Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-5

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

Circle

Polyline

Line

Ellipse

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

Transverse

Angular

Straight

Filleted

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

Commercial

Publicly funded

Aerospace

Residential

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

Broken-out section

Revolved section

Half section

Removed section

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

Full

Half

Quarter

Broken out

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

Broken out

Revolved

Half

Whole

7. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Inches only

Feet and inches

Feet only

Even numbers

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

All of these

Layer set

Sheet number

Line type

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

Plumbing drain lines

None of the above

Roof overhang

Sidewalk

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

Center line

Zero

Hidden line

Hatch

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

Lead

Series of thread

Major diameter

Thread pitch

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

Offset

Copy

Explode

None of these

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

All of the above

Mechanical

Isometric

Architectural working

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

Computer-aided design

Computer-aided engineering

Computer-aided manufacturing

Computer-aided prototyping

15. The site plan illustrates _________.

The roof plan

Where the house sits on the property

Where the garage and driveway are located

The floor plan

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

All of these

Floor plan

Foundation

Site plan

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

Centerline piping

Single-line

Standard piping

Double-line

18. 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

Pull the line from away from the starting point very carefully

Read the coordinate position on the Dynamic Readout

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

External thread

Internal thread

Major diameter thread

Basic thread

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

Broken out

Half

Whole

All of these

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

The PDF file

The Finished plot

Model space

Paper space

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

Leader

Dimension

Extension

Center

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

Finished floor elevations

Roof overhangs

All of these

Roof pitch angles

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

Hidden

Dashed

Phantom

Center

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

Actual size

Production size

Basic size

Dimensioned size

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

Rivets

All fasteners

Bolts

Thin parts

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

Union

Form

Add

Attach

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

Product proposals

Development plans

Document reviews

Engineering change orders

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

Fused deposition modeling

Selective laser sintering

Solid ground curing

Stereo lithography apparatus

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

Crest

Pitch

Lead

Root

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

Building section

Foundation

Elevations

Floor plan

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

Decimal

Architectural

Fractional

Metric

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

Linear and continuous

Baseline and linear

Quick dim and linear

Baseline and continuous

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

1 : 4

1 : 1

2 : 1

1 : 2

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

Designer's intent

None of these

Scale factor

Size of the sheet

36. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

Siding

Roof pitch

Window style

All of these

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

Z-axis

All of these

Y-axis

X-axis

38. 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

See the entire bounding area to hatch

Set the layer to Defpoints

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

Half section

Quarter section

Revolved section

Removed section

40. 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

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

Soil and waste

Gas and soil

Water and gas

Water and steam

42. 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

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

Half section

Quarter section

Symmetric section

Full section

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

All of these

Centers of cabinets

Door openings and walls

Windows

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