Engineering Drawing MCQs Practice Set-5

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

Revolved section

Half section

Removed section

Broken-out section

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

Single-line

Centerline piping

Standard piping

Double-line

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

Full section

Quarter section

Symmetric section

Half section

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

Bolts

Thin parts

All fasteners

Rivets

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

All of the above

Mechanical

Architectural working

Isometric

6. 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

Pull the line from away from the starting point very carefully

Read the coordinate position on the Dynamic Readout

Insure that Ortho is on

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

Residential

Publicly funded

Aerospace

Commercial

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

All of these

Z-axis

X-axis

Y-axis

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

Attach

Union

Add

Form

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

Select a different text style

Choose various line types

Control the accuracy of the drawing

Produce a visible grid system

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

Root

Lead

Pitch

Crest

12. 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

Whole

Half

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

1 : 1

2 : 1

1 : 2

1 : 4

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

Computer-aided manufacturing

Computer-aided engineering

Computer-aided design

Computer-aided prototyping

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

Soil and waste

Water and gas

Gas and soil

Water and steam

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

All of these

Finished floor elevations

Roof overhangs

Roof pitch angles

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

Paper space

The Finished plot

Model space

The PDF file

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

Quick dim and linear

Baseline and continuous

Baseline and linear

Linear and continuous

19. Elevation drawings will include information about ________.

Siding

Roof pitch

All of these

Window style

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

Explode

Copy

Offset

None of these

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

Stereo lithography apparatus

Fused deposition modeling

Selective laser sintering

Solid ground curing

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

Major diameter thread

External thread

Basic thread

Internal thread

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

Revolved section

Half section

Removed section

Quarter section

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

All of these

Floor plan

Foundation

Site plan

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

Quarter

Broken out

Half

Full

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

Ellipse

Polyline

Circle

Line

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

Phantom

Center

Hidden

Dashed

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

Thread pitch

Lead

Series of thread

Major diameter

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

Whole

All of these

Broken out

Half

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

Dimensioned size

Basic size

Actual size

Production size

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

Hatch

Center line

Hidden line

Zero

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

Roof overhang

None of the above

Sidewalk

Plumbing drain lines

33. 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

See the entire bounding area to hatch

Set Ortho on

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

Development plans

Product proposals

Document reviews

Engineering change orders

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

Centers of cabinets

All of these

Windows

Door openings and walls

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

Filleted

Straight

Transverse

Angular

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

Sheet number

All of these

Line type

Layer set

38. Architectural dimensioning is usually done in ________.

Feet and inches

Inches only

Even numbers

Feet only

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

Extension

Leader

Center

Dimension

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

Elevations

Floor plan

Foundation

Building section

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41. The site plan illustrates _________.

The floor plan

The roof plan

Where the house sits on the property

Where the garage and driveway are located

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

Metric

Decimal

Fractional

Architectural

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

Scale factor

Size of the sheet

None of these

Designer's intent

44. 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

Hatch line

Poly line

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