitch

Siding

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

Zero

Hatch

Center line

Hidden line

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

1 : 1

1 : 4

2 : 1

1 : 2

12. 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

13. 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

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

Standard piping

Single-line

Double-line

Centerline piping

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

Commercial

Residential

Aerospace

Publicly funded

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

Extension

Center

Leader

Dimension

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

Designer's intent

Scale factor

Size of the sheet

None of these

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

Insure that Ortho is on

Read the coordinate position on the Dynamic Readout

Pull the line from away from the starting point very carefully

Enter 3 for the length of the line

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

Actual size

Dimensioned size

Basic size

Production size

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

Full

Broken out

Half

Quarter

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

Control the accuracy of the drawing

Produce a visible grid system

Choose various line types

Select a different text style

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

Hidden

Center

Phantom

Dashed

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

Sheet number

Layer set

All of these

Line type

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

Plumbing drain lines

None of the above

Sidewalk

Roof overhang

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

Quarter section

Symmetric section

Half section

Full section

26. 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

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

Site plan

Floor plan

All of these

Foundation

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

Root

Crest

Lead

Pitch

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

Rivets

Thin parts

All fasteners

Bolts

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

Selective laser sintering

Solid ground curing

Fused deposition modeling

Stereo lithography apparatus

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31. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Even numbers

Feet only

Inches only

Feet and inches

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

Quick dim and linear

Baseline and continuous

Baseline and linear

Linear and continuous

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

All of these

Finished floor elevations

Roof overhangs

Roof pitch angles

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

Windows

All of these

Door openings and walls

Centers of cabinets

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

Lead

Series of thread

Major diameter

Thread pitch

36. The site plan illustrates _________.

Where the garage and driveway are located

The floor plan

Where the house sits on the property

The roof plan

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

Isometric

All of the above

Mechanical

Architectural working

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

Foundation

Building section

Elevations

Floor plan

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

Basic thread

Major diameter thread

Internal thread

External thread

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

Attach

Form

Add

Union

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

Line

Polyline

Ellipse

Circle

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

Metric

Fractional

Decimal

Architectural

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

Revolved section

Removed section

Half section

Quarter section

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

Filleted

Angular

Transverse

Straight

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