Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-5

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

Half section

Revolved section

Removed section

Quarter section

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

Quick dim and linear

Baseline and continuous

Baseline and linear

Linear and continuous

3. 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

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

Windows

All of these

Centers of cabinets

Door openings and walls

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

None of these

Scale factor

Designer's intent

Size of the sheet

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

All of these

Roof overhangs

Finished floor elevations

Roof pitch angles

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

Standard piping

Double-line

Centerline piping

Single-line

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

Building section

Elevations

Floor plan

Foundation

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

Computer-aided design

Computer-aided manufacturing

Computer-aided engineering

Computer-aided prototyping

10. 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

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11. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

Roof pitch

All of these

Siding

Window style

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

Solid ground curing

Stereo lithography apparatus

Fused deposition modeling

Selective laser sintering

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

Straight

Filleted

Angular

Transverse

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

Quarter

Broken out

Full

Half

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

Rivets

Thin parts

All fasteners

Bolts

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

The PDF file

Paper space

The Finished plot

Model space

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

Architectural working

Mechanical

Isometric

All of the above

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

Roof overhang

Sidewalk

None of the above

Plumbing drain lines

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

Line type

Layer set

All of these

Sheet number

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

Extension

Center

Leader

Dimension

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

Water and steam

Water and gas

Soil and waste

Gas and soil

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

Decimal

Architectural

Fractional

Metric

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

Basic thread

External thread

Internal thread

Major diameter thread

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

Series of thread

Lead

Thread pitch

Major diameter

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

Revolved section

Half section

Broken-out section

Removed section

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

Produce a visible grid system

Select a different text style

Choose various line types

Control the accuracy of the drawing

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

All of these

Y-axis

Z-axis

X-axis

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

Publicly funded

Commercial

Residential

Aerospace

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

Set the layer to Defpoints

Turn ISO grid off

Set Ortho on

See the entire bounding area to hatch

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

Symmetric section

Quarter section

Half section

Full section

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

Center line

Zero

Hatch

Hidden line

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

Root

Pitch

Crest

Lead

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

Floor plan

Foundation

Site plan

All of these

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

Engineering change orders

Product proposals

Document reviews

Development plans

35. The site plan illustrates _________.

The roof plan

Where the garage and driveway are located

The floor plan

Where the house sits on the property

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

Circle

Polyline

Line

Ellipse

37. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Feet and inches

Feet only

Inches only

Even numbers

38. 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

Enter 3 for the length of the line

Pull the line from away from the starting point very carefully

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

Poly line

Hatch line

Center line

Dimension line

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

Dashed

Center

Phantom

Hidden

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

Union

Form

Attach

Add

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

2 : 1

1 : 1

1 : 4

1 : 2

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

Half

Broken out

All of these

Whole

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

Dimensioned size

Production size

Basic size

Actual size

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